One Bible scholar likened this process to the assembling of a statue made of individual pieces of marble. Imagine that many men who had never communicated with one another each brought a piece of marble into a room.
وَأَحَدُ عُلَمَاءِ ٱلْكِتَابِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ شَبَّهَ ٱلْعَمَلِيَّةَ بِتَرْكِيبِ تِمْثَالٍ مِنْ رُخَامٍ مُؤَلَّفٍ مِنْ قِطَعٍ عَدِيدَةٍ .‏