As for the action specific to every creation, it is giving Him what every creation deserves, which is what divine wisdom decrees, and that is His saying, “He gave every thing its creation and then guided it.” That is, He explained that He Almighty gave every thing its creation so that none of the things would be said, “I have fallen short.” Likewise, this deficiency that he imagines is a symptom of his own, due to his ignorance of himself and his lack of faith, if he had reached his saying, “He gave everything its creation,” for the created thing does not know its perfection or what it lacks, because it was created for others, not for itself. So the One who created it created it for himself, not for himself, so what he gave him is only what he lacks. It is appropriate for the Almighty to have it, but the servant wants it to be for himself and not for his Lord, so he says, “I want such and such, but I lack such and such.” If he knew that he was created for his Lord, he would know t