anxious: fretful when evil touches him, and withholding when good touches him.”

He says:

“Build the Ark under Our watchful eyes and according to Our revelation.”

And He says:

“And he was building the Ark.”

Ships are made by human beings, yet Allah, Blessed and Exalted, has stated that He created them, saying:

“And We created for them other vessels like it, which they ride.”

He says:

“And Allah has made your homes a place of rest for you, and made for you tents from the hides of livestock, which you find light to carry when you travel and when you camp; and from their wool and fur…”

—and the subsequent verses. All these things are made by human beings.

Allah Most High says:

“Do you worship what you carve, when Allah created you and what you make?”

Here, mā (“what”) means “that which.” Whoever interprets it as a nominalizing particle is mistaken. Nevertheless, if He created the carved object, just as He created manufactured goods, clothing and buildings, this shows that He is the Creator of every maker and what he makes.

Allah Most High says:

“Whoever Allah guides is rightly guided, but whoever He leads astray—you will never find for him a protecting guide.”

And He says:

“Whoever Allah wills to guide, He opens his heart to Islam; and whoever He wills to lead astray, He makes his heart tight and constricted.”

He—glory be to Him—is the Creator, Lord and Sovereign of everything. In what He has created there is consummate wisdom, abundant blessing, and mercy both general and particular. He is not questioned about what He does, whereas they will be questioned—not merely because of His power and irresistible might, but because of the perfection of His knowledge, power, mercy and wisdom. For He, Glorified and Exalted, is the wisest of judges and the most merciful of those who show mercy. He is more merciful to His servants than a mother is to her child, and He has made everything He created good.

Allah Most High says:

“And you see the mountains