Third argument:

Divine Power operates like a law that has the same relationship with everything. We shall make this subtle matter comprehensible through several comparisons or connections. Transparency, reciprocity, balance, orderliness, abstraction, and obedience are the phenomena in the universe that render many equal to few, and great equal to small.

First connection: Transparency. The same sun is reflected on the ocean's surface and a drop of water. If Earth consisted of pieces of glass, each one would reflect the sun without hindrance and without one interfering with the other. If the sun were a conscious independent being with willpower that could reflect its own light, its giving of light to or being reflected in one particle or on the whole Earth would be equally easy.

Second connection: Reciprocity. If we stand with a lit candle in the center of a large circle of people, each of whom is holding a mirror, each mirror will hold the same reflection without any one hindering any other.

Third connection: Balance. If we weigh a pair of things with a balance that measures each item with perfect precision, any extra force exerted upon either scale would disturb the balance.

Fourth connection: Orderliness. We can steer a huge ship as easily as a small toy, for all the parts of its orderly system are interrelated.

Fifth connection: Abstraction or Incorporeality.·A living creature's size has no bearing on its real essence or nature, for these ·abstract and incorporeal features are the same for every creature. Differences in individualized forms do not cause confusion. For example, a minnow has the same essence or nature as a basking-shark (both are fish), and a micro-organism has the same essence as a rhinoceros (both are living animals).

Sixth connection: Obedience. A commander moves an army as easily as a single soldier by ordering it to march. The reality of obedience in the universe is as follows: Everything inclines toward its own perfection. An inclination grows into a need, an increased need becomes a yearning, and an increased yearning becomes an attraction. Inclination, need, yearning, and attraction work as Divine laws and operate in ways designed to lead things to realize their perfection. Creation's final, absolute perfection occurs when it grows into absolute existence. A thing's relative perfection is the relative existence that gives effect to all its potentialities. This is why the universe's obedience to the Divine Command of "Be!" and it is·(36: 82) does not differ from that of a particle.

Creation obeys this Divine Command, coming from the Creator's Eternal Will, via the same forces of inclination, need, yearning, and attraction. All of these are urged to operate on all creatures by the same Divine Will. The power of this obedience is best seen in water, which cracks or even shatters iron when told to freeze.

Seeing that these defective, limited, weak, and non-creative contingent forces display such effects, everything is equally susceptible to the Divine Power's order. This Power is infinite, eternal, absolutely perfect, and can bring the universe into existence from non-existence. It also can manifest Itself through those grand works that fascinate and astound us. Nothing is difficult for it. Considering these six connections does not pass any judgment upon Divine Power, as it is impossible for us to do so; rather, they enable us to have some grasp of the matter.

In sum: Divine Power is infinite, an indispensable Attribute of the Supreme Being that operates in the metaphysical sphere, which has no obstacle or particularity. This domain is in direct contact with Divine Power, within which the material existence or non-existence of any thing is equally possible. It obeys all Divine laws of creation. Thus Divine Power can create everything with equal ease. For example, It can quicken creation on the Last Day as easily as It can revive an insect in spring. Given this, the Divine announcement of your creation and resurrection as a single soul is true and unexaggerated. This proves that the Agent Who will destroy and re-create the universe on the Last Day can do this.

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