We may have looked into the Bible before that, but these things were hidden from us, as they are from most of mankind. We were like a man peering through the water at a coral reef.
فَقَدْ كُنَّا أَشْبَهَ بِرَجُلٍ يُحَدِّقُ فِي ٱلْمَاءِ دُونَ مُعَدَّاتٍ لِكَيْ يَتَأَمَّلَ شِعْبًا مَرْجَانِيًّا ،‏ فَلَا يَرَى سِوَى ٱلْقَلِيلِ مِنَ ٱلرَّوَائِعِ ٱلْمَوْجُودَةِ تَحْتَ ٱلسَّطْحِ .‏