Power. And the being who with perfect order transforms into a particular body numerous substances from the innumerable foods consumed, whether plant or animal, and weaves from them a particular skin, and makes from them simple members, is surely One Powerful over All Things and One Knowing of All Things. Indeed, the Creator of Life and Death administers life through His wisdom in this workshop of the world in accordance with a law that issues from His command and is so miraculous that only one who holds the whole universe in the grasp of his power could apply that law and enforce it.

Thus, if your mind is not extinguished and your heart not blind, you will understand that what makes one thing everything with perfect ease and order, and makes everything one thing skilfully with perfect balance and order, is a stamp particular to the Maker of everything and a seal special to the Creator of All Things. For example, you see that in addition to weaving a hundred rolls of broadcloth and various other cloths like silk or cambric from a single ounce of cotton, a wonder-worker makes many foods from it like helva and pastries, then you see that he takes a handful of iron and stone, honey and butter, and water and earth then makes some fine gold – seeing this you will certainly declare that he possesses unique skill and art, for all the elements of the earth are subjugated to his command and all the substances of the earth subject to his word. The manifestation of power and wisdom in life, however, is a thousand times more wondrous than this example.

Thus, one stamp on life out of many.

Third Flash

THIRD FLASH

Look at the living creatures revolving in this flowing universe, in this flood of beings! You will see that many seals have been placed on each by the Ever-Living and Self-Subsistent One. One of them is this: a living creature, for example a human being, is quite simply a miniature sample of the universe, a fruit of the tree of creation, and a seed of the world, for he comprises samples of most of the realms of beings in the world. It is as if, as an animate being, he is a drop filtered from the universe in extremely fine measure. So to create him and be his Sustainer, one would have to hold the whole universe in the grasp of one’s power.

Thus, if your mind is not submerged in delusions you will understand that to make a word of power, for example, a honey-bee, a minute index of most things, and to write in one page, for example in man, most of the matters in this book of the universe, and to include in one point, for example in a tiny fig seed, the programme of the mighty fig tree, and to display in a