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M an as an animal has this
humble origin. But he has been given the gift of certain faculties
of receiving instruction (typified by Hearing) and of intellectual
and spiritual insight (typified by Sight). His life has therefore
a meaning: with a certain amount of free-will, he is to be
vicegerent on earth, but he must be trained and tried.
When we look at living beings on the earth and in all that lies
between the heavens and the earth, we see that they all prove the
existence of their Creator in their own right. The human organs
such as the eye, the brain, etc are striking examples of the
existance of the Supreme Creator. There organs are so overwhelmingly
complex that it surpasses even the most sophisticated devices in
the world.
The common trait of the eyes is that they can only function if
they are fully developed. In other words, a halfway-developed eye
cannot see. The owner of the eyes is obviously not the one who makes
the decision about their formation. In the Quran, it is stated that
seeing has been bestowed upon living beings by Allah: "Say: He it
is Who brought you into being and made for you the ears and the
eyes and the hearts: little is it that you give thanks."
(Surat al-Mulk, 23)
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