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Sunday, July 08, 2007

One for the moment...

From the Cerebral Epiphany finals held in November 2006:

X was born in the 1000th year of Islam which he considered to be a significant date. He built the monument Y. He seemed to think he was God's representative on earth and it has even been suggested that he viewed himself as a rival to God. An Islamic academic treatise existed in his time which laid out the predicted plan of the assembly on The Day of Judgement. There are great similarities between this plan and the layout of the gardens of Y. For example, like the Throne of God, Y is placed not in the center of the gardens but adjacent to a side of the rectangular lawns. Also, both display, amongst other things, four rivers and a tank of abundance. The inscriptions adorning Y contain more than twenty different passages and more than ten complete chapters from the Koran starting with a very significant one around the main gate and culminating in the burial chamber. Putting these indicators together certainly seems to suggest that he was creating at least a replica of heaven. Identify X and Y.

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Sunday, July 08, 2007

One for the moment...

From the Cerebral Epiphany finals held in November 2006:

X was born in the 1000th year of Islam which he considered to be a significant date. He built the monument Y. He seemed to think he was God's representative on earth and it has even been suggested that he viewed himself as a rival to God. An Islamic academic treatise existed in his time which laid out the predicted plan of the assembly on The Day of Judgement. There are great similarities between this plan and the layout of the gardens of Y. For example, like the Throne of God, Y is placed not in the center of the gardens but adjacent to a side of the rectangular lawns. Also, both display, amongst other things, four rivers and a tank of abundance. The inscriptions adorning Y contain more than twenty different passages and more than ten complete chapters from the Koran starting with a very significant one around the main gate and culminating in the burial chamber. Putting these indicators together certainly seems to suggest that he was creating at least a replica of heaven. Identify X and Y.

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