Also, just as life is the purest essence of the universe, distilled from of it, so it is a mighty  mystery producing  thanks,  worship,  praise,  and  love,  the  most  important divine purposes in the universe and most important results of the world’s creation.

So  consider these twenty-nine significant, valuable characteristics of life, and elevated, general duties. Then look and see the tremendousness of the name of Ever- Living behind the  name of Giver of Life. Understand too how with these immense characteristics and fruits of life, the name of Ever-Living is a greatest name.

Also understand that since life is the most important result of the universe, and its greatest aim and most valuable fruit, it must have an aim and result as vast as the universe.  For the tree’s result is its fruit, so the fruit’s result is the future tree by means of the seed. Yes, just as the aim and result of this life is eternal life, so one of its fruits is thanks to the Ever-Living Giver of Life, and worship and praise of Him and love for Him. And just as this thanks, love, praise and worship are the fruit of life, so are they the aim of the universe.

Understand also from this, the ugly ignorance and denial, indeed, unbelief, of those who say that the purpose of life is to live comfortably, enjoy oneself heedlessly, and  indulge  oneself in  pleasure,  and  how  they denigrate  and  insult  the  precious bounty  of  life,  gift   of  consciousness,  and  bounty  of  reason,  and  what  ghastly ingratitude they display.

SECOND SIGN

One would have to write treatises to the number of life’s attributes to explain all its  degrees, attributes, and duties, which is a maximum manifestation of the names Ever-Living  and Giver of Life, mentioned in the index in the First Sign. So since some of them have been elucidated in various parts of the Risale-i Nur, we refer you to them for some of the details, and here point out only a few others.

It was said in the twenty-third of the twenty-nine properties of life that since

life’s two faces are transparent and unsullied, apparent causes have not been made a veil to the disposals of dominical power.