"I will from it...

"I will from it, said I, show you the stability of creation, the atoms and ingredients, that go to make perfect development, and from this halila's first connection with its roots and branches prove the dependence one thing has on another, and the close relation borne to celestial objects." "If you prove these things, he said, "I can no longer doubt. "You must know, said I, that the halila springs from the earth, fibers run to one strong root that flings up a stem.

The stem has branches, and the branches twigs and the twigs are studded with pearl- like buds from which leaves emerge, and all these things from a canopy to shelter the whole buds, flowers, fruits, from the severity of the cold or heat. "No doubt can linger in my mind, he said, "the halila with its perfection, and connection, with the place where it grew, its roots and leaves, witnesses with me that there is only one creator; that He has no partner (sharik).

For his creations are related to each other and are in harmony one with another. If I further prove to you, said I, the wisdom and necessity of these creations, and the dependence of each on the other will you bear witness to the existence, and wisdom (hikmat) of God? "I would not hesitate to do so, he said.

Listen to me, I said Do you know that the halila is dependent on the earth, and the earth on the effects of the heat and cold on weather, the weather on the wind, the wind on the clouds, the clouds on the rain, the rain on the season the season on the movements of the Sun and Moon, the Sun and Moon on the revolution of the sky, and the sky on that atmosphere between the heaven and the earth?

Surely this dependence and connection of creations are themselves proofs of the wonderful wisdom and skill of God. Their connection is so close to each other that not one can be dispensed with, even (if) one for a moment became out of order, the whole creation-earth and plant would be destroyed. "What you say is correct, he said, But the creation you missed mentioning, may not have so intimate a connection with the universe. What creation is that? I asked. "It is man you have not mentioned.

He replied. "Don't you know, I said, that these things are most closely connected with man? God has created all these things for his benefit. "Can you prove it to my satisfaction" He asked. "Why not', I replied.