In his prehuman existence, he observed his heavenly Father for aeons of time and absorbed his ways.
أَثْنَاءَ وُجُودِهِ ٱلسَّابِقِ لِبَشَرِيَّتِهِ ،‏ رَاقَبَ أَبَاهُ ٱلسَّمَاوِيَّ طَوَالَ دُهُورٍ وَتَشَرَّبَ طُرُقَهُ .‏