I asked Abu Ja`far al-Baqir (AS) about the Word of the Mighty and High: “O Iblis! What prevented you that you should do obeisance to hi whom I created with My Two Hands?” He (AS) replied: In the Arabic language, the hand symbolized power and bounty. As Allah says: And remember Our servant Dawud, the Possessor of Power. He also says: And the Heaven, We raised it high with power. Here the word hands [aydi] mean power. He says: And whom He has strengthened with an inspiration from Him. Here the word hand [ayyad] means strengthening. It is also said (in Arabic): I have many hands with me from so and so, implying excess and beneficence, and me so and so has a white hand, implying bounty.