Like Intention, Point of View May Transform Habitual Actions Into Worship
Note this point! Just as through intention, permissible habitual actions may become worship, so according to the point of view, the physical sciences may become knowledge of Allah the Most High.
If you study and reflect, that is, if you look at things as signifying one other than themselves, and in respect to art: “How beautifully the Maker made these, how well He did it!” instead of: “How beautiful it is;”
If you look from this point of view at the universe, the inscriptions of the Pre‑Eternal Inscriber, His order and wisdom, and flashes of purpose and art will illuminate your doubts;
The sciences of the universe will become knowledge of Allah the Most High. But if you look at things as signifying themselves from the point of view of nature, saying: “The thing looks to itself alone,”
If you look thus at the universe, whatever the extent of your scientific knowledge, it will be ignorance. Wretched truths become worthless in worthless hands. The witnesses to this are many.