Elucidation of Objectives — Page 37
Tau di h-e-Mar a m 37 enjoy any kind of link which would imply that these Angels have authority and an independent will of their own. On the contrary, their relationship to God is quite like the relationship of a lifeless object in the hands of a person who is alive and uses it as he wishes. That is why at places, every material particle is described in the Holy Qur’ a n as an angel because all particles hearken to the call of their Gracious Lord and do exactly what they are asked to do. For instance, changes in the human organism make for either health or illness. Each and every particle tasting such changes moves backwards and forwards in keeping with the Divine Will. A closer scrutiny would reveal that the Quranic concept of such intermediaries does not at all imply any Shirk 45 , nor does it detract in any way from the Majesty of God Almighty. On the contrary, these facts exemplify such verities of true knowledge and profundities of wisdom as are writ large on each page of the laws of nature. Indeed, you cannot demonstrate the absolute Might of God Almighty without belief in this kind of phenome- nal reality. Nor, for that matter, can God's cosmic design be expected to function without positing belief in the existence of such phenomena. For how can this cosmos function in accordance with the Divine Will unless each of its particles is engaged as an angel in 45 Associating partners with God. [Translator]