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[quote name="Fussbett"][quote name="Quétinbec"]Arabs tell me that humans know 99 of the 999,999 names of God, and that when we learn the rest of them, the world will end. [/quote] [quote name="Wikipedia"]In Islam there are 100 different names of Allah, 99 of which are known to mankind, and 1 which, in the Islamic religion, is told to those who enter heaven.[/quote] <a href="http://lucis.net/stuff/clarke/9billion_clarke.html">The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke, 1953</a>[/quote]