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First treatise 


Rays from God's Unity as Bright as the Sun

In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.

God is the Creator of all things and He is guardian and watcher over everything. To Him belong the keys of the heavens and earth.1
Glory be to Him in Whose hand is the kingdom and inner dimensions of all things.2
There is nothing but with Us are the stores thereof.3
There is not a moving creature but He has grasp of it by the forelock.4


O you heedless one, who attribute all things and events in this world to the law of causality. The causes to which you ascribe creativity are only a veil over the operation of the Divine Power. The Dignity and Grandeur of God require such a veil. However, it is the Eternal Divine Power, absolutely independent of everything, which is ever active and creates. For the Divine Unity and Glory require that to be so.
Indeed, the Eternal Monarch has officers. However, they have no authority of their own to execute His orders independently so that they could be regarded as partners to His Sovereignty. They function only as media through which the acts and executions of His Lordship are watched and known. They function also as observers and witnesses. By doing so, they obey His laws and commands of creation and thereby perform their duty of worship required by their nature and disposition.In short, they exist because they must manifest the dignity of the Divine Power and majesty of the Divine Lordship and Sovereignty.

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1. al-Zumar, 39.62-3.
2. Ya Sin, 36.83.
3. al-Hijr, 15.21.
4. Hud, 11.56.












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Mathnawi al-Nuriya ( not all sections)