24. AND IN YOUR OWN SELVES, WILL YOU NOT THEN SEE
This speaking soul (i.e. the human being) is one of the greatest proofs of the existence of the Creator (wujudal-Khaliq). It causes the body to move according to its will and to seek its benefits. It elevated itself, learned about heavenly orbits and learned many sciences. It realised the Creator by contemplating the creation and was not veiled from doing so by a thick curtain.
However, the essence and location of the soul are not yet determined. We do not know where it came from, where it will end up, or how it became attached to the body. All of this proves that there is a Controller and a Creator for the soul.
This is enough proof for the existence of the Creator. For had the soul made itself, then it would have understood its nature.
So glorified be He, glorified be He.
(Source: al-Hafiz Abu’l-Faraj ibn al-jawzl [d. 597AH] “CAPTURED THOUGHTS being” a translation of his masterpiece ‘Sayd al-K hatir)
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