The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 115
Revelation, Inspiration, Vision and Dream up the heedless and that is: إنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُولَيْكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْئُولًا 27 115 (Part Number 15). That is to say, the ears, the eyes, the heart, and all limbs and faculties possessed by man will be called to account for their improper use. Thus have all limbs and faculties been directed towards good and proper use expressly and emphatically in the Word of God and every limb is, in clear language which admits of no doubt or confusion, directed to adhere to the straight path. Can these explanations and details be ascertained by reading any page of the book of nature? Certainly not. Then which is the open book? This one or that one? Which of them has prescribed the limits and the proper use of natural faculties?. Had gestures alone been sufficient why should man have been invested with a tongue? He has bestowed the tongue upon you. Has He not Himself the power of speech? Is it proper to say of Him Who created the whole universe without the aid of any matter and without the need of builders and labourers and carpenters, but only through. His will, that He does not possess the power of speech, or that He has the power but that out of miserliness He has deprived man of the grace of His word?. Is it right that one should think of the All-Powerful as being weaker than the animals? The lowest animal can inform another animal of certainty about its own existence through its voice. A fly can inform other flies of its advent by its humming. According to you, however, the. All-Powerful does not possess even the faculty of a fly. . As you say clearly that He has never opened His mouth 27 Bani Isrā'il, 17:37 [Publisher]