bring himself into being, nor did his parents or any other human being bring him into being. He knows that there must be someone who brought him into being. Everyone thus knows that he has a Creator who created him, and knows that he exists, is living, possesses knowledge and power, and hears and sees. One who makes another living is himself all the more fittingly described as living; one who makes another knowledgeable is himself all the more fittingly described as knowledgeable; and one who makes another capable is himself all the more fittingly described as capable. He also knows that the meticulous ordering within himself indicates the agent’s knowledge, and that his distinctive characteristics indicate the agent’s will. The very act of bringing into being can occur only through the power of the one who brings into being. Thus, his knowledge of his own specific, individual, particular self gives him knowledge of these truths concerning Allah and others ن, as Allah Most High says:

“And in yourselves. Then will you not see?”
Al-Dhāriyāt 21.

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Once this is clear, a sign, an indication, or evidence of something must be such that its existence necessarily entails the existence of what it signifies and indicates. To serve as a sign, an indication, or evidence, it need not fall under a universal proposition, whether what it signifies has been individually identified or has not been individually identified but is known only in broad, general terms.