Twenty-seventh window: Consider the following verse:

God is the Creator of all things, and He is a Guardian, a Watcher over all things. (39:62)

Looking at visible things as well as causes and effects in the universe, we see that the greatest cause—by itself—cannot cause even the most insignificant thing to exist. Thus causes are only a veil, for there must be one who brings effects (things) into existence. Out of innumerable creatures, consider the human faculty of memory, located in a mustard‑seed‑sized place in a person's head. Despite its tiny size, it is so comprehensive that it contains a book, or rather a library, in which his or her entire life‑history is recorded.

What cause can you present as the origin of that miracle of Divine Power? The brain's entangled nerves? The cell's simple, unconscious parts? The winds of chance? In reality, that miracle of art is the work of such a One, a Wise Maker. To remind us in the Hereafter's Supreme Plain of Gathering of what we did in this world, He copies our deeds' register and gives it to our intellect as memory.

Compare all eggs, seeds, and fruit pits to our memory, and then compare all other effects to these tiny miracles of Power. Whatever effect or thing you look at, you will see that it contains such a wonderful artistry that if not only its own cause but all causes were gathered together, they would display their impotence in front of it. For example, some people describe the sun as a huge cause or agent. Supposing it were conscious and had willpower, if you asked it to make a fly's body, it obviously would answer: "Thanks to my Creator's grace, my shop contains a great deal of light and heat and several colors. However, a fly's body contains eyes, ears, life, and other things that are not in my shop or within my capacity."

A thing's amazing art and decoration refute causes (as accounting for its creation) and point to the Necessarily Existent Being, the Producer of All Causes—according to the meaning of: Unto Him is returned the whole of the affair (11:123)—and acknowledge Him as the true originator of all things and events. Similarly the results, purposes, and benefits connected to things show that they are products (of the acts) of an All‑Munificent Lord, a Compassionate Wise One acting behind the veil of causes.

Since unconscious causes cannot pursue a purpose, how can we explain the fact that every creature comes into existence for many definite purposes and benefits, and according to many instances of wisdom? The only answer is that an All‑Wise and All‑Munificent Lord brings them into existence, and makes those benefits the reason for their existence.

Consider the coming of rain. Rain's apparent causes have no consideration or concern for animals. Therefore it is sent to help animals through the Wisdom of a Compassionate Creator Who creates and then provides for them. Rain is called a "mercy," for it bears many results of mercy and brings many benefits. It is as if mercy is embodied in raindrops and falls in drops.

The show and embellishment in all adorned plants and animals, which smile at all creatures, also point to a Majestic Being's necessary Existence and Unity and to the One Who, behind the veil of the Unseen, wills to make Himself known and loved through that adornment and embellishment. All of this points to the qualities of making oneself known and loved, which, in turn, testify to the necessary Existence and Unity of a Known, All‑Loving, and All‑Powerful Maker.

In short, causes are infinitely ordinary and impotent when compared to effects (things), which are full of art and valuable. So how can they have any real part in creation? Also, the benefits of things and the purposes pursued through and for them deny causes any real role in creation, for they attribute their existence to an All‑Wise Maker. Moreover, their decorations and the skills apparent in their coming into existence point to an All‑Wise Maker Who wills to make His Power known to conscious beings, Who wills to be loved.

O helpless one who deifies causes! How do you explain these important realities? Why do you deceive yourself? If you are a rational being, tear the veil of causes apart and, proclaiming: "He is One, without partner," be saved from innumerable illusions.