…as long as there was God, He must have had a creation; as
long as there was light, there must have been recipients of that light, because
light cannot become manifest without illumining its recipients. So likewise
without a creation, the existence of the Creator cannot be proven.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, December 4, New York, recorded by Mahmud
Zarqani; ‘Mahmud’s Diary’)