indeed if a person did not see the magnet and its attraction to iron and it was told to him he would find it strange and say it is not conceivable that iron can be attracted except by a thread that is tightened on it and pulled for that is what is seen in the attraction. so when he sees it he is amazed by it and knows that his knowledge is insufficient to encompass the wonders of power. likewise the atheists who deny resurrection and the hereafter when they are resurrected and see the wonders of allahs creation in it they will regret it with a regret that will not benefit them and they will regret their denial with a regret that will not enrich them and it will be said to them this is what you used to deny like the one who denies special properties and strange things.
بل لو لم ير إنسان المغناطيس وجذبه للحديد وحكي له ذلك لاستنكره وقال لا يتصور جذب للحديد إلا بخيط يشد عليه ويجذب فإنه المشاهد في الجذب، حتى إذا شاهده تعجب منه وعلم أن علمه قاصر عن الإحاطة بعجائب القدرة. وكذلك الملحدة المنكرة للبعث والنشور إذا بعثوا ورأوا عجائب صنع الله فيه ندموا ندامة لا تنفعهم ويتحسرون على جحودهم تحسرا لا يغنيهم ويقال لهم هذا الذي كنتم به تكذبون كالذي يكذب بالخواص والأشياء الغريبة.