Nature is that condition or reality which outwardly is the
source of the life and death, or, in other words, of the composition and
decomposition, of all things.
This nature is subject to a sound organization, to
inviolable laws, to a perfect order, and to a consummate design, from which it
never departs. To such an extent is this true that were you to gaze with the
eye of insight and discernment, you would observe that all things—from the
smallest invisible atom to the largest globes in the world of existence, such
as the sun or the other great stars and luminous bodies—are most perfectly
organized, be it with regard to their order, their composition, their outward
form, or their motion, and that all are subject to one universal law from which
they never depart.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Table talks in Akka, authenticated by
‘Abdu’l-Baha; ‘Some Answered Questions’ – 2014 revised translation by the
Baha’i World Center)
