Favours of the Gracious God — Page 140
140 them. Thus, He causes everyone on earth to perish and does not spare anyone, instead, He annihilates every trace of them. In this manner He keeps [the manifestation of] His attributes continuously in motion in a never ending man - ner. Every Divine attribute is manifested at its appropriate time. Thus, after causing some epochs to perish, He cre - ates others that follow so that He may be recognised by the attributes which are the means of salvation for people, and He is not reliant upon the eternity of any creation, as opposed to what is believed by the ignorant. He is Independent of all the worlds. The attributes of the Most Gracious are inseparable from the Being of the Most Gracious. You will find that the cycle of the attri - butes of Allah is like the cycle of the day and night. His attributes are never incapacitated, as the unmindful per - ceive; rather, His Being requires moments of destruction as it requires moments of creation, so that all His attri - butes are manifested and so that people comprehend His Oneness, and they may not entertain the belief that there is some defect in His excellences, and so that His Oneness may shine through, and His Glory may become manifest, and so that the religion of God may be recognised as an eternal circle through His eternal practice, and so that the