Allah The Exalted — Page 47
All a h the Exalted 4 available, or through the severity of epidemics the human species should have disappeared, or some species of animals should have been wiped out, or the machinery of the sun or the moon might have gone out of order, or of numberless other things which are necessary for the proper working of the universe, something might have got out of order. It is contrary to expectation that millions of things should escape disorder and disruption and should not become victims of calamity. In conclusion, such things whose existence and continua- tion is not essential in their own right, and whose going out of order is more of a possibility than their continua- tion, and their suffering no decline and their coming into being and continuing in an orderly way, and the contin- ued availability of billions of things needed in the universe, are a clear proof that for all of them there is a Bestower of life, Protector and Sustainer, Who combines the perfect attributes in Himself. That is to say, He is the Controller, the Wise, the Gracious, the Compassionate, Eternal and Ever-Living, free from every defect, not sub- ject to death or destruction and even free from slumber and sleep which have a resemblance to death. He is the Being Who combines in Himself all perfect attributes, Who brought into being the universe with per- fect wisdom and appropriateness and chose its existence in preference to non-existence. He alone, on account of His perfection, His creation, His Rub u biyyat , and His Self-Existence, is worthy of worship. This above is the translation of this part of the verse: