Concept
Contingency and the Created World as Evidence of Divine Existence in Jami's First Supplication
The poem's argument
Jami presents the chain of possible beings as dependent upon a necessarily existent source. The continued order and fertility of the cosmos—from the movement of the heavens to minerals, flowers, and celestial phenomena—are treated as visible effects of divine power and generosity.
This joins two lines of reasoning: contingent beings require a sustaining cause, and the ordered created world bears witness to that cause through its effects. Nature therefore functions not merely as ornament but as evidence pointing from creation to the existence and generosity of the Creator.
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Updated 2026-07-18
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Persian Literature Prerequisite Course