and which, together with bestowing those illuminated and jewel-encrusted decorations, is sufficient for all the groups of living beings on the face of the earth and meets all their needs. Thus, this matter points to an All-Beauteous Provider Who is All-Wise, All-Generous, and All-Compassion-ate, and shows Him as clearly as the sun.

Is that so? Is everything in need of sustenance?

Yes, like individual beings are in need of sustenance and all the necessities to continue their lives, we see that all the beings in the world, and especially living beings, whether universal or particular, wholes or parts, have many desires and needs, material and otherwise, for their existence, their lives, and the continuation of their lives. But their wants and needs are for such things that their hands cannot reach the least of them and their power is insufficient for the smallest of them. Yet, we see that all their wishes and material and immaterial sustenance is given to them “From where he could not imagine”(65:3), from unhoped for places, with perfect order, at the appropriate time, in a suitable fashion, with perfect wisdom. Does this want and need of creatures and this manner of unseen help and assistance not show an All-Wise and Glorious Nurturer, an All-Compassionate Beauteous Disposer?

Eighth Flash

EIGHTH FLASH

Any sort of seed sown in a field shows that the field must be at the disposal of the seed’s owner, and that the seed too is under the disposal of the one who has control of the field. Similarly, the arable field of beings known as the elements and their universality and comprehensiveness as well as their sameness and uncomplex nature, and the plants and animals – these fruits of mercy, miracles of power, and words of wisdom known as creatures – and their spreading to most places and settling everywhere as well as their being similar and resembling one another, show that they are under the disposal of a single miracle-displaying Maker, and in such a way that it is as if every flower, fruit, and animal is a seal, stamp, and signature of its Maker. Wherever they are found, each says through the tongue of disposition: “Whosever seal I am, the place I am found is also of his making. Whosever stamp I am, this place is a missive of His. Whosever signature I am, this land too is of his weaving.” This means, to be Sustainer of the least creature is particular to the One Who holds all the elements in the grasp of His power. Anyone not blind can see that to regulate and govern the simplest animal is particular to the One Who has all beings in the grasp of His dominicality.

Indeed, through the tongue of similarity to other individual beings, all