The ancient myth has been updated that is, pulped and misshapen and the result is driven less by the call of destiny than by an incurable addiction to extreme sports.

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Later Muhammad would call it layla al-qadr (the "Night of Destiny") because it had made him the messenger of Allah, the high god of Arabia.

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We tend to think of the sweep of destiny as stretching across many months and years before culminating in decisive moments we call history.

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