hadith
878
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Imam al-Sadiq (AS) was asked by Mufazzal, ‘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.
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في جوابِ قولِ المُفَضَّلِ : يا مَولايَ ، إنّ قَوماً يَزْعُمونَ أنَّ هذا مِن فِعلِ الطَّبيعَةِ ـ : سَلْهُمْ عَن هذهِ الطَّبيعَةِ : أهِيَ شَيْءٌ لَهُ عِلمٌ وقُدرَةٌ على مِثْلِ هذهِ الْأفْعالِ ، أمْ لَيست كذلكَ ؟ فإنْ أوْجَبوا لَها العِلْمَ والقُدرَةَ فما يَمْنَعُهُم مِن إثْباتِ الخالِقِ؟ فإنّ هذهِ صَنْعَتُهُ ، و إنْ زَعَموا أنّها 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.