The One Who gave him these limbs...

The One Who gave him these limbs, organs and muscles and made complete to you His favours outwardly and inwardly; [^8] and blessed him with which is countless and limitless: And if you would count Allah's favours, you will not be able to number them. [^9] He wants to know the real Benefactor. His logical duty is to thank the real Benefactor.

From another angle, the human being perceives that Allah, the Exalted—Who is the Creator of the sense and the sensed, the imagination and the imagined, the understanding and the understood, the Most Praised, the Most Holy from all deficiencies and evils, whose magnificence and perfection are endless—is Greater and Higher and Mightier than being on the other side of communication with the created who is full of ignorance, faults and evil desires.

Thus, why should He answer man’s questions directly and elucidate to him what is obligatory and what is forbidden in his life? Therefore, there must be a link between Allah, the Exalted, and His creation. This link should have a human shape and attributes, in order to deal with the people, an intellect free from mistakes, a soul consecrated from evil and full of Godly practice.

Based on the rule of effectiveness and liability, he should have the ability to be lightened with the light of revelation, so that he can receive the guidance and recognition from Allah, the Exalted, and open the doors of this guidance and recognition to the mankind. Then he can show man his shortcomings in hindering the intellect from the recognition of Allah on one extreme, and in ascribing human characteristics to God on the other extreme.

Thus, he can guide mankind to the true faith and the right path. And (know) that this is My path, the right one therefore follow it, and follow not (other) ways, for they will lead you away from His way; this He has enjoined you with that you may guard (against evil). [^10] Third Dimension The human being possesses many mental abilities with which he can discover a number of secrets of nature and its laws, and then use these to serve his abilities.

Yet, he also possesses evil desires and the faculties of lust and anger, which are vast and dangerous. These do not stop at any limit, which is a trait of human nature. Hence, the interest and the corruption of the earth are connected to the interest and the corruption of mankind: Corruption has appeared in the land and the sea on account of what the hands of men have wrought.