Guidance from the Qur’an on the First Proof The Noble Qur’an...

Guidance from the Qur’an on the First Proof The Noble Qur’an has explained this proof in a very subtle manner and the creation of mankind has been used as the evidence of the knowledge of the Creator where it has been said: أَلاٌ يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَ هُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِـيــرُ “What then does He who created (all), and He who is the knower of the subtleties - the Aware - not know (about His creations?)” [^5] In another verse of the Qur’an, it has been mentioned that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is closer to the human being than his own jugular vein: وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنٌا الإِنْسٌانَ وَ نَعْلَمُ مٌا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِ نَفْسَهُ وَ نَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ “Unquestionably We have created mankind and We know what his soul whispers to him (the evil whisperings) and We are closer to him than his jugular vein.” [^6] دل من تا ز دوست سرشار است دائم ازغير دوست بيزار است غايب از ديده و به در حاضر با چنين دلبري مرا كار است As long as my heart is filled with the love of my friend (Allah), It will always be averse from those who are not my friends.

Absent from the sight (is Allah), however attentive in the heart, I associate with none but such lovers (of Him). The eighth Imam, `Ali ibn Musa ar-Ridha (peace be upon him) has taken the unity of creation and organization of the universe, as the proof of the knowledge of a Creator and has stated: أَتْقَنَ مٌا خَلَقَ بِحِكْمَتِهِ وَ وَضَعَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ مَوْضِعَهُ بِعِلْمِهِ.