First indication:·The two people mentioned above correspond to three other pairs:

• The instinct‑driven self and the heart [the seat of spirituaintellect].
• Students of philosophy and students of the Wise Qur’an.
• Unbelievers and the community of believers [Muslims].

The worst error and misguidance of each group lies in not recognizing God. As the believer in our parable said: “There can be no letter without a scribe, no law without a legislator.” We affirm this.

How can a book, particularly one in whose every word a miniature pen has written another book, and in each letter of which a fine pen has composed a magnificent calligraphic work of praise, lack an author? This universe likewise must have its Author, for it is such a book. Each page includes many books, every word a book, and every letter a praise. Earth’s surface represents only one page of that Book of the Universe, which comprises innumerable other books. Every tree is a word, every fruit a letter, and every seed a dot containing an elaborate tree’s index. Such a book could have been inscribed only by the mighty pen of a Majestic One, Who is qualified by the attributes of Majesty and Grace, and Who has infinite Power and Wisdom. Affirming the believer’s statement flows necessarily from observing this world, unless one is sunk in delusion.

A house must have an architect, particularly one displaying such astounding artistry, design, and subtle ornament. There is more art in one of its stones than in a whole palace. How could it not have an architect? Its rooms are reshaped and altered hourly, as easily and orderly as changing clothes, or shifting one scene to another on a movie screen. In addition, numerous little rooms are continually created in each scene.

The universe’s very existence requires an infinitely wise, all‑knowing, and all‑powerfumaker, for it is a palace whose lamps are the sun and the moon, whose candles are the stars. Within it, time is like a suspended rope upon which the Majestic Maker threads a new world annually. He renews the world’s form or appearance daily with absolute orderliness and wisdom. He makes Earth’s surface a bountifuspread that, adorned each spring with countless plant and animaspecies, is filled with uncountable varieties of generous gifts. Despite their vast abundance, each creature is distinctly individualized and, at the same time, closely related and intermingled. Is it possible to miss the existence of the Maker of such a palace?

How can you deny the sun’s existence at noon on a cloudless day, when its presence is reflected in altransparent objects? To do so means you believe that each transparent object contains a miniature, real, and existent sun; that each minute particle contains a massive sun, although that particle has room enough only for itself. How can you logically deny the perfect Attributes of the Creator in His Majesty while witnessing this orderly universe, which continually changes in systematic, purposive ways and is ceaselessly renewed in a similar orderly manner? Denying the Creator means believing that every existent thing has God‑like powers.

For example, an air atom somehow knows how to enter and work upon a flower, a fruit, or a leaf, for it can do so only if it knows the structure and form of alobjects it penetrates and affects. Does it have that all‑encompassing power and knowledge attributable only to God? Or, a soiatom enables countless different seeds to grow. Either it is acting under Divine command or it has the means and instruments appropriate to altrees and plants. Does each soiatom know the structure and alforms of each plant or have the power and artistry to fashion those forms? Of course not. This also is true for alother levels and realms of creation.

There are many clear evidences of God’s Unity in althings. To create everything from one thing, and to make everything into one thing, requires a Power available only to the Creator of all. So, pay heed: There is nothing but glorifies Him with praise (17:44). If you reject a Single, Peerless God, you must accept as many gods as there are created beings.