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Then the angel that had been sent to me, whose name was Uriel, answered
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and said to me, "Your understanding has utterly failed regarding this world, and do you think you can comprehend the way of the Most High?"
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Then I said, "Yes, my lord." And he replied to me, "I have been sent to show you three ways, and to put before you three problems.
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If you can solve one of them for me, then I will show you the way you desire to see, and will teach you why the heart is evil."
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I said, "Speak, my lord." And he said to me, "Go, weigh for me the weight of fire, or measure for me a blast of wind, or call back for me the day that is past."
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I answered and said, "Who of those that have been born can do that, that you should ask me about such things?"