 Early attempts to provide an overarching account of the efficient cause are found in writings by al-Kindī. These include The Explanation of the Proximate Efficient Cause for Generation and Corruption (al-Kindī RAKAF: 214–37; McGinnis and Reisman 2007: 1–16). In this text, al-Kindī illustrates the efficient cause by means of an example drawn from the realm of art: the making of a golden coin. In this example, the efficient cause is the craftsman who makes the form of “coin” become one with some gold. Divine efficient causality is also construed in terms of art, though its art is said to be very superior to ours: the craftsmanship in a bed or chair is as nothing in comparison to the harmonious product of God’s most perfect command.