Were We Created Through the Ahl al-Bayt?

Question

A question regarding the creation of humanity and the role of the Ahl al-Bayt. [AR_ID:2603]

Answer 1

Peace be upon you.

Indeed, Allah is the sole creator who has an impact on this existence. Everything in the universe, apart from Allah, is dependent on Him and cannot exist independently. Allah is the independent giver, and there is no being that possesses power alongside His power.

The essence of the matter is that some worlds exist in a hierarchical order, where the earlier existing being prepares and qualifies for the divine grace to be bestowed upon the being that follows it. Thus, He is the giver and the bestower. However, some beings require intermediaries and conditions for their existence due to their limitations, needing something to complete their potential, making that intermediary a condition for their realization, not the source of their existence.

For example, if someone wants to write something on paper, they are the source of the writing, but to achieve that writing, they need a tool, which is the pen. The pen is a condition for the writing to occur, while the writer themselves is the source of existence.

From this, it becomes clear that the Ahl al-Bayt are intermediaries in the divine grace; the grace comes from Allah, and they are a condition for its realization. Through them—not from them—other existences are manifested.

This understanding is clear and unambiguous in the Quran, in narrations, and in philosophy, and it is accepted by most of our scholars.

May you be successful in all good.