158 and among the wonders of the power of allah the most high is the abundance of creation and yet we do not see one person resembling another in a way that does not make any difference between them. i asked someone who lived a long life and reached eighty years did he see images before that resemble these in a single resemblance? he said to me no but each image has its differences. and so is everything in the world. this is known from contemplating the machines and all the composite bodies and his repeated sight of them for a long time for then he distinguishes between them and recognizes some of them from others by differences in them that the soul recognizes and no one is able to express them with his tongue. so glory be to the almighty the wise whose powers are infinite.
١٥٨ ومن عجيب قدرة الله تعالى كثيرة الخلق، ثم لا نرى أحدا يشبه آخر شبها لا يكون بينهما فيه فرق. وقد سالت من طال عمره وبلغ ثمانين عاما، هل رأى الصور فيما خلا مشبهة لهذه شبها واحدا، فقال لي لا بل لكل صورة فرقها. وهكذا كل ما في العالم، يعرف ذلك من تدبر الآلات وجميع الأجسام المركبات، وطال تكرر بصره عليها، فإنه حينئذ يميز ما بينها ويعرف بعضها من بعض بفروق فيها تعرفها النفس، ولا يقدر أحد يعبر عنها بلسانه. فسبحان العزيز الحكيم الذي لا تتناهى مقدوراته.