638 - إسنادُ الخَلقِ إلَى الطَّبيعَةِ
638. ATTRIBUTING CREATION TO NATURE
1926.الإمامُالصّادقُ عليه السلام - في جوابِ قولِ المُفَضَّلِ : يا مَولايَ ، إنّ قَوماً يَزْعُمونَ أنَّ هذا مِن فِعلِ الطَّبيعَةِ - : سَلْهُمْ عَن هذهِ الطَّبيعَةِ : أهِيَ شَيْءٌ لَهُ عِلمٌوقُدرَةٌ على مِثْلِ هذهِالأفْعالِ ، أمْ لَيست كذلكَ ؟ فإنْ أوْجَبوا لَها العِلْمَ والُقْدرَةَ فما يَمْنَعُهُم مِن إثْباتِالخالِقِ ؟ فإنّ هذهِ صَنْعَتُهُ ، و إنْ زَعَموا أ نّها تَفْعَلُ هذهِ الأفْعالَ بغَيرِ عِلْمٍ ولا عَمْدٍ وكانَ في أفْعالِها ما قَد تَراهُ مِن الصَّوابِ والحِكمَةِ عُلِمَ أنّ هذا الفِعْلَ للخالِقِ الحَكيمِ ، وأنّ الّذي سَمَّوهُ طبيعَةً هُو سُنّةٌ في خَلْقِهِ الجارِيَةُ على ما أجْراها علَيهِ .1
1926. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) was asked by Mufaddal, 'O my master, there is a group of people that claim that this [creation] is the doing of nature [itself]', the Imam (AS) said, 'Ask them about this nature, does it have knowledge and power to carry out such actions [as creation] or not? For if they answer that it has knowledge and power, then what is preventing them from acknowledging the existence of a creator? - for verily this is His creation. If they claim that nature does these actions without knowledge or without purpose while having witnessed the exactness and wisdom therein, it is [obviously] known that this is the work of a very wise creator, and what they have called 'nature' is the very system running through creation.' 2
(اُنظر) عنوان 271 «المعرفة (2)» .
(See also: INNER KNOWLEDGE OF ALLAH(2) 271)
