The Meccan Revelations: Page 121 from Volume One

Among them is width, its counterpart: black, white, colors, and universes; then how, its counterpart: conditions such as right and wrong; then quantity, its counterpart: the leg is longer than the arm; then where, its counterpart: neck is a place for the head, and the leg is a place for the thigh; then time, its counterpart: I moved my head at the time I moved my hand; then addition, its counterpart: this is my father, for I am his son; then position, its counterpart: my language and melody. Then he does the equivalent of “I ate,” then he reacts like the equivalent of “I am satisfied.” Among them are the different images in the mothers, such as the elephant, the donkey, the lion, and the cockroach, corresponding to this human force that accepts moral images, such as reprehensible and praiseworthy. This is clever, this is an elephant. This is dull, so he is a donkey. This is brave, so he is a lion. This is cowardly, so he is a cockroach. And God speaks the truth, and it is. He guides t