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Home arrow The Reflection of the Divine arrow The 22nd Word (Divine Existence and Unity) arrow Second station (Seventh Gleam)
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Written by dislam.org   
Tuesday, 31 January 2006

Seventh gleam:·With a little care and effort, you can see the Eternally‑Besought‑of‑All’s seals on Earth’s “page.” When you raise your head to look at the great Book of the Universe, you will see on it a seal of Divine Unity as big and clear as itself. Like a factory’s components or a palace’s building blocks, all creatures support, aid, and work together—in perfect orderliness—to meet each other’s needs. Joining efforts, they serve living beings. Cooperating, they obey an All‑Wise Administrator toward one goal. Obeying the rule of mutual assistance, which is in force throughout the universe, they demonstrate to thoughtful people that they act through the power of a single, Most Munificent Upbringer and at the command of a single, Most Wise Administrator.

Such mutual support and assistance, answering of each other’s needs, close cooperation, obedience, submission, and order testify that all creatures are administered through a single Administrator’s organization and directed by a single Upbringer. Also, the universal providence and favor included in the universal wisdom, which is clearly apparent in the purposeful creation of things, as well as the comprehensive mercy evident from the providence and the universal sustenance required by that mercy to feed all living beings, form a seal of Divine Unity so brilliant that anyone with sight and thought will see and understand it.

A fabric of wisdom showing intention, consciousness, and will covers the universe; a fine net curtain of providence and favor showing grace, adornment, embellishment, and kindness is placed above it; over that is spread a robe of mercy radiating the will of being known and loved, of favoring with bounties and gifts enveloping the universe; and over that is laid a table of provision for maintaining all creatures, which shows Lordship’s kindness, bestowal, benevolence, perfect caring, proper nurturing, grace, and favoring. All of this clearly shows an All‑Gracious One Who is All‑Wise, All‑Generous, All‑Compassionate, and All‑Providing.

Is everything in need of sustenance? Yes, indeed. Like an individual being needing food to live, all beings, especially living beings, whether universal or particular or wholes or parts, have many material and immaterial demands and needs that must be met if they are to continue living. Although they cannot obtain even the smallest need, we see that all their needs are met, in an unexpected way and from an unexpected source, with perfect order, at the appropriate time, in a suitable fashion, and with perfect wisdom. Does this not clearly show an All‑Wise Nurturer of Majesty, an All‑Compassionate Provider of Grace?


 
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