…every arrangement and formation that is not perfect in its
order we designate as accidental, and that which is orderly, regular, perfect
in its relations and every part of which is in its proper place and is the
essential requisite of the other constituent parts, this we call a composition
formed through will and knowledge. There is no doubt that these infinite beings
and the association of these diverse elements arranged in countless forms must
have proceeded from a Reality that could in no wise be bereft of will or
understanding. This is clear and proven to the mind and no one can deny it. It
is not meant, however, that that Universal Reality or the attributes thereof have
been comprehended. Neither its Essence nor its true attributes hath any one
comprehended. We maintain, however, that these infinite beings, these necessary
relations, this perfect arrangement must of necessity have proceeded from a
source that is not bereft of will and understanding, and this infinite
composition cast into infinite forms must have been caused by an all-embracing
Wisdom. This none can dispute save he that is obstinate and stubborn, and
denieth the clear and unmistakable evidence, and becometh the object of the
blessed Verse: ‘They are deaf, they are dumb, they are blind and shall return
no more’. (‘Abdu’l-Baha, ’Tablet to August Forel’)
