Eighth gleam:·Seeds sown in a field show that the field and the seeds belong to the one who owns both. Likewise, life’s fundamental elements (e.g., air, water, and soil) are universal and omnipresent despite their simplicity and sameness. Plants and animals, which are fruits of Mercy, miracles of Power, and words of Wisdom, also are found everywhere despite their essentially similar nature vis‑à‑vis life’s diverse conditions. This shows that they belong to a single miracle‑displaying Maker and that every flower, fruit, and animal is a stamp, a seal, and a signature of that Maker.

Regardless of location, each one proclaims in the tongue of its being: “The One Whose stamp I bear also made this location. The One Whose seal I carry also created this place as a missive. The One Whose signature I indicate also wove this land.” Only the One Who holds all elements in His Power’s grasp can own and sustain the least of creatures. Those who are not blind can see that only One Who exercises Lordship over all plants and animals can own, sustain, and govern the simplest one of them.

In the tongue of similarity to other individuals, each individual being says: “Only the one who owns my species can own me.” In the tongue of spreading over Earth’s face with other species, each species says: “Only the one who owns Earth’s face can be our owner.” In the tongue of being bound to the sun, with other planets, and of its mutual relations with the heavens, Earth says: “Only the one who owns all these can be my owner.”

Suppose apples were conscious and that someone said to one of them: “You are my work of art.” The apple would exclaim: “Be quiet! If you can form all apples on Earth; rather, if you have power over all fruit‑bearing trees on Earth and over all the gifts of the All‑Merciful One proceeding from the treasury of Mercy, only then can you claim Lordship over me!”