Favours of the Gracious God — Page 138
138 do not act hastily like someone who has no interest. It is an axiom that Adam was created by the hand of the Lord of all Creation, and at that time, there was no one else who could teach him. Thus, it is established that only the One who created all creatures could have taught him. Do you not have faith in the power of the One with unbreak - able Power which never wanes? Do you not know that creation is the reflection of the attribute of Lordship? It was under this Lordship that all creation was brought into existence and the faculty of speech completed hu - man creation. Thus, how can one consider that which has been created with the hands of the Most Gracious, to have appeared prematurely? Do you think that the God Who breathed the spir - it of life into man, was unable to cause him to speak? What is the matter with you that you do not think like sound-minded people? Is it your conjecture that Allah left His attribute of Lordship in a state of defect? Or, after demonstrating His power to create, His hands be - came useless, or someone restrained Him? And if you acknowledge that speech must be taught, but do not con - cede that God, The Generous taught it, rather you follow in the footsteps of the philosophers of this age and be - lieve it to be a product of human ingenuity, then know