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Twentieth window[2]: Consider
the following verses:
Glory be to Him in Whose hand is the dominion of all things. (36:83)
There is nothing but its treasuries are with Us and We send it not down but
with a known, determined measure. We loose the winds as fertilizing drivers of
clouds to make an (electric) current between them and send down from the sky
blessed water and provide you with it; you are not the ones who store it.
(15:21‑22)
A work of art's perfect wisdom, grace, and beauty are apparent in
particulars, results, and details. Similarly all universal elements, which seem
to be in confusion as well as random and coincidental, assume positions dictated
by wisdom and art. Thus light radiates to show and expose God's creatures. In
other words, an All‑Wise Maker uses light to make His unique arts visible in
this world.
Consider the following: Wind, as seen by its other great and wise benefits
and functions, runs to carry out its vital duties. Thus, its wave‑like movements
show that it is employed, sent, and used by an All‑Wise Maker. Such movements
display the rapid carrying out of the Lords' orders. Springs, streams, and
rivers do not emerge from the ground and mountains by chance. Rather, their
benefits and uses (the results of Divine Mercy), their storage in mountains
according to need, and their being sent according to wisdom show that an
All‑Wise Lord has subjugated and stored them and causes them to well up in
obedience to His commands.
Stones, jewels, and minerals have specific purposes and benefits and are
arranged to meet human and animal needs. This shows that an All‑Wise Maker has
decorated, arranged, organized, and fashioned their decorativeness and
beneficial properties. Each flower and fruit, all of which have many smiles,
tastes, beauties, embroideries, and scents, is like an invitation and menu on
the table of an All‑Munificent Maker, a Compassionate Bestower of Bounties. They
are given as various invitations and menus to each species through their
specific colors, scents, and tastes.
Birds vocalize in an amazing way to relay their feelings and express their
intentions to other birds. This clearly indicates that they twitter and chirp
because an All‑Wise Maker has enabled them to do so. Clouds are also amazing.
The sound of falling raindrops, as well as the noise of thunder and lightning,
are not meaningless; rather, these strange atmospheric events occur and, as a
result, raindrops fall and feed all living creatures on Earth, which are needy
and long for them. Thus these events are meaningful and full of purposive
wisdom. At an All‑Munificent Lord's command, the rain calls out to those longing
for it: "Good news! I am coming!"
Look at just the moon among the sky's innumerable bodies. The important
instances of wisdom connecting it with Earth, as discussed elsewhere in the
Risale‑i Nur, demonstrate that it moves at the command of an All‑Powerful
and Wise One. These universal elements open a vast window. They proclaim and
show a Necessarily Existent One's Unity, His Power's perfection, and His
Sovereignty's grandeur. So, O heedless one, if you can silence this voice
resounding like the crashing of thunder, as well as extinguish this light as
brilliant as the sun, forget God. Otherwise, come to your senses and say: All
glory be to Him Whom the seven heavens and Earth and all within them glorify (17:44).
[2] 2The truth in this Twentieth
Window occurred to me in Arabic as follows:
The radiance of light is through Your illuminating and making things known through it; The succession of ages
like waves is through Your dispatching and employing them. Glory be to You, how mighty is Your rule! The gushing out and flowing forth of rivers is through Your storing them up and subjugating them. The formation and decoration of stones is through Your arranging and fashioning them. Glory be to You, how unique and splendid is Your Wisdom! The smiling of flowers is through Your adorning and
beautifying them. The emergence of fruits in splendor is through Your bestowal and favoring. Glory be to You, how beautiful is Your Art! The singing of birds is through Your making them speak and communicate with each other. The hymning of rain is through Your sending it down, Your
bestowal. Glory be to You, how vast is Your Mercy! The motion of moons is through Your determining, arranging, directing, and illuminating. Glory be to You, how brilliant Your proofs, how clear Your
evidences!
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