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vicegerent
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vicegerent
1. a person appointed to exercise all or some of the authority of another, esp the administrative powers of a ruler; deputy
2. RC Church the pope or any other representative of God or Christ on earth, such as a bishop


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Having forgotten their vicegerency today men are trying to act as gods, and they will be punished in the most severe way for this sin.
The seal of that prophetic vicegerency is found in Muhammad's Quranic revelations that speak not only to personal ethics but also to the God-given political, social, and economic structures that are to be imposed upon society for its well-being.
Al-Nursi suggests that the Qur'anic verse, And He taught Adam the names, all of them (115) indicates that the greatest miracle upon which the supreme vicegerency of mankind revolves is the gift of true knowledge that can be gained by means of the grace of the Names.
 
 
 
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