And when he was astonished by them in their saying, 'This is such that they have never seen a sign for him after the signs that came to them, which filled the lands, and returned the deaf ears, and illuminated the blind eyes'; he reminded them with a sign other than the sign of the Qur'an, which includes numerous sufficient signs for their righteousness. He arranged them – glorified is He – before their asking, as a favor from Him upon them, indicating His magnificent power over resurrection and other signs that they requested and others, and His uniqueness in all matters. If they reflect upon them as they should, they would suffice them in all that is required of them. So Allah, the Exalted, said: 'And what' meaning: they said that while it is that He, and it is looking at His saying: 'He is the One who created you from clay' [Al-An'am: 2], meaning: He did that with you and what 'is there not a creature that crawls on the earth' meaning: it crawls, meaning: it moves with legs and without legs 'and no bird that flies' and He affirmed the reality with His saying: 'with its wings.' This includes all animals, even those in the sea; because their movement in the water is either crawling or flying metaphorically.

And when the intended meaning of the creature and the bird is comprehensiveness - he said: "Except for nations" meaning: he intends by it in himself, and he means his kind and joins it to its form "like you" meaning: in that and in that We created you and they were nothing, and We preserved all their conditions, and We determined all their provisions and lifespans, and We made for you in them rulings that We renewed for you, and We made for each of them a lifespan for death that they do not exceed after We distinguished between them in life. And for everyone is a fixed term in Our knowledge in the Barzakh established before We created them, not decreasing by an atom's weight nor increasing by a mustard seed's weight. And We made in these animals what is stronger than you and what is weaker, and We made you stronger than all by intellect. And if We had willed, We would have made between the strength of the body and the intellect, and perhaps We would have unleashed the weaker upon you, like locusts, mice, and worms, by which your minds are incapable. And if We had willed, We would have unleashed upon you from the weakest of them in creation - the mosquito - what would take your breaths and prevent you from settling and drive you from the movements of choice until it destroys you all like a single soul - and other matters that minds cannot comprehend and thought cannot grasp. And all of this is the meaning of His saying: "We did not neglect" meaning: We left and overlooked what we have of complete power and comprehensive knowledge "in the Book" meaning: the Preserved Tablet and the Qur'an. And He emphasized the negation by saying: "of anything" meaning: so that its mention may go away like the necklace whose string breaks and it falls apart. Rather, We mentioned all the conditions of Our creation from the jinn, humans, angels, and others from every speaker and silent being, so it became in the utmost precision until the guardians present what occurs from the actions of the accountable and others at the end of the day according to what was established in the Mother of the Book, and they find it as it is, neither increasing anything nor decreasing. Thus, they increase in faith. And We established in this Qur'an the essentials of matters, for it is a clarification of everything from the original and branch rulings and indications on all of that, and the news of the former and latter, and all knowledge that the creature may need. So whoever desires guidance, He guides him to the subtle secrets, and whoever turns away, He casts him into ruin, and he becomes blind even to the clear lights. And the verse is as He, glorified and exalted is He, said: "Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth" [Al-Baqarah: 164] until He said: "And He spread therein from every creature - for signs for a people who understand." And in everything there is a sign that indicates that He is One. So will there not be for you in that signs that suffice you from sending the messengers, let alone that you stop after sending them and do not accept from them any miracles except what you propose.

And when he pointed to what all other animals share with humans in the conditions of life and otherwise, he specified the gathering which is the place of wisdom. He said: ﴿Then﴾ meaning: after a long life and residence in the Barzakh ﴿to their Lord﴾ meaning: specifically. [And it is established for the action in the manner of the words of the able ones, his saying]: ﴿They will be gathered﴾ [meaning: they will be collected against their will] after He brings them all back as He began them, and He will give justice to every oppressed one from his oppressor. All of that [is easy for Him]. ﴿The creation of you and the resurrection of you is only like a single soul﴾ [Luqman: 28]. And all are preserved in a clear record, despite the differences in their types, the variations of their realities, and their individuals, and their increase in seriousness in being counted towards them - glorified is He who encompasses all things in knowledge, and has counted all things in number. Indeed, that is easy for Allah, and He is capable of all things.