Sixth Window
Sixth Window
In the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of night and day and the boats which travel through the seas for the benefit of men, and in what God sends down from the sky as rain and with it raises to life the earth after its death and raises in it every sort of living being, and in the circulating of the winds and the clouds subjugated between the heavens and the earth, are signs for a people who thinks.(2:164)
This verse both points to the divine existence and unity, and forms a truly large window displaying a greatest name.
The gist of the verse is this: all the worlds in the higher and lower levels of the universe show with different tongues a single result, that is, the dominicality of a single All-Wise Maker. It is as follows: just as in the heavens – and astronomy even admits to it – extremely regular movements for extremely extensive results show the existence, unity, and perfect dominicality of an All-Powerful One of Glory, so too on the earth – and geography even testifies to it and acknowledges it – orderly changes, like in the seasons, for most extensive benefits show the existence and unity and perfect dominicality of the same All-Powerful One of Glory.
Also, just as, being given their sustenance with perfect mercy, and being clothed in different forms with perfect wisdom, and being decked out with all sorts of senses by a perfect dominicality, each of all the animals on the land and in the sea again testifies to the existence of the All-Powerful One of Glory and indicates His unity, so in their totality do they show on a vast scale the tremendousness of His Godhead and the perfection of His dominicality. So too, just as each of the systematically structured plants in gardens, and the finely adorned flowers which the plants display, and the well-proportioned fruits which the flowers display, and the embellished embroideries which the fruits display, testifies to the existence of the All-Wise Maker and points to His unity, so too in their totality they show most brilliantly the beauty of His mercy and the perfection of His dominicality.
Also, just as the drops of rain sent from the clouds in the sky charged with duties for important instances of wisdom and aims and necessary benefits and results, again demonstrate to the number of their drops the necessary existence and unity and perfect dominicality of the All-Wise Maker; so too do all the mountains on the earth and the storing-up in them of minerals with all their different properties for numerous different uses show