In Persian Sufi literature, the concept of haduth—the temporal origin of the universe as a deliberate act of Divine Will—is foundational. Attar's doxology in The Conference of the Birds illustrates this through the 'Kun' (Be!) command and the specific construction of the cosmos (six days, nine spheres, and seven stars). This theological premise serves as a direct prerequisite for understanding the philosophical defenses of monotheism in later works like Rumi's Masnavi, where the doctrine of haduth is invoked to refute the Dahri (materialist) belief in an eternal, uncreated universe (qadim).