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12 Allah's Artistry In Colour

connections between events and places, people and objects only through
their external appearances and colours. Neither hearing nor touch alone suf-
fice to define objects. For humans, the external world only means something
when it is seen as a whole with its colours.
Identifying objects and our surroundings are not the only benefits from
the diversity of colours. The perfect harmony of colour in nature gives the
human soul great pleasure. In order to see this harmony and derive pleasure
from every detail of it, man has been equipped with a pair of eyes, which
have a very special design. In the world of animate beings, human eyes are
the most functional and can perceive colours in their smallest details, so
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much so that the human eye is sensitive to millions of colours. Evidently, the
visual apparatus in humans that works so perfectly has been specially
designed to see a world full of colour.
The only being on earth that can understand the existence of such an
order in the universe is man because he has the power to reflect and reason.
Hence, in the light of all the foregoing, we conclude the following:
Every detail, pattern and colour in the heavens and the earth have been
created for humans to acknowledge and so to appreciate this order and
reflect on it. The colours in nature have been arranged in such a manner as
to appeal to the human soul. Perfect symmetry and harmony prevail within
colour, both in the worlds of animate and inanimate beings. This situation
will certainly evoke some questions in the mind of someone who reflects,
such as:
What makes the earth colourful? How do the colours, which make our
world so extraordinarily beautiful, come into being? To whom belong the
design of the diverse colours and the harmony between them?
Is it possible to say that whatever exists might have come into existence
by purposeless changes brought about by a chain of coincidence?
Certainly, no one would claim such an absurdity. Uncontrolled coinci-
dences cannot create anything, let alone billions of colours. Just observe the
wings of a butterfly or colourful flowers of any kind, each of which looks like
a wonder of art. It is surely impossible for sound reason to attribute all these
to unconscious processes.
We can have a better understanding of this fact if we take an example.
When one sees a painting depicting trees and flowers in nature, one would
not claim nor even think that the harmony of colour, the organised patterns
and the conscious design in this painting could have come into existence by