In Short: The mighty book of the universe both teaches us the creational signs concerning divine existence and unity, and it testifies to all the attributes of perfection, beauty, and glory of that All-Glorious One. And they prove the faultless, flawless perfection of the divine essence. For it is obvious that perfection in a work points to the perfection of the act which is the source and origin of the work. And the perfection of the act points to the perfection of the name, and the perfection of the name, to the perfection of the attribute, and perfection of the attribute to the perfection of the essential qualities, and the perfection of the qualities point necessarily and self-evidently to the perfection of the essence possessing those qualities.
For example, the perfect inscriptions and adornments of a faultless palace indicate the perfection of a master builder’s acts behind them. And the perfection of the acts shows the perfection of that active master’s titles and names, which demonstrate his rank. And the perfection of the names and titles show the perfection of the other attributes qualifying the master builder’s art. And the perfection of the art and attributes show the perfection of the abilities and essential capacity of that craftsman, which are called the essential qualities. And the perfection of those essential qualities and abilities show the perfection of the master’s essential nature.
In exactly the same way, the faultless works observed in the world, which manifest the meaning of “Do you see any flaw?”(67:3), this art in the well-ordered beings of the universe, point observedly to the perfect acts of an active possessor of power. And the perfect acts point clearly to the perfect names of a Glorious Agent. And the perfection necessarily points and testifies to the perfect attributes of the Beauteous One signified by the names. And certainly the perfect attributes point and testify to the perfection of the Perfect One qualified by the attributes. And those perfect qualities point with such absolute certainty to the perfect essence of the One possessing the qualities that they indicate that all the sorts of perfection to be seen in the entire universe are but signs of His perfections, hints of His glory, and allusions to His beauty, and pale, weak shadows in relation to His perfection.
Eleventh Flash
THE ELEVENTH FLASH, WHICH HAS THE STRENGTH OF SUNS
As is defined in the Nineteenth Word, our master Muhammad the Trustworthy (Upon whom be blessings and peace) is the supreme sign of the mighty book of the universe and the greatest name of that mighty Qur’an, the seed of the tree of the universe and its most luminous fruit, the sun of the palace of the world and the radiant moon of the world of Islam, the herald of the sovereignty of divine dominicality, and the wise discloser of the
