The Twenty-Sixth Flash

His knowledge encompasses all things, as is unmistakably evident from the order and wisdom manifest in every creature. Within that knowledge, the measure and form of every creature have been determined. Moreover, exquisitely fashioned creatures are continually brought into existence from nothing with infinite ease.

And as we have demonstrated through irrefutable proofs in many parts of the Risale-i Nur, particularly at the end of the Twentieth Letter and in the Twenty-Third Flash, He possesses infinite power and can bring everything into existence through His command:

كُنْ“Be!” — The divine command by which Allah brings things into existence through His will.

Thus, the extraordinary ease and speed with which created beings visibly come into existence arise from the all-encompassing nature of His knowledge and the greatness of His power.

Imagine a book written in invisible ink. When a special liquid that renders the ink visible is applied to it, the entire book appears in an instant before everyone's eyes and becomes legible.

Likewise, within the all-encompassing knowledge of that Eternal All-Powerful One, the particular form of every creature has been determined according to a precise measure. Just as the liquid reveals the hidden writing on the paper, so too does the All-Powerful One, through His infinite power, His all-penetrating will, and His command

كُنْ“Be!” — The divine command by which Allah brings things into existence through His will.

cause His power to act upon what is contained in His knowledge with perfect ease. Thus He brings the creature into existence, displays it before the eyes, and reveals within it the inscriptions of His wisdom.

If all that exists were not attributed to the Eternal All-Powerful, the All-Knowing One, then even the smallest creature, such as a fly, would have to be fashioned from the various kinds of things found throughout the earth, according to an exceedingly precise measure. Moreover, the particles operating within the body of that little fly would have to know the mystery of its creation, the perfection of its artistry, and its entire design down to the smallest detail.

For natural and material causes, as is self-evident and acknowledged by all reasonable people, cannot bring anything into existence from nothing. If one nevertheless supposes that they can produce something, one must assume that they do so not by creating it from nothing, but by gathering together its constituent parts.

And since every living being contains examples of most of the elements and kinds of things found in the universe, and since every living being is, as it were, a summary and a nucleus of the whole of creation, a seed would have to be assembled from the entire tree, and a living being from the entire face of the earth, by sifting through their constituents with an exceedingly fine sieve and gathering them together with the utmost precision.

And since natural causes are ignorant and lifeless, they possess no knowledge by which to devise a plan, a model, or a programme, or according to which they might assemble the particles so that they do not disperse but preserve their order.