THE SEVENTY-FOURTH DISCOURSE On how the intelligent person should prove to himself the Uniqueness of Allah

The first thing which a man of intelligence should see is the condition and composition of his own self and then all the creations and inventions. Then he should infer from them the existence of their Creator and Originator, because the creation indicates the Creator, and strong power is an indication of the wise actor behind it, because all things are in existence through Him. It is this which is reported from Ibn Abbas (may God be pleased with him and his father) in his comment on the word of God. And He has made subservient to you whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. (45:13) It is reported from the aforesaid in explanation of this verse that: "In everything there is an attribute from the attributes of God and every name is a sign of one of His names; so surely you are between His names and His attributes and works, inwardly through His power and outwardly through His wisdom. He is manifest in His attributes and concealed in His person. His person is concealed in His attributes and His attributes are concealed in His works. He has revealed His knowledge through His will and He has expressed His will in movements. He has concealed His skill and His workmanship and expressed His workmanship through His will. So He is hidden in His invisibility and He is manifest in His wisdom and power. There is nothing like a likeness of Him and He is the Hearing and the Seeing. Surely, many secrets of spiritual knowledge have been brought to surface by this statement, which cannot come to the knowledge of anyone unless he has a heart which has a lamp of spiritual knowledge in it. And this privilege of this great man is due to the fact that the sinless hands of the Holy Prophet were raised in earnest prayer for him saying: "0 Allah! give him understanding of religion and teach him the interpretation." May Allah shower on us the same blessings which He showered on such people and may He gather us in their company on the Day of Resurrection together with their sanctity.