It is certain that
the entire contingent world is subject to an order and a law which it can never
disobey. Even man is forced to submit to death, sleep, and other
conditions—that is, in certain matters he is compelled, and this very
compulsion implies the existence of One Who is All-Compelling. So long as the
contingent world is characterized by dependency, and so long as this dependency
is one of its essential requirements, there must be One Who in His own Essence
is independent of all things. In the same way, the very existence of a sick
person shows that there must be one who is healthy; for without the latter the
existence of the former could not be established.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Table
talks in Akka, authenticated by ‘Abdu’l-Baha; ‘Some Answered Questions’ – 2014
revised translation by the Baha’i World Center)
