luntary movements except those of
animals and, above all, those of man. Man is able to resist and to oppose
Nature because he discovers the constitution of things, and through this
he commands the forces of Nature; all the inventions he has made are due
to his discovery of the constitution of things. For example, he invented
the telegraph, which is the means of communication between the East and
the West. It is evident, then, that man rules over Nature.

Now, when you behold in existence such organizations, arrangements and
laws, can you say that all these are the effect of Nature, though Nature
has neither intelligence nor perception? If not, it becomes evident that
this Nature, which has neither perception nor intelligence, is in the
grasp of Almighty God, Who is the Ruler of the world of Nature; whatever
He wishes, He causes Nature to manifest.

One of the things which has appeared in the world of existence, and which
is one of the requirements of Nature, is human life. Considered from this
point of view man is the branch; nature is the root. Then can the will and
the intelligence, and the perfections which exist in the branch, be absent
in the root?

It is said that Nature in its own essence is in the grasp of the power of
God, Who is the Eternal Almighty One: He holds Nature within accurate
regulations and laws, and rules over it.(1)

2: PROOFS AND EVIDENCES OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD

One of the proofs and demonstrations of the existence of God is the fact
that man did not create himself: nay, his creator and designer is another
than himself.

It is certain and indisputable that the creator of man is not like man
because a powerless creature cannot create another being. The maker, the
creator, has to possess all perfections in order that he may create.

Can the creation be perfect and the creator imperfect? Can a picture be a
masterpiece and the painter imperfect in his art? For it is his art and
his creation. Moreover, the picture cannot be like the painter; otherwise,
the painting would have created itself. However perfect the picture may
be, in comparison with the painter it is in the utmost degree of
imperfection.

The contingent world is the source of imperfections: God is the origin of
perfections. The imperfections of the contingent world are in themselves a
proof of the perfections of God.

For example, when you look at man, you see that he is weak. This very
weakness of the creature is a pr