Nevertheless, to quench, if possible, your thirst (for knowledge) I will this time go back to the very head of the fountain. The stream is there always the freshest and most pure.
Know then that among us it is admitted that Allah created the horse out of the wind, as he created Adam out of mud.
This cannot be questioned. Several prophets—peace be with them!—have proclaimed what follows:
When Allah willed to create the horse, He said to the south wind:
"I will that a creature should proceed from thee—condense thyself!"—and the wind condensed itself. Then came the Angel Gabriel, and he took a handful of this matter and presented it to Allah, who formed of it a dark bay or a dark chestnut horse, (koummite—red mingled with black) saying:
"I have called thee horse (frass); I have created thee Arab, and I have bestowed upon thee the colour koummite. I have attached good fortune to the hair that falls between thy eyes. Thou shalt be the lord (sid) of all other animals. Men shall follow thee wheresoever thou goest. Good for pursuit as for flight, thou shalt fly without wings. Upon thy back shall riches repose, and through thy means shall wealth come."
Then He signed him with the sign of glory and of good fortune (ghora, a star in the middle of the forehead).
Do you now wish to know if Allah created the horse before man, or if He created man before the horse? Listen:
Allah created the horse before man, and the proof is that man being the superior creature, Allah would naturally give unto him all that he would require before creating himself.
The wisdom of Allah points out that He made all that is upon the earth for Adam and his posterity.