before you.”
[Al-Baqarah: 21]

Up to His saying, Most High:

“So do not set up equals to Allah while you know.”
[Al-Baqarah: 22]

His words:

“Who created you and those before you”
[Al-Baqarah: 21]

point to the argument from origination, while His words:

“Who made the earth a resting place for you and the sky a canopy”
[Al-Baqarah: 22]

point to the argument from providential care.

Likewise, His saying:

“And a sign for them is the dead earth. We give it life and bring forth grain from it, from which they eat.”
[Yā-Sīn: 33]

And His saying:

“And they reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth: ‘Our Lord, You did not create this in vain. Glory be to You! Protect us from the punishment of the Fire.’”
[Āl ʿImrān: 191]

Most verses concerning this subject contain both kinds of evidence.

He said: This, then, is the straight path by which Allah has called people to recognize His existence, drawing their attention to it through the capacity to grasp this truth that He has instilled in their innate nature.