And again helpless and inoperative.
That Cause, which is a guiding light to the prophets,
That, I say, is higher than these second causes,
Man’s minds recognise these second causes,
But only prophets perceive the action of the First Cause.
E. Whinfield: Masnavi, 2nd ed. 1898. p. 16.
[78] Ihya IV. 6.
[79] Quran V. 54.
[80] Quran II. 165.
[81] Bukhari and Muslim.