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meant for creation and are attributable only to other than Allah.
Allah the Originator from naught
He did not create things from eternal matter nor after ever-existing examples
but He created whatever He created and then He fixed limits thereto and He
shaped whatever He shaped and gave the best shape thereto. Nothing can disobey
Him but the obedience of something is of no benefit to Him. His knowledge about
those who died in the past is the same as His knowledge about the remaining
survivors and His knowledge about whatever there is in the high skies is like
His knowledge of whatever there is in the low earth.
A part of the same sermon
About man's creation and pointing towards the requirements of life.
O' creature who has been equitably created and who has been nurtured and
looked after in the darkness of wombs with multiple curtains. You were
originated from the essence of clay (Qur'an 23:12) and placed in a still place
for a known length (Qur'an 77:21-22) and an ordained time. You used to move in
the womb of your mother as an embryo neither responding to a call nor hearing
any voice.
Then you were taken out from your place of stay to a place you had not seen
and you were not acquainted with the means of awaiting its benefits or with who
guided you to eke out your sustenance from the udder of your mother and when
your were in need appraised you of the location of what you required or aimed
at. Alas! Certainly he who is unable to understand the qualities of a being with
shape and limbs is the more unable to understand the qualities of the Creator
and the more remote from appreciating Him through the limitations of creatures.
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