And Our command is only a fleeting one like the batting of an eyelid.

And Our command is only a fleeting one like the batting of an eyelid.

Now, I don't know if she's toying with me, kind of like a cat batting back a mouse, batting back a mouse left paw, right paw, left paw, right paw but by now, we've reached the mall.

For example, baseball players are notoriously superstitious when they're batting, but not so much when they're fielding.

And for Allah only are the hidden things of the heavens and the earth, and the matter of Resurrection is not but like the batting of an eyelid in fact closer than this indeed Allah is Able to do all things.

And for Allah only are the hidden things of the heavens and the earth, and the matter of Resurrection is not but like the batting of an eyelid in fact closer than this indeed Allah is Able to do all things.

Still, we brazenly drop this enigma into the first days of a first year course without batting an eye. We write down equations that show how friction slows the motion of sliding objects or dampens the vibrations in springs, but, ultimately, the math merely reproduces our observations while disguising our ignorance of what underlies them.