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(i) Ability
The first principle is the knowledge that the Maker of the world is Almighty and that He - the High
- is
Truthful in His saying:
"He has power over all things," (Quran 5:120).
Because the world is perfect in its making and orderly in its composition. For he who would see a
silk
garment, fine in its weave and texture, symmetrical in its embroidery and ornamentation, and would
imagine that it was woven by a dead person that has no life, or by a helpless person with has no
power,
would be completely lacking in intellect and utterly foolish and ignorant.
(ii) Knowledge
The second principle is the knowledge that He - the High - is Knowledgeable, knowing all things and
comprehending all creation; not even the weight of an atom in Heaven or on earth is ever hidden from
The first principle is the knowledge that the Maker of the world is Almighty and that He - the High
- is
Truthful in His saying:
"He has power over all things," (Quran 5:120).
Because the world is perfect in its making and orderly in its composition. For he who would see a
silk
garment, fine in its weave and texture, symmetrical in its embroidery and ornamentation, and would
imagine that it was woven by a dead person that has no life, or by a helpless person with has no
power,
would be completely lacking in intellect and utterly foolish and ignorant.
(ii) Knowledge
The second principle is the knowledge that He - the High - is Knowledgeable, knowing all things and
comprehending all creation; not even the weight of an atom in Heaven or on earth is ever hidden from