EXECUTIVE INTRODUCTION
More than a thousand years ago, Ali (AS) - the Master of the Faithful, the Prince of
all Believers, the First Successor after the last Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (S) -
discussed the following observances and only today are such facts being established
by science. In one of his invocations, which appears in Sahifatul-Alawiyyah, Ali
(AS) glorifies Allah in the following manner:
Glory to Allah! You are One and You have no
partners.
Glory to Allah! The One to Whom the mountains
glorify with their voices, and (these mountains)
say, Glory to my God, the Great, and all praise
due to Him.
Glory to Allah! The One to Whom the trees glorify
with their voices, and (these trees) say, Glory to
Allah, the Master, the Truth, the Separator of
truth from evil.
Glory to Allah! The One to Whom the seven skies
and earth glorify, and what is in them. They all
glorify Him by saying, Glory to my God, the
Great, and the Patient One, the Merciful. All
praise due to Him.
Albert Einstein showed with his well-known equation that the material
world is nothing but energy and that everything in existence is part
of this universal field of energy, vibrating at different frequencies and
intensities.
If this universal energy field is the sum total of existence then it can only
be organized and acted upon by itself, and so must be conscious.
This energy also stores memories, learns and evolves.
All forms of energy are simply different manifestations of this one
consciousness, and this means that things we previously may have thought
were non-living or inanimate are very much alive and connected to us.
Because we are part of this consciousness, our thoughts as well as our
actions can influence anything and everything in existence. This has been
shown by quantum physics, as well as by regular scientists in the field of
energy.
Consciousness itself is a kind of energy that has intelligence and
organization, which is integrally related to the tiniest of creation.
Eastern traditions refer to the human energy field as being the electromagnetic
field of energy that surrounds the physical body. As a tape cassette
holds electro-magnetically-recorded events, the human energy field also
holds the patterns of vibration (electro-magnetic frequency) related to all
such information.
Quantum physics has further demonstrated the uniqueness of this
universal energy field with the discovery of instantaneous communication
between macroscopically distant subatomic particles.
The discovery also that these properties of subatomic particles respond
directly to the thoughts of an observer confirms that the mind is part of
this energy field and is able to influence it.
As we understand the energetic functioning of the human body and all
creation, and the concept of a universal life force, we can begin to understand
not only ourselves, but also our connection to nature, the secrets of the
universe, and our relationship to other objects. The relationship of matter
to energy lies in the invisible connection between the physical body and
the subtle energy field.
Science has further informed us that the body uses electrical control systems
to balance many basic functions of life in the cosmos and that the flow of these
electrical currents produces externally measurable magnetic fields. Therefore, it
is safe to postulate that a person's ability to use his or her own electrical control
systems to produce external electrical energy fields that interact with those of
another person is highly probable and a scientific fact.
For instance, thought-forms and vibrations that have high frequency, coherent
waveforms of energy are able to transform thought-forms and vibrations that have
low frequency and incoherent waveforms of energy through a process of induction
and entrainment. Moreover, the more that a certain thought-form or pattern of
energy is produced, maintained, and given attention, the stronger that its presence
and resonant effect becomes, making it more likely that other people and things
will attune to it. A simple analogy is of a note that sounds louder and louder until
all surrounding objects that can vibrate at that note do, helping that note to sound
even louder.
Albert Einstein writes:
A human being is part of the whole called by us
the universe, a part limited in time and space.
We experience thoughts, our feelings and
ourselves as something separate from the rest -
a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This
delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us
to our personal desires and to affection for a few
persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free
ourselves from the prison by widening our circle
of compassion to embrace all living creatures and
the whole of nature in its beauty.
Energy is therefore informational, info-energy. The energy itself is an informationbearer,
self-regulated and accordingly programmed.
The earliest reported documentation on matters of energy and its intelligence
(conscious info-energy; energy with information, stored memory, and experience)
in all creation (living and non-living) can be seen during the early days of creation,
and after the creation of the Prophet (S) and the Infallible (AS).
After creating the Empyrean from the Light of the Prophet (S), Allah created
the Pen and addressed it by saying, Write My Unity. The Pen lay confounded a
thousand years by hearing the divine command, and when it returned to reason,
said, Lord! What shall I write? The Most High rejoined, Write, There is No God
but Allah, Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah. When the Pen heard the name of
Muhammad, it prostrated itself in adoration, and said, Glory to the Unity! The
Omnipotent! Glory to the Great! The Most Almighty!
al-Majlisi (1627), one of the most learned Jurist in his time and for all times,
continues to narrate in his Hayatul-Qulub that the Pen continued conversation
with Allah and was ordered to write everything Allah created until the Day of
Judgment.
This is one of the first documentations that an inanimate object and something
material, besides human, angels and animals, can communicate and can have a
conscious reality. The heavens and the earth are therefore, also conscious, including
everything else in creation, including the biggest of stars and galaxies.
In another incident, al-Majlisi (1627) reports that when Allah wanted to form
Adam from clay using the earth, Iblis (Shaytan, the accursed rebel) hastened down
to the earth in a hurry and said to the earth that Allah wishes from your substance
to form a creature that He may punish in Fire. The angels came to the earth and
remarked in a similar manner.
The earth refused and took refuge in Allah when angel Jibraeel (AS) came to
execute his command. Then, Allah sent the angels Mikaeel and Israfeel (AS) and
both returned empty-handed. When the Angel of Death was sent and commanded
to do the same, he said to the earth that he also took refuge in Allah and had to
execute the command from the Most High. He (Izraeel - the Angel of Death) then
gathered the dust from all parts of the earth.
When asked by the Most High as to why he did not have mercy on earth when the
other angels had mercy, the Angel of Death replied that obedience to Him (Allah)
was greater in his eyes than compassion to the earth. Izraeel (AS) was then given
the power to take away the souls of all the creation.
In another instance, when Allah created the heavens and the earth, He asked both
of them to obey His power and they both replied affirmative.
Then He (Allah) directed Himself unto the
heaven, which was yet only a smoke, so He
said unto it and the earth, Come the two of
you, willing or reluctant. The two (heaven
and earth) said, We do come willingly.
(al-Qur'an - Chapter 41, Verse 11)
In the Invocation of Iftitah recited in the month of Ramadhan, al-Mahdi (AS)
praises Allah thus:
Praise is to Allah. In His awe-inspiring fear the
heavens and its dwellers tremble and shiver; the
earth and its inhabitants shake and quiver; the
oceans and all that floats and swims in its waters
flow together in excitement and tumult.
In the Invocation of Kumayl, Ali (AS) remarks that even the heavens and the skies
cannot withstand or bear the punishment from Allah. The heavens even cried on
hearing the merciless massacre of al-Husain (AS) in Karbala. In the Ziyarat of al-
Ashura, this is said to al-Husain:
What great sorrows (you experienced)! How
great was your tragedy, for Islam and in all the
Heavens and the earth!
Being conscious and aware, it is reported in authentic works that the heaven, after
its creation, endlessly repeats the phrase, I am ever-longing for Muhammad, Ali,
Fatima, al-Hasan and al-Husain, and it will continuously do so until the Infallible
make the heaven their eternal resting abode. (Professor Abdul Hakim in one of his
sermons)
The above communications with the earth shows it having a conscious reality and
intelligence, and this communication has been repeated several times in history.
A case in point involving Ali (AS), the first successor and beneficiary to the last
Prophet of Islam (S), Muhammad, who was once observed to stop an earthquake
by keeping his blessed hands on the earth and commanding it to do so. This is
reported in details in later sections. Ali was even observed to communicate with
the earth and demand water from it.
The story of Prophet Ibrahim's son Ismail (AS) is well documented by historians.
As his mother was looking for water in the scorching sun, the young baby struck his
feet on earth (a desert) and the Well of Zam Zam (source of water) was created, and
people until today drink and benefit from that water. Similar other occurrences
have been observed and reported in the history of the Prophets.
When Prophet Isa (AS) was born into this world, he (or Jibraeel in other traditions)
struck the earth, whereupon water gushed forth (al-Jibouri, 1987). It is said that
the water was cool and sweet when the mother of Prophet Isa drank of it, and was
lukewarm when she washed herself. Clearly, there was a direct communication
between the baby and that part of the earth that felt obliged to produce water as
requested by the infants - Isa and Ismail.
The energy of water also recognized the presence of the mother of Prophet Isa and
changed its temperature and sweetness accordingly. Of course, all this happened
only with the permission from Allah, the Creator, Commander and Final Judge of
the entire creation.
The following verse of al-Qur'an is enough to explain another similar incident
during the time of Prophet Musa (AS):
And, remember when Musa sought water
for his people. He was informed to strike
the rock with his staff. Then gushed out
from the earth twelve springs, people
knew their respective drinking place.
(al-Qur'an - Chapter 2, Verse 60)
al-Majlisi (1627) in Biharul-Anwar - Volume 13, Page 245 says:
For forty days, the earth complains to God because
of the urine of the uncircumcised man (that falls
on the ground).
During the incident in Karbala (mentioned in later
sections), it is reported that the earth refused al-
Husain (AS) to let the blood of his six-month old
massacred son, Ali Asghar (AS) to spill on it and
so al-Imam (AS) applied the blood to his blessed
face.
In Qur'an, chapter al-Zilzal revealed at Makkah to the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad
(S) - after discussing the scenes of destruction and disaster the earth will suffer on
the Day of Judgment, Allah (SWT), in His Infinite Mercy declares that on that Day, the earth will reveal to the assembly what had transpired, and what took place.
The earth will have recorded all the actions and thoughts of humanity.
In brief, the following account by Ali (AS) would suffice and make things more
clear:
Pebbles in the hand of Muhammad uttered praise
to God, notwithstanding they were stones and
had no soul. The dead spoke to Muhammad, and
implored deliverance from the divine punishment
they were suffering.
When Muhammad besieged the castle of Taif, a
roasted sheep prepared with poison was sent to
him. The shoulder of the mutton immediately
warned him as the meat was poisoned.
Trees obeyed the Prophet's call and came to
him; domestic animals and beasts of prey in
many instances spoke to him, testifying to his
prophetical office and warning men not to oppose
him.
In the expedition of Hunain, Muhammad took a
stone in his hand, which uttered adoration and
praise. He then ordered the stone to cleave, and
it separated into three parts, from each of which
the voice of adoration was renewed, every piece,
however, differing in its utterance from the
others.
On another occasion he called a tree to him; the
ground broke away from around it, and it obeyed
the summons, every branch of it with a loud
voice proclaiming the divine unity, and uttering
ascriptions of praise. He then ordered the tree to
cleave asunder in the center, which was instantly
done.
Next, he commanded the parts to unite, which
forthwith followed. Now, said Muhammad,
Testify to my prophetical office. The tree obeyed,
after which he remanded it to its place, and utter
ascription of praises to God.
(al-Majlisi, 1627)
The following account on Muhammad, the last infallible Prophet of Islam (S)
and the most perfect of humans, by al-Majlisi (1627) in his book Hayatul-Qulub
summarizes the evidence that the whole universe and its contents is conscious,
learning, stores memories, and can relate themselves to humans, animals, and
inanimate objects. Furthermore, and as we shall note later, all things are subjected
to the commands of Allah, Who also directed obedience to the 14 Infallible (AS) all
things existent.
One day, the Archangel Jibraeel visited the Prophet who was in the state of sadness.
On inquiring the cause, he said that he was grieved at the violence and falsehood of
infidels. Shall I give you proof - said the angel - that Allah has subjected all things
to you? Do you wish to know in what estimation the Most High holds you?
Call that tree. It came near the Prophet and made a prostration, and at the
command of Muhammad returned to its place. The angel Ishmaeel, the Regent
of the First Heaven now descended and saluting the Prophet said, My Lord has
commanded me to obey you implicitly in everything. If you order, I will pour
the stars upon your enemies and burn them. The angel of the sun appeared and
offered to consume Muhammad's enemies by bringing the sun upon their heads.
The angel of earth proposed to have them swallowed up by the opening ground.
The angel of the mountains wished to hurl all the mountains on them, and the
angel of the ocean asked permission to drown them beneath the mighty waves of
the sea.
After having first demanded of these angels if they were all commanded to aid him,
and receiving an affirmative answer, the Prophet raised his blessed face towards
heaven and said, I am not sent to inflict judgment but enjoined to be the Mercy of
the Universe. As we shall observe, this is why even rocks prayed to the Prophet for
intercession.
And, We sent you not, but as a mercy unto
all the worlds.
(al-Qur'an - Chapter 21, Verse 107)
The majority of these points mentioned by al-Majlisi (1627) that follow are explored
in much detail in later sections, with scientific proof. However, the narration would
make an excellent conclusion to this executive introduction.
On his passing the gates of Makkah, every rock
and tree reverently bowed before him and saluted
him Prophet of God.
Date-trees in the court of Abu Talib bowed their
heads so that Muhammad, when a child, could
gather fruit from the highest branches.
Once, the Prophet threw a seed of a date he was
eating and instantly, it vegetated.
In the wilderness, two trees left their positions
and came together to screen the Prophet when
relieving himself.
A date-post in his mosque at Madina wailed
because of him leaving it.
At the request of certain Quraish chiefs who
demanded a miracle, he called a tree to his
presence, halved it, and finally restored it to its
original position.
At the request of a certain man who asked for
a miracle, he caused two trees distant from
each other to unite, and then sent them to their
respective places.
At the desire of Abu Talib, he called a tree to him,
which prostrated itself before him.
A mountain poured forth water and testified to
the prophetical office of Muhammad, in proof of
his assertion that the rocks were less obdurate
than the hearts of the people around him.
On another occasion, and to convince some
unbelieving Jews, he summoned a mountain to
his presence, halved it by a horizontal section,
and put the base on the top, all by his command.
The idol Hubel prostrated itself on its face before
Muhammad, testifying to his prophetical office
and to Ali, as successor to Muhammad.
The Prophet put a stone in the middle of a road to
turn water from his field.
To satisfy a non-believer, The Prophet ordered
Ali to take, as many seeds there were date-trees in
the pond. He put the seeds into his blessed mouth
and gave them to Ali who planted them. The
vegetation followed so rapidly that the orchard
was no sooner planted than it appeared laden
with various kinds of dates.
As Muhammad and Ali were once walking in
a date-orchard, the trees said to one another
that this is the Prophet of God, and he who
accompanies him is his successor.
The Prophet leaned himself against a dry tree,
which immediately became verdant and produced
fruit.
On one occasion, the Prophet caused the branches
of a tree to grow so much that the shadow produced
covered all the people nearby Muhammad from
the scorching sun. This verse was then revealed - Don't you see how your Lord has extended
and widened the shade? If he pleases, He
makes it abiding.
(al-Qur'an - Chapter 25, Verse 45)
Once while circuiting the Ka'bah, the Prophet
omitted to put his hand on the west corner when
it immediately complained. The Prophet saluted
the corner and assured it that he will not abandon
it.
On a certain occasion, the Prophet entered a
date-orchard when each tree besought him to
partake of its fruit. They even bent their branches
enough so the Prophet had no difficulty plucking
the dates.
On a certain expedition, Muhammad and his
army came across a mountain impassable for the
horses. At his prayer, the mountain sunk into the
earth, was broken into pieces and a way opened.
The castle of Bani Kareezah, which the Prophet
besieged, was surrounded by date-orchards, to
which he signed and ordered them to move to a
distance. All the trees obeyed this command.
Muhammad said there was a rock in Makkah,
which saluted him before his assumption of the
prophetical office.
Muhammad once gave a pebble to Ali, which
immediately said, there is no God but Allah.
Once, a difficult and unconvincing Jew believed
in Islam only after nearby rocks and everything
else around Muhammad declared him as the
Prophet.
On entering a certain garden, a stone on the
mouth of a well saluted him, and besought him to
intercede that it should not be numbered among
the stones of Hell, and the Prophet prayed. (As
noted, the Prophet was sent as Mercy to the entire
universe and the whole of creation, including
stones, and so the Prophet was given the power
to intercede. The stones were aware of this and
asked the Prophet to intercede on their behalf.)
A case in point involves the Messenger of Allah (S) who once gave Ali a small stone.
When Ali (AS) held the stone in his palm, the stone said, There is no god but Allah
and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. I am pleased with Allah as a Lord,
with Muhammad as a Prophet, and with Ali as a successor.
Then the Prophet (S) said, Those of you who are pleased with Allah as your Lord
and with the Wilayat of Ali Ibn Abi Talib are safe from Allah's punishment.
(Amali of Tusi - Volume 1, Page 289)
In the Expedition of Taif, the Prophet's army
marched towards a wilderness in which were
many lote-trees. When his camel approached
one of the big trees, it cleaved into half and the
camel was able to pass. This tree remains in this
condition until today.
To convince a man of his truth and prophetical
office, Muhammad summoned a tree and ordered
it to testify the truth.
On another occasion, Muhammad took nine
pebbles, which in his hand uttered praises to God,
but was silent when he laid them on the ground.
Muhammad prayed one morning in the house
of his uncle Abbas, and when he concluded, the
corners and walls of the house responded, amen.
Certain persons dining with the Prophet heard
voices from the food uttering praise.
At the Battle of Badr, Akashah broke his sword,
upon which Muhammad gave him a stick and
asking him to fight with it. The stick transformed
to as hard and strong as a sword and he fought
with that stick in all other battles he participated.
At the Battle of Uhud, the Prophet is reported to
have done a similar act. (Such transformations
can also be observed in several historical accounts,
specifically the miracle of the stick of Prophet
Musa (AS) that transformed into a devouring
snake whenever he willed. This story is in al-
Qur'an - Chapter 20, Verse 17 - 21.
And, what is that in the right hand, O Musa? He
said, It is my rod - on it, I lean; with it, I beat
down fodder for my flocks; and in it, I find other
uses. (Allah) said, Throw it, O Musa! He threw
it, and behold! It was a snake, active in motion.
(Allah) said, Seize it, and fear not. We shall return
it at once to its former condition .
(al-Qur'an - Chapter 20, Verses 17 - 21)
Ammar bin Yasir once said to Muhammad that
he was never in doubt of his prophetical office
but requested a miracle. The Prophet agreed and
on his way home, Ammar heard trees and stones
testifying that Muhammad was the Prophet of
Allah.
In one instance:
Abi Bakr Abdullah bin Uthman says, We were
with the Prophet in Amir bin Saad's garden. As
we were walking in the garden, we heard a palm
tree shout to another palm tree.
Then the Prophet asked, Do you know what the
palm tree said?
We replied, God and his Messenger know better.
The Prophet said, The palm tree shouted, This is
Muhammad, the Messenger of God, and his heir,
Ali Ibn Abi Talib.
So the Prophet named the palm tree, al-Nakhlah
al-Saihani (The shouting palm tree).
(Kharazmi in Manaqib - Page 221, and many others)
To provide evidence to the above narrations, during Me'raj - the Heavenly Journey,
Allah (SWT) said to the Prophet,
O Muhammad! I looked at all of My creation and I
chose you from among all of them. Then I derived
a name for you from My name. Therefore, it is
not permitted that anyone mention Me without
mentioning you with Me. My name is Mahmud
and your name is Muhammad.
Then I looked again (at all of My creation) and
I chose Ali, and I derived a name for him from
My name. So My name is Ali, the extremely high,
and his name is Ali.
O Muhammad, I created you, Ali, Fatima, Hasan,
Husain, and the rest of the Imams from Husain’s
sons from My own light.
Then I asked all of my creation in the skies and
the earths to accept your Wilayat. I consider
those who accept it as believers, and I consider
those who refuse it as unbelievers.
(Biharul-Anwar - Volume 27, Page 199, and many others)
al-Khumeini and al-Taba Tabai quote al-Kafi recording Asim bin Hameed who
said that, one person came to Ali Ibn Husain and asked about Tawhid. The Imam
replied:
Indeed! God knows that in the last phase of this
earth, there will be a nation who will research,
and this is why He has revealed Surah Ikhlas
and Surah Hadid until the words, He has full
knowledge of whatever is in the breasts. But if
some one wants to delve more in this matter then
He will destroy himself by going astray.
Allah says, Whatever is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Allah. And He is the
Almighty, All Wise.
Al-Taba Tabai (AR) writes:
The word Tasbih means to keep clean and God
being clean here means that we should deny
that anything unclean could ever reach Him
or be attached to Him any sense. We should
firmly believe that God does not have these
attributes. All the creations know this whether
they are intelligent like the angels, humans, and
Jinns or without intelligence like the minerals.
The verse speaks about the common creations
whether they be intelligent or non-intelligent.
God has mentioned those names that are specific
to the intelligent beings like those under the
divine control and those with the freedom of
intelligence.
The verse actually says that all that exists on the
earth and in the heavens, the entire universe
considers God pure and above all needs. Some
have opined that The Glory mentioned here should
be taken in the literal sense and not symbolic.
The existence of the creations on earth and the
heavens proves that there is a Creator who has
created them and He is clean of all impurities and
is perfect. He has not attributed to the common
creation that every thing should Glorify His purity
like the glorification by the intelligent beings.
The glorification or the Tasbih is the truth in the
literal sense like He said in verse 44 of Surah
Isra, The seven heavens and earth and all that
is therein, glorify Him and there is not a thing
but glorifies His praise. But you understand not
their glorification.
If the Tasbih here was meant to be in the literal
form then there was no sense in saying that you
understand not because Tasbih in the literal sense
means that the creations praise their creator
as a proof of His glory and this proof should be
consolidated on the disbelievers. If all the creation
chants the praise in the same way then it should
not be said, But you do not understand.
Therefore, the Tasbih of all the creation in the
heavens and on earth are the chanting through
their tongues even though we may not understand
them. If we do not understand, it does not mean
that the minerals and stones do not speak. Qur'an
speaks the truth and says that all creations speak
He says in verse 21 of Ha Mim Sajdah, Allah has
caused us to speak as He has caused everything
to speak and He is almighty and all wise. It
means God is elevated He breaks all powers and
none can break Him. His deeds are overpowering
and well founded. Nothing can contaminate Him.
These are such irrefutable proofs that they cannot
be denied.
al-Khumeini writes in his exegesis of the blessed Chapter al-Hamd, that:
All Existing Things Glorify Allah
As we are veiled, we cannot perceive it. but it
is a fact that the sublime qualities are reflected
even in the things lower than man and animals.
At the most, these qualities are reflected in them
according to the capacity of their existence.
Even the lowest creations possess the quality of
perception. The Qur'an says, There is not a
thing that does not praise Him, but you
do not understand their praise. (al-Qur'an
- Chapter 17, Verse 44)
As we are veiled and do not understand the praise
of all existing things, the ancient scholars did not
know that the imperfect beings also possessed
perception. That is why they took this praise to
mean the praise indicated by the creation of all
things, but in fact, this verse has nothing to do
with that kind of praise, which is quite a different
matter, as we already know.
According to a tradition once, the people heard
the pebbles in the Holy Prophet's hand praising
Allah. They could understand the praise of the
pebbles, but this praise was such that the human
ears were quite unfamiliar with it. It was in
the pebbles' own language, not in any human
language.
Hence, it is clear that the pebbles possess
perception, although of course according to their
existential capacity. Man who considers himself
as the source of all kinds of perception, thinks that
other things are devoid of it, but that is not a fact,
although it is true that man has a higher degree of
it. Being veiled, we are unaware of the perception
of other things and their praising Allah, and think
that there is no such thing.
There are Many Things that we do not
Know
There are many things about which man thinks
that they do not exist, but in fact, they do, though
we may be unaware of them. Every day new
discoveries are being made.
Formerly it was believed that the plants were
inanimate objects, but now it is said that they
have a hearing system. If you put the tissues of a
tree in hot water and pass a voice through them,
there will be a reaction and you will hear some
voices in response. (This aspect is explored in
details in later sections).
We do not know how far this report is correct. But
it is certain that this world is full of voices and
sounds. The whole world is living and is a name
of Allah. You yourselves are a name of Allah. Your
tongues and your hands are names of Allah.
The Qur'an says, Allah is the light of the
heavens and the earth. Everything is
illuminated by His light. Everything has appeared
by dint of His light. This appearance itself is a
reflection of His light. Man's appearance is also
a light. Therefore, man himself is a light. Animals
are also a light of Allah's glory. The existence of
the heavens and the earth is a light from Allah.
This light has so passed away in Allah that the
Qur'an has said, Allah is the light of the
heavens and the earth.
It has not said that the heavens and the earth are
illuminated by the light of Allah. The reason is
that the heavens and the earth are a nonentity.
Nothing in our world has an independent existence
of its own. In other words, there is nothing here
that is self-existing. In fact, there is no existent
other than Allah, which is why the Qur'an says, With the name of Allah, all praise belongs
to Allah. With the name of Allah say, He is
Allah the One.
Perhaps the Qur'an does not ask you to utter
the words, With the name of Allah, the
Compassionate, the Merciful. It actually
mentions a fact. By asking you to say so with the
name of Allah, it means that your saying so is also
a name of Allah. The Qur'an has said, Whatever
there is in the heavens and the earth
glorifies Him. It has not said whoever there
is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him.
That means that everything whether animate
or inanimate praises and glorifies Allah, for all
are a reflection of the light of His glory and all
movements are caused by His glory.
