Allah The Exalted — Page 72
7 did no harm to the hand of either of them. I myself saw a dervish, who on a very hot day would recite the verse: 69 and would seize hold of a wasp and be immune to its sting. I have also experienced some wonderful effects of verses of the Holy Qur’ a n, which display the wonders of the Power of God, the Glorious. In short, this museum of the world is filled with numberless wonders. Wise and noble philosophers have never taken pride in their lim- ited knowledge and they have considered it a shameless impertinence to call their limited experience by the name of God's law of nature. . . . Can one set a limit to the Powers of the One Who has created this splendid heaven which is ornamented with the sun, the moon, and the stars, and has created this earth which is the envy of gardeners and which is peo- pled by diverse types of creatures, without the least effort, only by the exercise of His will? [Surmah Chashm A ry a , R uha n i Khaz a ’in, Vol. 2, pp. 90-101] Creation and the Words of God It is a mystery of Rub u biyyat that creation comes into being by God's words. This may be understood as mean- ing that creation is the reflection of God's words or that God's words themselves, by Divine Power, take on the shape of creation. The words of the Holy Qur’ a n are sus- ceptible of both interpretations. At some places in the Holy Qur’ a n that which has been created is called the words of All a h, which, having acquired new qualities 69 ‘And when you lay hands upon any one, you lay hands as ty- rants. ’—al-Shu‘ar a ’, 26:131 [Publisher]