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The Path full of ups and downs

In our discussion about the recognition of God we have to deal with three major topics, the recognition of God as an entity, the acceptance of the existence of God and the enlightenment through His attributes.

Let us illustrate our point with a simple example of group that is thirsty and is searching for water in the wilderness. When the group reaches the water then it realizes its life giving and preserving quality. The recognition of God as an entity is a very natural thing and is intellectually supported. Just as the thirsty know the need for water and go out to search for it, man loves perfection and so goes in search for the perfect being, God.

The recognition of God comes from studying the mysteries of creation and this is not a complex issue because of the clears signs that exist. The difficult thing is the correct recognition because this material world has a many crooked ways and many illusions which allure man to symbolism and conjectures (We will explain this later).

What we should note here is that like the infinity of God his attributes to are infinite. The names of God reflect His attributes and they are innumerable and each of them signifies a separate glory. This is why His infinite existence has infinite glorifications. Some of the names are the base and others are their branches e.g. the “All-Hearing” or the “all-seeing’ they do not mean that He has eyes and ears but his knowledge of all that is worth hearing or seeing. He is the most beneficent and the best judge in the sense that while He bestows His grace on some others He punishes for their wrong doings.

 

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