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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 104
Similarly everything does, in itself, stand in need of the Creator
to create and sustain it, to maintain its attributes and
to move it to and fro in its different states. And through
its need it testifies to its Maker by Exalting Him. Such a
witness is comprehended by those who have insight, not those
who stand still and do not venture beyond the externals. For
this reason Allah said, "But you do not understand their
extolling." (Ch.17:46 Koran). Those with lessor intellect do
not understand this at all, while the favorites of Allah and
the versatile learned men do not understand it perfectly because
everything extols Allah and praises Him in many ways
and each comprehends according to his intellect and insight.
The enumeration of these witnesses is not becoming under the
science of practical Religion. In this part too those who cling
to create and sustain it, to maintain its attributes and
to move it to and fro in its different states. And through
its need it testifies to its Maker by Exalting Him. Such a
witness is comprehended by those who have insight, not those
who stand still and do not venture beyond the externals. For
this reason Allah said, "But you do not understand their
extolling." (Ch.17:46 Koran). Those with lessor intellect do
not understand this at all, while the favorites of Allah and
the versatile learned men do not understand it perfectly because
everything extols Allah and praises Him in many ways
and each comprehends according to his intellect and insight.
The enumeration of these witnesses is not becoming under the
science of practical Religion. In this part too those who cling