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of
the creeping of the black ant upon the solid rock in the darkest night is not beyond His Hearing.
And how
could He not see and hear when seeing and hearing are (attributes of) perfection not of defect?
Could
the created be more perfect than its Creator, the thing made more magnificent and more complete than
the Maker? Or how could they ever be equal, no matter how much He might diminish in perfection while
His creation and work increase therein? And again how could the argument of Abraham - the praise and
peace of Allah be upon him - against his father, who ignorantly and erroneously worshipped idols, be
sound? Abraham addressed his father saying: "O father, why worship that which can neither see nor
hear, nor can do anything for you?" (Quran 19:42). But if these defects which characterized the
idols of
his father characterized his Creator as well, his argument would have been invalid and his evidence
worthless, and the words of Allah: "This is Our proof which We gave to Abraham against His people,"
would have been false.
And as understood He is a Doer without limbs and knowledgeable without heart and head, so it could
also be understood that He is the Seer without pupil and Hearer without ear as there is no
difference
the creeping of the black ant upon the solid rock in the darkest night is not beyond His Hearing.
And how
could He not see and hear when seeing and hearing are (attributes of) perfection not of defect?
Could
the created be more perfect than its Creator, the thing made more magnificent and more complete than
the Maker? Or how could they ever be equal, no matter how much He might diminish in perfection while
His creation and work increase therein? And again how could the argument of Abraham - the praise and
peace of Allah be upon him - against his father, who ignorantly and erroneously worshipped idols, be
sound? Abraham addressed his father saying: "O father, why worship that which can neither see nor
hear, nor can do anything for you?" (Quran 19:42). But if these defects which characterized the
idols of
his father characterized his Creator as well, his argument would have been invalid and his evidence
worthless, and the words of Allah: "This is Our proof which We gave to Abraham against His people,"
would have been false.
And as understood He is a Doer without limbs and knowledgeable without heart and head, so it could
also be understood that He is the Seer without pupil and Hearer without ear as there is no
difference