The Secrets of the world of creation, P 56.

اًعارتِخْا هِتِيّش_{ِ مِ ىلع مهُعَرَتَخْاوَ ،اًعادتِبْا ق}َ لْخَ لْا هِتِرَدْقُبِ عَدَتَبْاِ

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It is advisable for the Moslem nations to refer to the Holy Quran, Nahjolbalaqa, Sahifeh Sajjadieh and other sources on the Islamic knowledge in order to recognize Him and His commands. The recognition of Him causes prosperity both here and Hereafter and makes the man’s capabilities to blossom and permits justice reign all over the world.

In the narrations on the Prophet (s), we will read:

هِبِاتكِبِ مكُ مَلَعْأ هِللاب مكُفَرَعْأ

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“The most cognizant of you of Allah are the most cognizant of you of His book.”

In order to recognize the Great Creator, there are three ways: The cognizance of God’s Nature;

2) The cognizance of His Attributes; and 3) The cognizance of His Actions.

God’s Book, the Holy Quran talks about God’s Nature, His Attributes and Names and His actions.

Nahjolbalaqa, Sahifeh, Invocations and the Islamic knowledge are all interpretations on the Holy Quran. These, together with the signs of God in the creation, will help us to recognize Him. All these sources will guide man to go through His path to reach Him.

But unfortunately today ninety percent of Moslems are ignorant of the Divine facts. Instead of preparing themselves for a journey towards Him, they are after their lusts. They are away from the world of light. All are proud and drunken. They do not realize that the source of these wars, struggles, and corruption all rests in our separation from Allah.

ل هِببتِبّحَمَ لِيبببسَ يببف مببهُثَعَبَوَ ،هِببتِدَارإ قَ ببيرِطَ مْببهِبِ كَلَببسَ مّببثْ

اببم ىببلإ اًمدّببقَتَ نَ وعُطِ تَس_{ْ يَ لوَ ،هِيلَإ مهُمَدّقَ امّع}َ اًريخأت نَ وكُ لِمْيَ

هُنْع مهُرَخّأ

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“When He created creatures, He guided them in the direction of His determination. He put them on the way of His Love and Affection. This is done in such a way that creatures will not procrastinate, nor can they advance beyond what is predetermined”.

The elements of universe and creatures, including the galaxies, stars, the suns and moons were put in the specific paths. Their exact movements and their actions and reactions over one another, so meticulously predetermined, has produced such an amazing and awesome system of creation. The Holy Quran says:

.ىدَهَ مّثُ هُقَلْخَ ءٍيْ شَ لّ كُ ىطَ عْأَ يذِلّا انَبّرَ لَاقَ

“Our Lord is He Who gave to everything its creation, then guided it to its goal. 20:50”

The creation of all mines which have a crucial role in man’s life is based on the determination and the judicial decision of that unique Allah.

The issue of plants should also be under our scrutiny: what is the relation between seeds, soil and weather? What sort of energy changes the seed into a tree, flowers and plants? What is the source of all these vitamins contained in the fruits?

The answer to all these questions rests on one word: His Kindness and Benevolence.

Researchers, scientists and scholars have done a lot of work concerning plants, and trees. All these findings lead us to His guidance.

The following topics are among the researches of botanists: the structure of plants, the functions of the plant organs, the entry of material into the body of the plant, the mechanism of water entry into the plant, the mechanism of the absorption of materials by the plant, the mechanism of the absorption of liquids and gases by the plant, the movement of liquids and materials within the plant, the consumption of the soul-less material by the plant in its construction, the structure of glucides, the production of protides, lipids, the movement of the material produced by the plant metabolism, light energy, chemical energy, mechanical energy, and finally the electric and heat energies.1

Fifteen centuries ago, Imam Zainol Abedin (s) refered to these topics when he praised the Almighty God:

...هِتِبّحَمَ لِيبِسَ يف مهُثَعَبَوَ هِتِدَارإ قَ رِطَ مهِبِ كَلَسَ مّثُ

With the guidance of Allah and with the cooperation of the sun, soil, weather and water, plants are decorated green so that the world will look charming and desireable.

Walking on the grass obliterates sadness; why? It is because plants are green. If they were red, they would be hazardous to our nerves.

If the plants were black, would they cause our depression or happiness? If the plants were not green, would man have a place for excursion; wouldn’t man’s depression be continuous? What would man do if all the plants were yellow, and if it were fall for ever? Would the eyes be safe if plants were all white? If you look for a long time at a plain full of snow, your eyes would get hurt; that is why opticians recommend special eye- glasses for snow.

Isn’t the selection of green for plants a sign of the creator’s wisdom and knowledge?

If a machine worked automatically and not a thinker interfered with it, it would not produce various products, its products would be the same.

A driver-less car will go in the direction which the slope of the ground determines.

The variety of products in a factory leads us to think that there should be a manager for it. The movement of a car in its desirable direction indicates the existence of a wise driver.

Now let us look at the amazing factory of creation and its wonderful products. Let us look at man, at the plants with green leaves, every one of which has a different color of its own.

Even the green color is not the same in all these green plants.

The enumeration of the kinds of fruits is just an impossible task. The number of the types of flowers seems infinite, too.

Fruits, too, are different in kind. They say there are three hundred different types of mangoes in India.

An agricultural engineer used to say that in Paris grapes gardens there are five thousand types of grapes which are called by numbers: For instance, the grape No 1752.

Is anybody able to count all types of apples?

Isn’t this variety of produce and products a sign for the existence of a great thinker behind it?1