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of good actions. Those who do not tread these ways do not express gratefulness. There is wisdom in the creation of everything in the world. That wisdom is of two classes-open and secret. The open wisdom is learning or knowledge. Wisdom of God in creating the sun is that thereby we can understand the distinction between day and night, that day time is for procuring provisions and night time is for rest. There are other subtle causes. The Quran described the open causes but we can understand the secret subtle causes by knowledge. God says : I send profuse rain, then split up the earth and grow therein crops and grapes- 80 : 25Q. God says : 1 have adorned the sky of the world with adornment of stars-37 :6Q. So there are hundreds of purposes in the creation of these and other things. We see that God created eye to see and not to hear, ear to hear and not to see, hands to catch and not to walk, legs to walk and not to catch, nose to smell and not to hear. There are secret limbs, such as stomach, heart, spleen, livers, sinews and other things. Each limb has been assigned a special function to perform. Some limb helps digestion, some purifies blood, some circulates blood, some creates urine. Those who have been given special knowledge of the functions of each limb cannot be compared with that of God.
So if a man does not utilize a thing for which it is created becomes ungrateful to God for the gift. He who unjustly beats another with his hand expresses ungratefulness for the gift of hands as hands have been created for removing the injurious things to soul and receive the beneficial things, but not to destroy a thing or beat or assult a person. The man who looks to a strange woman with lust expresses ungreatfulness for the gift of eyes. By the above act. he does a thing against the will of God. His will is that by His help and by the help of the created things, he will meet with God. So one cannot meet with. Him till he loves Him. He will not get His love .ill he remembers Him always. This remembrance does not becom possible without a body and the body does not go alright if it is not given food and the food is not possible without earth, water and air. These things are not possible without earth and sky and without the open and secret limbs. So all these things have been created for body and body is the outer cover of soul and a satisfied soul will reach God by virtue of long divine service. For this reason, God said : I have created man and jinn that they may serve Me and 1 don't expect povision from them-50 : 156Q.

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VoI-IV THE BOOK OF CONSTRUCTIVE VIRTUES 83

GOD'S PLAN IN CREATION OF GOLD AND SILVER