its aim and object, it reaches its appropriate position, for example the pupil of Tevfik’s eye, where it establishes itself and works.

This situation, that is, the manifestation of dominicality in sustenance, demonstrates that first the particles were determined; they were appointed to the task, they were designated to those positions. It is as if the existence of an arrangement and order, like “This will be the sustenance of so-and-so’s cells” being written on the forehead of each of them, points to each person’s sustenance being written on his forehead by the pen of divine determining, and his name being written on his sustenance. Is it at all possible that the All-Glorious Maker, Who nurtures and sustains with boundless power and all-encompassing wisdom, Who has absolute disposal over all beings from minute particles to the planets and spins them with order and balance, should not bring about the last creation, or that he should be unable to do so?

Thus, many verses of the Qur’an present to man’s view this wise last creation, which will take place at the resurrection of the dead and Great Gathering. It removes doubt and uncertainty. It says:

Say, He will give them life Who created them in the first instance.(36:79)

That is, the One Who created you from nothing in so wise a form is He Who will bring you to life again in the hereafter. And it says:

And it is He Who begins [the process of] creation, then repeats it; and for Him it is most easy.(30:27)

That is, “Your return and being raised to life at the resurrection is easier and more trouble-free than your creation in this world.”

It is easier and more trouble-free than forming a new regiment from scratch for the soldiers of a regiment who have dispersed to rest to regather under the regimental flag at the sound of a bugle. Similarly, according to reason, it is easier and more possible than the first creation for the fundamental particles of a body, which are intermingled and familiar and connected with one another, to regather at the trumpet-blast of the angel Israfil (Upon whom be peace) replying to the All-Glorious Creator’s command with, “Here we are, O Lord!” Anyway, it may not necessary for all the particles to regather. It may be that sufficient as a basis of the second creation will be the fundamental parts and essential particles, which resemble nuclei and seeds and in a Hadith are called “the root of the tail” (the coccyx). [^3] The All-Wise Creator may construct the human body on them.

[^3]:Bukhārī, Tafsīr Sūra al-Zumar, 3; Tafsīr Sūra al-Nabī, 1; Muslim, Fitan, 141-3.