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What Belief Makes Man Gain?: Published 2012/10/18 at 13:26 No Comments
What Belief Makes Man Gain?: Published 2012/10/18 at 13:26 No Comments
Man ascends to the highest of the high points with the light of belief
and gains a value deserving paradise. He descends to the lowest of
the low points with the darkness of unbelief and reaches a state
deserving hell. Belief is an attachment. It is a luminous connection
that connects man to God. To make a connection with God is only
possible through belief. The real value of man depends on his
connection with and closeness to God. A persons dignity and
prestige increases in accordance with his closeness to the sultan;
similarly mans value increases in accordance with his closeness to
God.
In this universe, if man is connected to God, takes shelter in Him,
then he can become Gods caliph on the earth, His official, His guest
or even His friend thanks to belief. This connection of friendship
with God can only be realized by the light of belief. Belief is such a
light that man sees the reality of everything thanks to this light. He
perceives the hidden reasons and meanings of beings and
understands that they are not created in vain.
The nicest and prettiest feeling of man is affection. If belief wouldnt
exist, this affection would put man into distressed troubles due to
endless parts. For instance, a mother whose only and very beautiful
baby dies feels this spiritual torture fully if she is unaware of the
hereafter.
One of the important feelings of man is love. Love that is
illuminated by belief makes all of the beings friends of man. Then a
connection of love is established between man and his environment.
The feeling of being eternally together with the people he loves
makes him happy. For instance, when a mothers baby is about to
die and when a doctor gives the baby some medicine and the pretty
baby comes round, the mother will feel very happy and
comfortable.
Similarly, millions of people that we love and that are interested in
like this baby are separated from us by death. If we see the matter in
the light of belief, we will know that they do not disappear
eternally. So the troubles and sorrows are transformed into endless
happiness and comfort.
If man is deprived of belief, the anxiety of being eternally parted
from the people he loves gives him hell-like torture. For instance,
the most valuable thing of man is his mind. If the mind falls into
polytheism and unbelief, it sends the sufferings and troubles
coming from the past and caused by the eternal disappearance of
the beloved people to the heart. In addition, the anxiety about his
disappearance in the future transforms the mind into a torturing
device. Therefore the sinful man generally indulges in alcohol or
entertainment to escape from the troubles the mind gives him.
If mind is illuminated by the light of belief, the thought of being
together with his late relatives and friends in paradise fills his
world. It makes him love life and creatures. His love towards his
Lord, who will make it possible to rejoin the people he loves and
who will give him and them the endless bliss, will increase. Mind
becomes a real mind with the light of belief and gets its real worth.
If the eye of man is illuminated with the light of belief, then he sees
the whole universe in the form of paradise adorned with roses and
basils. He sees the works of arts, grace and help of God in every
being he looks at. He looks around with contemplation and to draw
lessons. He understands the evidences showing the existence and
oneness of God in everything and draws lessons from them to
strengthen his belief. The universe becomes like a big book in his
sight. He reads the hidden meanings in this book of universe.
adds values to its value. All of the beings in the universe obtain a
meaning thanks to belief. The happenings cease to be coincidental.
It is seen that everything takes place within the plan and program
of God.
The believer sees the trace, essence and face of Gods grace in the
inside of all negativeness thanks to the positive and good point of
view he gained through the light of belief. For instance he looks at
the misfortunes like diseases on the positive side. He thinks that it
will compensate for his sins, train his soul, make him gain good
deeds and increase his level, and consoles himself.
The unbeliever looks at the universe and happenings on the
negative side and dubiously. Unbelief is like black glasses that show
everything ugly and dark. Unbelief sees beings as a result of
coincidence and arbitrariness. From the point of view of the
unbeliever everything is aimless. All of the beings are strangers to
and enemies of one another. He thinks all of the beings advance
rapidly to the world of non-existence. The fear and anxiety that he
himself will also fall into eternal darkness makes the world a
dungeon for him. His world is filled with darkness and troubles.
His soul is surrounded by the darkness of grudge, hatred and
disobedience instead of the lights of love and affection. Such a man
lives the life of hell in this world before going to hell.
A look at the six aspects of man by the glasses of belief
Similarly a child that comes to the world through the womb of his
mother attains worldly bliss as a result of the troubles and pains he
experiences in the tunnel.
Back Aspect: If those coming from behind are viewed through the eye
of unbelief, the questions Where are they going and from where? Why did they come to
the world? cannot be answered and the unbeliever remains in the
torture of hesitation.
However, if a person looks through the eye of belief, he understands
that these people are onlookers sent by God to see the miracles of
the strange power exhibited in the exhibition of the universe. He
realizes that these people will achieve levels by understanding the
meanings which God wants to be known in the universe in
accordance with the rate they understand and return to God. He
will say Thank you God for the blessing of belief that makes him
gain this blessing of understanding.
These six aspects of man are illuminated thanks to belief; all of the
times and places are transformed into a large and comfortable
world. The whole world virtually becomes like his house that he
knows, is familiar with and he feels secure in. Thus he becomes like
a sultan of the universe thanks to belief.
A verse:
The Messenger believeth in what hath been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the men of faith.
Each one (of them) believeth in Allah, His angels, His books, and His Messengers We make no
distinction (they say) between one and another of His Messengers. ( al-Baqara,
285).
Belief in God and the hereafter makes it necessary to eliminate the
darkness of unbelief like a sun. Why doesnt acceptance of only
of human beings that are the result of the universe and caliphs on
the earth and the commanders of many creatures. He will send
them His books and pages. Therefore belief in God necessitates
belief in His Books.
God records everything that a tree and a grass experiences
throughout their lives in their seeds. Similarly He perfectly has
everything that a being with a consciousness experiences during his
life recorded in his memory as tiny as a mustard seed. So He has
everything man does recorded. He has mans deeds recorded for
punishment and reward and has his bad and good deeds recorded
in the tablets of destiny. So, belief in God necessitates belief in
destiny.
The limited sight of man does not suffice to recognize the Creator,
who filled this universe with endless works of wonderful art. This
necessitates the existence of angels who carry out the duty of
glorification of God properly. So, belief in God necessitates belief in
angels.
As the sun shows the day and the day shows the sun, the
fundamentals of belief prove one another. Each one proves and
necessitates the existence of the others. The truths of belief are an
indivisible whole.
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up; When the stars
fall, losing their luster; When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
When the wild beasts are herded together (in human habitations);
When the oceans boil over with a swell; When the souls are sorted
out, (being joined, like with like); When the female (infant) buried
alive, is questioned For what crime she was killed; When the
Scrolls are laid open; When the World on High is unveiled, When
the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat; And when the Garden is
brought near (Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
As is clear with the statement of this kind of verses, one day shall
come and there will be an end for this world and the gate of another
realm will be opened. This is as definite as the existence of the
universe that we see.
In this work named Belief in the Hereafter, the gathering, which
means resurrection after death and coming together in the
Gathering Place and which is one of the pillars of faith, is proven
with the certainty of two plus two equaling four. The truths
mentioned in this work are so powerful that they convince even the
most stubborn disbeliever.
If someone was to claim about a palace or a city: This palace or city
will be destroyed, and will then be repaired and reconstructed so
that it is intact, six questions would surely arise in the face of his
claim.
The First: Why should they be destroyed? Is there a reason or
something to necessitate it? If the answer is Yes and if it is proved,
the second question will be asked.
Does the builder who would destroy and then reconstruct them
possess the power to do so? Would he be capable of it? If the
answer is Yes, and if it is proved, the third question will be asked.
These chains are interlaced, and one cannot do any harm to any
single chain without completely destroying the whole; in other
words, in order to rip off a single chain, one must destroy the whole.
The topic is a whole, if one cannot refute the whole topic, he cannot
refute a single part of it, either.
Therefore, we can say that,
In order to deny the existence of the Hereafter, first of all, one needs
to deny the owner of the name, that is God.
In order to deny Gods existence, one needs to deny the actions and
names visible in the universe.
In order to deny the actions and the names visible in the universe,
one needs to deny the universe as a whole, which is not possible.
In other words, if one cannot deny the universe, he/she cannot deny
the visible actions, either; if he/she cannot deny the actions, he/she
cannot deny the doer, either; the one who cannot deny the doer,
cannot deny the name belonging to the doer necessitating the
Hereafter apparent in the actions, either.
In short: In every heading, such a way is followed that in order to
deny the Hereafter, one will have to deny the universe and abdicate
the reason. In this work, the existence of the universe will be proven
in the most clear fashion.
While the work Belief in the Hereafter was being prepared,
Badiuzzaman Said Nursis booklet, Resurrection and the
Hereafter was used as a source, which is also known as the Tenth
Word. All of the truths explained in our work have been taken
from Badiuzzaman Said Nursis mentioned work.
With this work, we aim:
To bring our faith from the level of imitation to the level of
investigation regarding the belief in the Hereafter,
To eliminate the doubts of those people who are unsure about the
Hereafter,
To be a means for unbelievers to enter belief,
To be a guide for those who may have to be engaged in a
discussion with unbelievers,
And finally to gain the consent of God Almighty.
Success and assistance come only from God.
Is it at all possible that the Monarch of this universe, the AllGlorious One, should create the universe with quite elevated aims
in order to show His perfection, on the other hand, should not give
rewards to those who, in return, are faithful and worshipping; and
should not punish those who insult and deny them? The reward
and the punishment is hardly felt in this world. So there is, and
should be, a place of reward and punishment somewhere else.
We will examine this proof under two headings. First of all, let us
take a short journey and see the sovereignty ruling over this world.
And then let us know who the possessor of this sovereignty is:
About 300 billion galaxies that are known and about 300 billion
stars therein continue their existence in a perfect fashion. All
galaxies, stars, planets, and satellites revolve around boththemselves
and certain orbits along with the systems they belong to.
Furthermore, the concept of speed in the universe is at mindboggling dimensions compared to the worldly measures. of stars,
planets, galaxies, galaxy clusters that weigh millions of tons move in
the space at a terrifying speed.
The world rotates around its axis at of 1670 km/hr and around the
sun at a speed of 108.000 km/hr. While the solar system rotates
around the center of the galaxy at a speed of 720.000 km/hr, the
Milky Way moves in the space at a speed of 950.000 km/hr. These
movements are so intense that each year the world and the solar
system go 500 million kilometer further than the previous years
position.
Is it at all possible that such an orderly movement be coincidental?
How can a man who has to explain the movement of a car on a
smooth surface with the skill of the driver attribute the orderliness
in this universe to chance?
Yes, the universe is such a palace that stars are the candles of that
palace. The world is just a very small room in that palace. The sun is
the lamp and the stove, and the moon is the night lamp of that
room. The sun, the lamp of our world, is 1.300.000 times greater
than our world.
In our own galaxy, the Milky Way, there are 200 billion to 300 billion
stars. Can you imagine a place in which there are 300 billion stars,
each of which is as big as the sun? Who can make all those stars
travel without colliding with each other?
The central heat of the sun is 20.000.000 degrees centigrade. (It is a
known fact that water boils at 100 degrees centigrade.) If we were
able to bring a substance as tiny as the head of a needle to the world
from the sun, it could burn something which is 160 km far away. If
the whole world were woods and coal, it would not meet the suns
need of fuel even for one day. Who burns the stove of the sun
without a pause?
The distance of the sun to the world is 150.000.000 km. The diameter
of our Milky Way is 100.000 light years. (The speed of light per
second is 300.000 km.) If we were to get on a rocket going at a speed
In the 1st step, we saw the sovereignty in the universe and through
the rule Acts cannot be without one who performs them, we
reached the existence and the name of God, the Monarch, Who is
cannot create Hell, either, you do not have enough power to create
the Hereafter
Yes, all those words are the ones resulting from disbelief which a
disbeliever indirectly comes to say. Even if God did not have any
reasons to create Hell, he would create it just because of those words
of the disbeliever and put him in there and thus, protect the glory of
His sovereignty.
Now, let us sum up the first proof in items and understand the issue
better:
1. From particles to stars and from atoms to galaxies, there is a
magnificent sovereignty visible in this universe and this sovereignty
is ruling over everywhere.
2. A village must have headman, a city must have a governor, and
this country must have a president; similarly, this sovereignty going
on in this universe cannot be carried out without the Sultan. To
deny this Sultan is only possible by denying the whole universe;
and to deny the visible sovereignty is not possible for anybody who
is not out of his mind.
3. The Sultans award those who serve them. It is to protect the
dignity of the sovereignty. However, those who serve the Sultan of
this universe are not deservedly awarded in this world. Then, there
should be somewhere else to give the reward so that the dignity of
the sovereignty should be protected.
4. The sultans punish those who revolt against them; thus, they
protect the magnificence and glory of their sovereignty. Yet, on the
other hand, those who revolt against God Almighty, the Sultan of
this universe, are not deservedly punished. So, there should be
somewhere else for punishment so that the dignity of the
sovereignty should be protected.
5. In order to deny the Hereafter, one should firstly deny the name
of Sultan of God Almighty. In order to deny the name of Sultan, one
should deny the glorious sovereignty apparent in the universe. So, if
one cannot deny the glorious sovereignty, he cannot deny the One
Who is the Sultan of this sovereignty, either. And the one who
cannot deny the Sultan cannot deny the Hereafter, either, since the
glory of the sovereignty is only protected by the arrival of the
Hereafter.
As we said in the beginning, the existence of the Hereafter is proven
through three steps. Each step is like a chain. These chains are
interlaced, and one cannot do any harm to any single chain without
completely destroying the whole. If one cannot break all of the
chains, he cannot break a single chain of it, either.
So, the one who cannot deny the sovereignty in the universe cannot
deny the One Who is the Sultan of this sovereignty, either; because
sovereignty cannot be without a sultan. If you cannot deny the
Sultan, you cannot deny the Hereafter, either. Because by the arrival
of the Hereafter, the glory of the Sultan gets protected.
Therefore, we can say this: Surely, the Sultan, Who has power over
everything and rotates the huge stars easily, is going to bring the
Hereafter and give reward to those who truly serve Him. He is also
going to throw some people who come to say in rebellion, You
cannot get hold of me, you have no power on me into His eternal
Hell, by imposing them the punishment they deserve. It is as clear
and precise as this visible sovereignty.
Is it at all possible that the Lord of this realm, who has endless
mercy and compassion with the witnessing of His visible activities,
will not reward His genuine slaves in a way that fits His mercy and
compassion? Reward is virtually non-existent here; there must be a
place of reward somewhere else so that His mercy will be manifest
there.
We will examine this proof under two headings: Under the first
heading, our eyes will make a small trip in this visible realm and see
the mercy and compassion that rule the world; and we will prove
the existence of the being, who is ar-Rahim (the All
Compassionate); under the second heading, we will show that the
mercy and compassion necessitate the hereafter.
1st STEP: WHO IS THE OWNER OF THE MERCY MANIFEST IN THIS REALM?
God is ar-Rahim. Ar-Rahim means the one who shows mercy, feels
pity for and shows compassion to the creatures that He created. He
has encompassed all of the realms with His mercy.
He created this realm out of nothing with His mercy,
He clothed each being with a dress peculiar to each being,
He educated each being in different forms,
He taught them their duties,
He equipped them with the tools that are necessary for them to
maintain their lives,
He met their material and spiritual needs with compassion.
Let us see some drops from that sea of mercy together!
If you saw a great fire being extinguished by water coming out of a
hose but if you did not see the hand that held the hose, would you
think the hose itself extinguished the fire? Of course not! The doer
of the deed of extinguishing must have attributes like life,
knowledge and power. A being that is lifeless, that does not know
what fire is and that cannot hold the hose cannot extinguish the
nourishing milk out of blood and flesh and to make those animals
like a milk plant.
And to make that huge sun a stove and lamp for the world, to make
the moon a candle and a calendar and to decorate the sky with stars
is definitely a manifestation of mercy.
Now, let us have a look at a partial manifestation of mercy in man:
What would we do if we did not have eyes? A completely dark
realm!
What if we did not have ears? A silent realm!
What if we did not have a tongue and it did not have the sense of
tasting? A realm with no speech and flavor!
What if we did not have a nose? A realm with no smell!
Of course, it would be very difficult to live in a realm like that. What
would we do if we did not have material gifts like hands, feet and
fingers and spiritual gifts like the mind, fear, compassion and love?
It means a manifestation of mercy is visible in the grant of every
organ.
God, who decorated man with such material and spiritual organs
and feelings, equipped animals with the organs that are necessary
for them in order to be able make use of this realm. He equipped
birds with wings and taught them to fly; He equipped fish with fins
and taught them to swim; He gave each being a body and organs
that are necessary for them to maintain their lives, treating them
with His mercy. The mercy of God has encompassed everything like
that.
In short: If the affairs of this world are observed closely, it will be
seen that every living being, from the weakest one to the strongest
one, is given the sustenance they need. Not even one of them is
forgotten. Every needy creature is unexpectedly given what he
explain how the feeling of compassion will burn man, who always
loses his beloved ones and buries them in non-existence?
All of the bounties like that will be transformed into torture and
mockery if the hereafter does not occur. Therefore, the hereafter is
necessary so that the mercy and compassion will not be
transformed into its opposite. There is no doubt that the Owner of
Beauty, who owns this mercy, will not let mercy and compassion be
transferred into their opposites and He will create Paradise, which
is as easy as creating a flower for Him.
In addition, imagine this now:
A poor person has rolled down a high mountain and has clutched at
a tree just as he is about to fall into a precipice.
If we throw a rope to him and pull him upwards and, just as he is
about to be saved, let the rope go and cause him to fall into
precipice, will our previous compassionate deeds be of any
importance? Does that compassion not turn to mocking? And does
the feeling of compassion that encourages us to save him let us
release the rope? Definitely not!
Just like this example, we clutched at the rope of power of God,
came to existence out of non-existence, and were saved from falling
into the realms of non-existence? Yes, God gave us this body and
sent us to this realm. He bestowed many grants on us. If the
hereafter does not occur and we go to non-existence with death, will
it not be like releasing the rope?
There is no doubt that the divine mercy will not send us to the
darkness of non-existence, which is similar to letting the rope go. If
he wanted to send us to non-existence, he would not bring us to this
world and he would not treat us with compassion.
If the hereafter does not occur, the compassion will be transformed
to mocking. Will it be a favor and grant if we send a table full of
laws and lifeless causes cannot be the doer of this mercy and
compassion. The doer of those deeds can only be God Almighty,
who is ar-Rahim and al-Karim (the Generous).
3. Since God Almighty has endless mercy, there must be the
hereafter, too. Endless mercy wants to grant and show mercy that
fits it. However, this mercy is too big for this ephemeral world and
this mercy cannot be manifest fully in this world. That is, eternal
places and houses are necessary for this mercy to be manifest fully.
Those eternal places are present only in the hereafter and in
Paradise.
4. It is necessary to deny God, who is ar-Rahim, in order to be able to
deny the hereafter. A person who cannot deny God and His name
ar-Rahim cannot deny the hereafter because the existence of mercy
and compassion necessitate the existence of the hereafter as we have
proved.
5. A person who cannot deny God cannot deny the hereafter;
similarly, a person who cannot deny the mercy and compassion
visible in this realm cannot deny God. A name cannot exist without
a being and an attribute cannot exist without the thing to be
attributed. The visible attributes of mercy and compassion prove the
existence of a Being who is ar-Rahim and al-Karim. Since the
unconscious nature and blind coincidence cannot own those
attributes, the owner of those attributes is God and nobody else can
be the owner of them.
6. Since the hereafter can only be denied through denying God and
since God can only be denied by denying the visible mercy and
compassion, which is impossible to deny, we can say that it is
necessary to deny the visible mercy in order to be able to deny the
hereafter. And nobody who is sane can do it.
If the hereafter does not occur, the visible mercy and compassion
will be transformed into their opposites, that is, into mercilessness
and ruthlessness, and the mercy and compassion will be
transformed into mockery. Since we have given the examples related
to the issue, we will be brief and complete this proof by attracting
the attention to this point:
The Being who has endless mercy and generosity will never
transform His mercy into mercilessness and His compassion into
ruthlessness; He will not transform those manifestations into
mocking. The only way to do it is through the hereafter. As it will be
proved later, to bring the hereafter and to create Paradise is as easy
as to create a flower for His power.
7.
index of the universe, the keys of all of the treasures of mercy, the
mirrors of all beautiful names in the small human body definitely
shows the endless wisdom.
It is probably unnecessary to try to prove the wisdom in this realm.
Each branch of science mentions this wisdom through its own
tongue and the topic of each science is the wisdom itself. Therefore,
we do not want to say anything else in order to explain the wisdom
in the universe and move to the answer to this question: Who is the
Wise Being that owns this wisdom? Who included so many useful
properties in things? Who does not let any absurdity in any place of
this realm? Who ensured the uses and benefits in everything, from
the human organs to the stars in the sky? Who is the Wise Being
that does not waste anything in this realm? Who equipped
everything with wisdom in the form of embroideries?
Is the only answer to be given to those questions not God?
Let alone explaining the wisdom in the universe with coincidences,
can only the wisdom in the body of a fly be explained by
coincidence?
Yes, there is a purpose, aim, benefit and result in every being that
has been created in this realm peculiar to itself that is maintained.
Nothing that can be regarded as absurdity, purposelessness,
meaninglessness and waste is observed in any of the beings. It is
impossible for senseless and unconscious causes to take care of
those purposes and aims on their own and to create things with
wisdom like that. Then, this situation proves that there is a Wise
Being behind the curtain who creates things with wisdom.
2nd STEP: THE NAMES AL-HAKIM (PERFECTLY WISE) NECESSITATES THE
HEREAFTER
Suppose that you have a big sugar factory. You bring the sugar beets
you collect from the field to the factory, process them and produce
sugar in the end. Then, you work hard and load the sugar on trucks.
Would you throw the sugar into the sea after so much hard work
and so many wise processes?
Definitely not! If you wanted to throw it into the sea, you would not
construct a factory, would not collect sugar beets from the field,
would not process them and would not load the sugar on trucks.
Your above-mentioned deeds prove that you will not throw the
sugar into the sea.
Similarly, God Almighty created the factory of the world by making
a lot of expenses. He created thousands of wisdom in each stone of
the world. If the hereafter does not occur and if the fruits of this
factory do not appear in the market of the hereafter, there will be
endless waste.
Is it possible for God, who equipped the wing of a fly with tens of
wisdom, to let such waste and absurdity by not bringing the
hereafter? Definitely not! If he wanted to let it, he would not have
created this realm with wisdom and would not give importance to
it. That is, to claim that the hereafter will not occur is like to deny
the wisdom that our eyes see because not to bring the hereafter is
complete absurdity and it means to let this realm be transformed
into absurdity and waste. The Lord of Majesty, who is the owner of
endless wisdom with the witnessing of the wisdom in front of our
eyes, is free and away from such absurdity.
Is it at all possible for God to show that He owns wisdom by
equipping every living being with wisdom and benefits that are as
many as the fruits of a tree and then to reduce everything to
absurdity by not introducing the eternity and the endless bliss,
which is the greatest wisdom, the most important benefit, the most
essential result, and which makes wisdom the real wisdom,
bounties the real bounties and mercy the real mercy, and which is
Similarly, man is like a tree with leaves, each of which is worth fifty
thousand lira. As we have explained, the organs of man that are like
the leaves of that tree are more valuable than fifty thousand lira and
even than Paradise. God Almighty, who has endless wisdom, will
not let the tree of man be food for the worms, lie in the grave, decay
and not resurrect.
We can also look at the proof of wisdom through this window of
the feelings:
Suppose that you saw a very big fish in a pool. You would realize
that it did not belong to that pool but to a sea much bigger than the
pool.
Similarly, the talents and feelings of man do not fit into this world;
the pool of this world does not satisfy man. Then the fish of man is a
candidate for another sea; and that sea is the hereafter.
If we compare the scales like the mind, memory, tongue, ear in man
with the things that they weigh, we will see that the scales are more
valuable. That is, those scales were not given to us just to earn
things in this ephemeral world. To claim the opposite is only
possible through denying the wisdom that is in front of us. No sane
person will do it.
Another aspect of the wisdom that necessitates the hereafter is as
follows: :
The wisdom that is absolutely wise in His Lordship and
administration would definitely want to bestow favors on those who
take refuge in His wing of Lordship, believe in Him and obey Him.
The wisdom of endless sovereignty wants to protect and bestow
favors on those who take refuge in Him. The wisdom of endless
sovereignty can only be maintained like that.
However, not one in a thousand or even one in a million of those
bestowals is seen in this world. That is, there is another realm and
the grants and bestowals are left to that realm. It is not possible to
deny it; it is not possible to deny the visible wisdom that is
dominant, either.
Let us meditate the proof of wisdom again in the form of items:
1. There is a purpose, aim, benefit and result in every being that has
been created in this realm peculiar to itself that is maintained.
Nothing that can be regarded as absurdity, purposelessness,
meaninglessness and waste is observed in any of the beings. That is,
there exists endless wisdom in the universe, and every branch of
science is a witness for that wisdom.
2. Doubtlessly, it is impossible for senseless and unconscious causes
to take care of those purposes and aims on their own and to create
things with wisdom like that. Then, this situation proves that there
is a Wise Being behind the curtain who creates things with wisdom.
3. Wisdom can be real wisdom and it will not be transformed into
waste and absurdity only if the hereafter occurs. If the hereafter
does not occur, the wisdom will be transformed into waste and
absurdity.
4. The wisdom that is absolutely wise in His Lordship and
administration would definitely want to bestow favors on those who
take refuge in His wing of Lordship, believe in Him and obey Him.
The wisdom that is absolutely wise wants to protect and bestow
favors on those who take refuge in Him. However, there are no
bestowals and grants like that in this world; it means they are left to
another realm.
5. Therefore, to deny the hereafter is only possible through denying
the name al-Hakim of God Almighty. To deny the name al-Hakim
can only be possible through denying the wisdom that is seen
everywhere in the universe and that encompasses everything. It is
not possible for sane people. Besides, we do not address those who
remove and discard their minds.
In short: That the hereafter will occur is as obvious and clear as the
wisdom that we see in front of our eyes. The only thing that will
make wisdom the real wisdom and that will prevent it from being
transformed into waste is the occurrence of the hereafter.
Regarding this proof, we will mention the value shown to man first
and state the signs of this value in items. As a matter of fact,
detailed explanations can be made for each item but we will not
explain the items so as not to lengthen the explanation of the proof
and leave it to your understanding.
Is it at all possible that God Almighty should value man so much,
love him, make Himself loved by him, make it felt that he always
values and loves him through His bounties and then should
condemn him to non-existence and that He should not create
Paradise, which is as easy as to create a flower for Him, for man and
not give him the endless bliss? No, never!
Regarding this proof, we will mention the value shown to man first
and state the signs of this value in items. As a matter of fact,
detailed explanations can be made for each item but we will not
explain the items so as not to lengthen the explanation of the proof
and leave it to your understanding.
Yes, the most important and the most acceptable guest of the Owner of this realm is man
because:
1. Man is the center of the general lordship of God Almighty in this universe. All of the
things were given to him to use; it looks as if this realm was created for man and was
trained so that man would benefit from it. Every creature, from plants to animals, from
the sun to the moon, is a servant to man and was created in such a way as to serve him.
This situation proves that man is the most valuable guest of the Owner of this realm.
2. Man is addressed by God Almighty.That
these
aspects are considered, no creature can catch up with man; and this
tiny man overweighs the giant stars of the sky.
The value shown by the Owner of this realm to man is too much to
count. Besides, any person who meditates on his body will see the
value shown to him and approve that he is the most important guest
of this guesthouse.
Is it at all possible that the Lord of this realm should value man so much and then
should kill him without the intention of resurrecting him, should condemn him to nonexistence by reducing His love and appreciation for him to nothing and should do
injustice, which is contrary to His justice and truthfulness. Definitely not!
Yes, the value shown to man proves that man was not created only
for this world; he will go to an eternal, temporary land and he
works for it.
Besides, those organs cannot have been given to man only for this
life. For instance, if the following is said to the power of
imagination, which is a servant and describer to the mind: You will
be given the sultanate of the world with a lifespan of one million
years but then you will be annihilated, he will be sorry instead of
being happy unless the delusions deceive him and his soul
intervenes. That is, the biggest ephemeral thing cannot satisfy the
tiniest organ of man.
The hands of man that extend toward the eternity, his thoughts that
have surrounded the universe and his desires that extend toward
the endless bliss show that man was created for the eternity and he
will go there. For man, this ephemeral world is a guesthouse and a
waiting room for the hereafter.
In short:So much value shown to man and so many organs and tools
he is equipped with show that man is a candidate for the hereafter
and he is invited to Paradise.
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The Unbelievers will be led to Hell in crowds; until, when they arrive there, its gates will
be opened and its Keepers will say:
Did not messengers come to you from among yourselves rehearsing to you the Signs of
your Lord, and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?
The answer will be: True: but the Decree of Punishment has been proved true against
the Unbelievers! (Surah az-Zumar: 71)
(To them) will be said: Enter ye the gates of Hell, to dwell therein: and evil is (this)
abode of the arrogant! (Surah az-Zumar: 72)
And those who feared their Lord will be led to the Garden in crowds: until behold, they
arrive there; its gates will be opened: and its Keepers will say: Peace be upon you! Well
have ye done! Enter ye here, to dwell therein. (Surah az-Zumar: 73)
They will say: Praise be to God, Who has truly fulfilled His promise to us, and has given
us (this) land in heritage: we can dwell in the Garden as we will: how excellent a reward
for those who work (righteousness)! (Surah az-Zumar: 74)
And thou wilt see the angels surrounding the Throne (Divine) on all sides, singing
Glory and Praise of their Lord. The Decision between them (at Judgment) will be in
(perfect) justice. And the cry (on all sides) will be Praise be to God the Lord of the
Worlds! (Surah az-Zumar: 75)
Is it difficult for the Being who creates a big regular army consisting
of three hundred thousand nations in spring out of nothing to bring
together the particles of the human body? Definitely not!
Is it at all possible that God should give life to the vast earth that
becomes dead and dry in winter in spring, should demonstrate His
power by deploying more than three hundred thousand different
forms of creation, each of them as remarkable as man and should
further demonstrate in this deployment His all-embracing
knowledge by the infinite distinctions and differentiations He
makes in the complex intermingling of all of those forms and then
He should not bring about resurrection, should not gather His
creatures together or be unable to do so, should not restore man to
life, or be unable to do so, should not be able to inaugurate His
Supreme Court and should not be able to create Heaven and Hell?
No, never!
Now, let us explain the proof:
We see that the Owner of this realm shows many samples and
examples of resurrection after death every century, every year and
even every day on this narrow and ephemeral earth. For instance:
Every spring, we see that in the course of five or six days more than
three hundred thousand different kinds of animals and plants are
resurrected and the creatures that die in winter are revived. The
roots of all the trees and plants, as well as some animals, are revived
and restored exactly as they were. The other animals are recreated
in a form so similar as to be almost identical. The creatures that are
created become almost the same as the creatures that died in the
previous winter.
Is it at all possible that for the One Who does all of this anything should be difficult that
He should be unable to create the heavens and the earth through one command and that
He should be unable to resurrect men with a single blast? No, by no means is it possible!
Now let us look at this truth with the binoculars of examples:
Let us suppose there were to be some gifted writer who could write
out in a single hour the confused and obliterated letters of three
hundred thousand books on a single sheet without any error,
omission or defect, complete and in the best form. If someone were
then to say to you that that writer could write out again from
memory a book written by him that had fallen into the water and
become obliterated, would you then say, He cannot do it; I do not
believe it?
You can never say so! It is very easy for that person who could write
out three hundred thousand books on a single sheet to write your
book, which had fallen into the water. Besides, he had written the
book that fell into the water. That is, he knows all of the writings in
the book by heart.
Similarly, the earth is a sheet, too. If we regard each species of
creatures as a book, three hundred thousand species of creatures are
created in spring; that is, three hundred thousand books are written
on a single sheet. No book is confused with other books; no errors,
mistakes or confusions are observed.
Is it at all possible that a Being that can write three hundred
thousand books on the sheet of spring cannot rewrite the book that
fell into water? As a matter of fact, he had written that book for the
first time. Could we doubt that our book of life will be written
again after we see with our own eyes the three hundred thousand
books written on a single sheet?
Or think of some talented king. In order to demonstrate his power
or for the sake of providing a warning example, He removes whole
mountains with a single command, turns his realm upside down,
and transforms the sea into dry land. Then you see that a great rock
rolls down into a valley, so that the path is blocked for guests
traveling to attend the kings reception and they are unable to pass.
If someone should say to you: that exalted one will remove or
dissolve the stone, however great it may be, with a single command;
he will not leave his guests stranded, would you then say that he
will not remove the stone, or be unable to do so?
Definitely not! The fact that He removes mountains with a single
command, turns his realm upside down, and transforms the sea
into dry land proves that He can lift a stone.
Similarly, the Lord of Majesty invites his guests to the land of the
hereafter and to the gardens of Paradise. This world is a stone that
blocks the way of the guests. To be able to reach the land of the
hereafter is only possible if that stone is removed. Can it be said for
the Being who spins the stars and galaxies like a catapult stone,
How will He remove the stone on the way to the hereafter for the
guests?
Or look at the truth with the binoculars of this example:
If you see someone summon together a great army in one day and if
someone were then to say, that person is able to call together the
troops in his army, who had dispersed to take rest, and assemble
them again in battalions, and you were to say, I do not believe it,
you know well how lunatic would be your denial..
Now, look what the Quran says about the truth that we have
mentioned:
Then contemplate (O man!) the tokens of Allahs Mercy! how He gives life to the earth
after its death: verily the Same will give life to the men who are dead: for He has power
over all things.(ar-Rum,
50)
The glorious and eternal Dominicality, the almighty and all
embracing Sovereignty of the One Who gives life and death to this
vast and wondrous earth as if it were a mere animal; Who has made
of this earth a pleasing cradle, a fine ship, for man and the animals;
Who has made of the sun a lamp furnishing light and heat to the
hostelry of the world; Who has made of the planets vehicles for the
conveyance of His angels the Dominicality and Sovereignty of
such a One cannot rest upon and be restricted to the transitory,
impermanent, unstable, insignificant, changeable, unlasting,
deficient and imperfect affairs of this world.
He must, therefore, have another realm, another kingdom, one
worthy of Him, permanent, stable, immutable and glorious. He
causes us to work for it, and He summons us there.
Now, let us summarize this proof in items:
To sum up: The person who denies resurrection should look at the season of spring! If
his soul still denies the resurrection of man after seeing so many resurrections and
gatherings in spring, he should condemn himself!
aspects, evidence for his word. Is it at all possible that errant doubts,
no stronger than the wing of a fly, could invalidate his words and
make people doubt the existence of the hereafter that he informed
us about?
Yes, this thirteenth proof consists of the witnessing of the Prophet
and the Quran. We can express this proof in items as follows:
1- Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) informed us about the existence of
the hereafter and regarded belief in the hereafter as one of the
pillars of belief. Then, we can say that in order to be able to deny the
hereafter, it is necessary to deny the prophethood of Hazrat
Muhammad first. A person who cannot deny the prophethood of
Hazrat Muhammad cannot deny the hereafter.
We can present the following as evidence for the existence of the
hereafter: the fact Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) fed an army with a
handful of food proves that the hereafter exists.
That is, if we regard one of the miracles of the Prophet as evidence
for the existence of the hereafter, it will be true because:
Since he fed an army with a handful of food, it is a miracle;
Since he presented a miracle, he is definitely a prophet;
Since he is a prophet, he never tells lies and never resorts to lying;
Since he never tells lies and never resorts to lying, all of the news
that he informs us about is true and right;
Then, the existence of the hereafter is true because he informed us
about it!
We can say the following: Each one of the one thousand miracles of our Prophet
is evidence for the existence of the hereafter.
That is, if we use each miracle as evidence for the existence of the
hereafter it will be true and right because:
Each miracle proves his prophethood.
Then, we can say that the number of the evidence of the hereafter is as many as the
number of the prophets and their miracles. Each prophet and their miracles are witnesses
and evidence for the existence of the hereafter. What word could invalidate the words of
all of the prophets and make people doubt their word?
The Quran is evidence for the existence of the hereafter just like
our Prophet (pbuh) and all of the other prophets. The Quran
informs us about the existence and many affairs of the hereafter.
Then, we can say: The fact that the like of the Quran cannot be produced proves
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It will be right to use the fact that the like of the Quran cannot be
produced, which is a miracle of the Quran, as proof for the existence
of the hereafter because:
Another proof for the existence of the hereafter is all of the saints
and righteous people. Saints declare the existence of the hereafter
based on their extraordinary deeds; the righteous people and
scholars declare the existence of the hereafter based on their
evidence.
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What word of an irreligious person could refute and what word of an unbeliever could
invalidate an issue declared by the saints and righteous people?
Besides, they have the right and authority to speak regarding the
issue. In a discussion about science and art, the words of the experts
of science and art are valid; the words of other people are taken into
consideration. For instance, for the diagnosis of an illness, the word
of an ordinary doctor is preferred to the word of a very successful
architect because the issue is medicine and the doctor has the right
and authority to speak regarding the issue.
Similarly, as regards the issue of the hereafter, the word of a
philosopher who believes only what he sees and who is against
immaterial things is not valid and is not taken into consideration.
The right to speak regarding the issue belongs to the prophets,
saints and righteous people.
The word of what philosopher is preferred to the word of one hundred and twenty-four
thousand prophets and hundreds of thousands of saints and righteous people? Are the
people who do so regarded as sane?
Each name like those proves the existence of the hereafter; similarly,
the laws of the universe prove the occurrence of the resurrection.
For instance, the beautiful creation of man in the best mold (ahsan
at-taqwim) shows God, his artist; similarly, the end of the ability in
the best mold in a very short time shows the resurrection. Such a
valuable ability cannot have been given for this short, ephemeral
realm.
For instance, wisdom, assistance, justice and compassion seen in
most things prove the Lord of Majesty, who is al-Hakim, al-Karim,
al-Adil and ar-Rahim and show that they originate from His power.
Similarly, if the insignificant and short lives of the ephemeral beings
are taken into consideration despite the power and endlessness of
those names, the hereafter will be apparent like the sun. That is,
everything says Amantu billahi wa bil-yawmil-akhir (I believed
in God and the Day of Judgment) with their tongue of disposition.
Now, we will present the last proof regarding the existence of the
hereafter. In this proof, we will mention the endlessness of the
power of God unlike the others. To deny the hereafter originates
from not being able to understand the nature of the power of God.
When the nature of the divine power is understood, the doubts
originating from that aspect will be eliminated.
Now let us deal with only one proof out of tens of others regarding
the endlessness of the power of God:
Is it at all possible that the Lord of this realm, who has endless
knowledge and limitless power, should promise Paradise to His
servants who obey His orders and should frighten and warn those
who disobey Him against Hell and should inform us about this
promise and frightening through all of His prophets and books but
then should not keep his promise and show His ignorance and
weakness God forbid. Is it at all possible?
However, what He promises is never difficult for His power. On the
contrary, it is very easy for Him. It is as easy as to revive the
numerous beings of the previous spring again in the next spring.
What He promised are such things that all of the prophets reported
them unanimously and all of the saints unanimously witnessed that
they took place.
It is contrary to the dignity of God to break his promise; and it does
not fit Him!
Is it at all possible that God Almighty should not bring the things that he repeatedly
promised and frightened people with, shouldshow His ignorance and weakness God
forbid and should contradict His prophets and saints? No, never!
Now, let us try to find an answer to this question: What might be the
reasons for not fulfilling the things that people have been promised
or that they have been warned against?
We can list those reasons as follows:
1- Ignorance: If a person who promises to do something does not know
how to do it, that is, if he is ignorant about the thing he promises,
what he promises will not be fulfilled. That is, ignorance is a reason
that prevents what is promised from being fulfilled.
2- Weakness: If a person who promises to do something is too weak or
poor to do it what he promises will not be fulfilled. That is,
weakness is also a reason that prevents what is promised from
being fulfilled.
3- Telling lies: If a person who promises to do something is a liar and
breaks his promise easily, what he promises will not be fulfilled.
That is, lying is another reason that prevents what is promised from
being fulfilled.
Then, let us give an example:
All the programs and life stories of flowers are preserved in minute
seeds. That seed becomes a kind of box for the flower. In the next
spring, the seed rips and all of the deeds of the flowers, in a sense,
are transmitted from the seed.
Is it at all possible that a preserver, which protects all things with
the utmost order and balance, things in the heavens and on the
earth, on dry land and in the ocean, dry and wet, large and small,
commonplace and exalted- and as it were, sifts their results by way
of accounting should permit the deeds and acts of man, man who
has been given the lofty disposition of humanity, the rank of Gods
supreme vicegerency, and the duty of bearing the Supreme Trust,
not to be recorded, not to be passed through the sieve of accounting,
not to be weighed in the balance of justice, not to be punished or
rewarded? Definitely not!
We will examine this proof under two headings:
1st STEP: WHO IS AL-HAFIZ (THE PRESERVER) THAT PRESERVES EVERYTHING?
Who is the Being that preserves all of the plans and programs, deeds and life stories of
the flowers in tiny seeds?
Who is the Being that preserves the deeds of even a simple plant and transmit those
deeds in the next spring?
Who else can preserve the plans and programs of endless flowers in tiny seeds and in
the next spring can make those flowers emerge from those seeds without confusing any
of them? Yes, who but God can do it?
All of the programs and deeds of all trees are preserved in tiny
seeds. Those tiny seeds keep all of the deeds and programs of the
tree.
Who keeps that huge fig tree in the tiny seed and makes the seed a receptacle for that
tree?
Who places the plans and programs of all deeds into tiny seeds and gives the books of
deeds of the trees to their tiny seeds?
Can you show a doer other than God for that wise deed?
Who but God can make those tiny seeds books of deeds for trees?
The programs and life stories of animals are preserved in their eggs.
Those small eggs are like books of deeds for those animals, and all
of the properties of those animals are kept in the eggs.
Who is the Being that preserves a colorful peacock in a simple egg and then cracks the
egg to take the peacock out?
Who is the One that makes all eggs like books of deeds for animals and preserves all of
the programs of animals in that egg?
It is God because nobody else can have the power to do it. Preserving necessitates
endless knowledge, limitless power, endless wisdom, unconditioned will and other
attributes. It is impossible for a Being that does not have those attributes to preserve the
plan and program of an animal in an egg. Only God has those endless attributes.
Who is the Being that preserves man, who is a wonderful piece of art, in drop of liquid
called nutfa?
Who is the One that makes a drop of liquid like a library and writes man in that liquid?
Yes, it is God. It is God who makes a drop of liquid the beginning of man and who
preserves the extraordinary program of man in it?
What about the DNAs of man? The DNA molecules in one single
cell are like a 46-volume encyclopedia, each of which has 20.000
and lose ones senses in order to be able to deny the name al-Hafiz
because there exists preserving in everything from seeds to kernels,
from the power of memory to eggs, from DNAs to cells. As the rule,
deeds cannot be without doers indicates, this preserving must
have a doer, too. A person who cannot deny the preservation that
takes place before his eyes cannot deny its doer, the All-Preserving
Lord of Majesty, either. To deny the preservation can only be
possible by losing ones mind and humanity. We have nothing to say
to those who lose their mind and humanity!
All people stop for a few minutes in this exhibition of the world in
order to watch the samples of the valuable grants and the antique
works of the art of that Being in the stalls of the markets of this
world and then disappear.
Is it at all possible that the Being who makes all of the beings from
atoms to the sun, from trees to galaxies, obey his orders like soldiers
and who shows His grandeur and lordship by controlling the whole
universe should deal only with the ephemeral beings who live
temporarily in this world and should not create an eternal and
permanent land that will be a mirror for His grand activities and
high lordship? Definitely not!
We can explain this proof as follows:
A person who looks at this realm carefully will see that a
magnificent sultanate and lordship is dominant over it.
The magnificent activities like the alternation of the seasons,
The grand movements of the stars and galaxies like airplanes,
Terrific fascination like making the world a cradle for the creatures in it, making the
moon a candle and the sun a lamp for them,
Big changes like reviving and decorating the earth, which dies in winter, in spring
This state and situation shows it definitely that there are permanent palaces for that
eternal sultanate, fixed houses and gardens and treasures full of the best originals of the
samples that we see in the world behind this guesthouse, this area and this
exhibition. That
is, the hard work and efforts here are for them. He
makes us work here and gives the reward there. Everybody will
have bliss there if they do not lose the test based on their ability
and deeds.
It is impossible for that grand sultanate to dominate over the ephemeral and despicable
people that are bound to die here and not to have another land.
Now, let us have a look at this truth with the binoculars of this example:
You are on a road. You see there is an inn on the road. A notable
person built that inn for his guests. He spent millions of gold coins
for the one-night stay and enjoyment of the visitors to decorate the
inn.
Those guests watch those decorations for a short time; they taste
very few of those bounties and leave without being able to satisfy
themselves. However, the guests take pictures of the decorations in
the inn.
The servants of that notable person pay great attention to the deeds
of the guests and record those deeds carefully.
You also see that the notable person destroys most of those valuable
decorations every day and makes new decorations for the new
guests; he spends a lot of money on the inn every day.
Will you doubt that the person who built that inn have permanent and high houses,
unending and valuable treasures and permanent generosity after you see that inn? The
treats and bounties of that person in the inn aim to increase their desires and to make
them incline toward the presents he has prepared for them.
If such be the case with an object at the simplest level of life, is it not readily understood
how closely man, the highest form of life and the possessor of an eternal soul, is tied to
eternity?
You will also understand that man has not been left to
graze where he wills, with a halter loosely tied around his neck; on
the contrary, the forms of all his deeds are recorded and registered,
and the results of all his acts are preserved for the day when he shall
be called to account.
Seventh principle: You will understand, further, that the destruction
visited upon the beautiful creatures of summer and spring in the
autumn is not for the sake of annihilation. Instead, it is a form of
dismissal after the completion of service; it is also a form of
emptying in order to clear a space for the new creation that is to
come in the following spring. It is a form of divine warning to conscious beings
Sixth principle:
to awake from the neglect that causes them to forget their duties, from the drunken
torpor that causes them to forget their obligation of offering thanks
Prayer (dua) is divided into two. The first one is the prayer that is
known by everybody, the one uttered by the tongue. The second one
is the one that is done by the tongue of disposition.
Is it at all possible for a Being, who sees the smallest need of His
smallest creature and who meets its need unexpectedly, who hears
the most secret voice of His most secret creature and helps it, who
answers the prayers uttered by the tongue and by the tongue of
disposition, and who is the owner of endless compassion and
mercy, not to know the need of His greatest slave and beloved
creature, not to fulfill his desire and not hear the loudest prayer and
not to answer it? Definitely not!
We will explain this proof under two headings:
1st STEP: WHO IS AL-MUJIB, WHO ANSWERS PRAYERS?
Prayer (dua) is divided into two. The first one is the prayer that is
known by everybody, the one uttered by the tongue. The second one
is the one that is done by the tongue of disposition. The prayers
done by the tongue of disposition are divided into three:
1- Prayers uttered by the tongue of need: For instance, when a farmer digs the
ground, it is a prayer uttered by the tongue of need. The farmer
presents his need to God with his state. All of the prayers of
disposition uttered by the bird for wings, by the fish for fins and by
the tree for leaves and fruit are prayers uttered by the tongue of
need.
2- Prayers uttered by the tongue of ability: The prayers of disposition by the
egg in order to be a bird, by the seed in order to be a flower and by
the seed in order to be a tree are examples of prayers by the tongue
of ability.
3- Prayers uttered by the tongue of despair: The prayers of disposition uttered
when all of the hopes are abandoned and all causes are ineffective
and when all hopes are lost and in very troublesome situations. In
those situations, a person prays God with his disposition and asks a
way out.
Thus, prayers are divided into two: Tongue and tongue of
disposition. Tongue of disposition is also divided into three: tongue
of need, tongue of ability and tongue of despair.
However, we should state that not all of the prayers are accepted,
due to some wisdom. For instance, a lobster lays 7 billion eggs in a
year. All of those eggs pray God by the tongue of ability and want to
be lobsters. If all of their prayers had been answered and if all of
them had become lobsters, the seas would have been full of lobsters
in a year and the rights of other living things would have been lost.
The prayers of the other living things for their rights to be protected
are answered due to some wisdom.
Now let us examine the proof:
A person who looks at this realm carefully will see that the prayer
of all of the beings are answered and all of the voices are heard and
answered.
For instance, the sustenance of the animals and plants are given
perfectly and none of them are left hungry. The sustenance of the
weak ones and the young ones is sent perfectly. This is answering
their prayers uttered by the tongue of need. Who is the One that
answers their prayers with compassion and mercy and that feeds
them gently?
A bird wants wings and they are given to it. A fly wants eyes with
five thousand lenses and they are given to it. An ant wants a
telephone in order to be able to communicate with its friends and it
is given antennae. Man wants eyes, ears, tongue, and endless
material and spiritual organs and feelings and they are given to
him. Man wants endless things like all other creatures and he is
given all that he wants. All of these desires are prayers uttered by
the tongue of need and they are answered. Who is the one behind
the curtain that hears those prayers and answers them?
A seed wants to be a flower. Another seed wants to rip and grow
under the ground and become a large tree. A drop of liquid wants
to be a human being. An egg wants to transform into a colorful
peacock They are all prayers uttered by the tongue of ability and
they are answered based on some wisdom. Who is the one that
hears those prayers and trains them with his mercy?
Sometimes a plant is about to fade due to the lack of water; armies
of clouds are sent to it. Sometimes an animal is in great trouble due
to endless needs; it is sent special help. Sometimes a person feels
like the whole world is against him; everything seems to squeeze
him; he is sent help from an unexpected place. Sometimes all of the
causes become invalid; even if all of the people and jinn come
together, they cannot do anything; just then, help is sent. Sometimes
all of the doctors lose hope but suddenly a cure is sent.
In short: Sometimes all of the causes become invalid; all of the
helpers disappear and all hopes are lost; however, an unexpected
help from nowhere is sent. It is the answer to the prayers uttered by
the tongue of despair.
Who is the one that hears those prayers and helps the creatures who
are in difficulty? Who helps those desperate people? Who is the one
that knows and hears everyone who is in difficulty? Who helps
them with mercy?
Sometimes man opens his hands and prays. He states what he
wants and asks it from his All-Compassionate Lord. He throws all
of the causes away and turns to Him only, bows down before Him
and what he asks is given to him at once.
Is there anyone who can say, I asked from Him but I was not given
anything? Definitely not. All of the prayers that are uttered are
Now let us move to the fact that this truth and the name al-Mujib
necessitate the hereafter
2nd STEP: THE NAME AL-MUJIB NECESSITATES THE HEREAFTER
Since this ephemeral world cannot show the beauty and perfection
fully and the spectators in this realm leave the realm without
observing the beauty and perfection long enough, there must be a
permanent country and permanent spectators of that country so
that the permanent beauty and perfection will be manifest fully
there and the permanent spectators will watch the beauty and
perfection fully.
We will examine this proof under two headings:
1st STEP: WHO IS THE OWNER OF THE BEAUTY AND PERCEPTION THAT ARE
VISIBLE IN THE UNIVERSE?
A person who looks at this realm carefully will see that there exists
endless beauty and perfection in this realm. Do you want proof for
it? Then, look at the seas, trees, flowers, birds and fish. Examine all
of them one by one, Can you find anything other than beauty and
perfection?
Who is the owner of this beauty and perfection?
It means the artist of this realm has a very important and amazing
perfection; He wants to show that perfection through those
wonderful arts. He also has an unmatched beauty; He wants to
make people watch His unmatched beauty through His ornamented
and embroidered creatures.
Doubtlessly, such an eternal beauty and perfection want to be
observed by appreciative, praising, admiring people because it is a
general rule that every owner of beauty and perfection want to see
and show his own beauty and perfection.
If the perfection is permanent, he wants to be manifest and be
observed permanently. Permanent manifestation wants the
permanence of the existence of the appreciative and admiring
people. The value of beauty and perfection decreases in the eyes of
an appreciative person who is not eternal and who is bound to die.
It is a very well known story that a very beautiful girl repulses an
ordinary man who falls in love with her. In order to console himself,
the man says, she was an ugly girl, denying her beauty. In another
story, a bear goes under a grapevine to eat the sweet grapes. It
extends its hand but cannot reach the grapes; it cannot climb the
vine. Then, in order to console itself, the bear says, they are sour
grapes.
Just like those examples, if the hereafter does not occur and if death
becomes an end for man, the beauty and perfection of God
Almighty that are visible in this realm will be reduced to nothing
and lose their value and beauty. Let us explain the issue by stating
the reason of the creation of this world as follows:
As the owner of every beauty and perfection wants to see and show
his beauty and perfection, God, who is the owner of endless beauty
and perfection, wanted to see and show His beauty and perfection;
so, He created this realm. He decorated every creature with
embroideries; He showed all kinds of manifestations of His beauty
and perfection in this realm; He gave man the duty and honor of
watching them.
This is the duty of the creation of man: To watch that beauty and
perfection.
However, if the hereafter does not occur and if the death becomes
an end for man, he will despise this world and deny the beauty and
perfection before our eyes. Only by doing so can he put up with the
pain and anguish caused by the separation from this world.
However, it is contrary to the purpose of the creation of man.
Man, who has been created in the nature of a loving observer, will
transform into an enemy if the hereafter does not occur; he will go
down to the rank of despising from the rank of observing in order
to alleviate the pain of separation. Doubtlessly, the wise artist of this
world will not allow it and will not make him deny His beauty and
perfection. The only way to do it is to bring the hereafter.
Another reason why endless beauty and perfection necessitate the
hereafter is this: As the owner of every beauty and perfection wants
to see and show his beauty and perfection, God, who is the owner
before our eyes in order to alleviate the pain of separation from this
world just like the cat that called the meat that it could not reach
dirty. It is contrary to the purpose of creation. Doubtlessly, God
Almighty will not let such absurdity. The only way to do it is to
bring the hereafter.
4. The owner of every beauty and perfection wants to show his own
beauty and perfection. If the beauty and perfection is eternal, they
will want to seem eternal. Since the beauty and perfection of God
Almighty are eternal and permanent, He will want to seem eternal.
An eternal and permanent land is necessary in order to be seem
eternal. And that land is the hereafter.
5. An eternal beauty and perfection will want the continuation, that
is, the permanence, of the existence of the spectators. An eternal
beauty does not consent to ephemeral spectators. The necessity of
eternal spectators necessitates the hereafter.
6. The owner of every beauty and perfection wants to show his own
beauty and perfection and he himself wants to see it. That is why, a
scholar reads his own book and an artist observes his own work of
art. Then, God will want to see His own beauty and perfection.
Since His beauty and perfection are eternal, He will certainly want
to see them as eternal. Therefore, an eternal country is necessary.
And that country can only be the hereafter.
In short: All of the beings with all of their beauty and perfection
indicate the beauty and perfection of God Almighty behind the
curtain. Similarly, they also indicate the existence of the hereafter.
Beauty wants to see and to be seen. To see and to be seen want the
existence of enthusiastic spectators and loving admirers. Since
beauty is eternal and permanent, it wants the continuation of the
existence of the spectators because an eternal beauty will not
consent to an ephemeral lover.
A person who looks at this realm carefully will see that an infinite
generous hand operates in this realm. Do you want proof for it?
Then pay attention:
To create each creature out of nothing and to equip each creature with very valuable
organs They definitely show endless generosity and infinite largesse
Is there any answer other than God to those questions? Who other
than God can treat the creatures so generously and meet all of their
needs and grant them so many things? Who other than God has
unending treasures and fortunes?
The light of the sun proves the existence of the sun; similarly, that
unmatched generosity and endless largesse shows us and proves
the existence of the Being, who is Jawwad (very generous) and
Ghaniyy (rich), and who is behind the curtain.
Now, this generosity necessitates the hereafter
2nd STEP: GENEROSITY NECESSITATES THE HEREAFTER
4. The
Is it at all possible for a Just and Wise Being, who does everything
with absolute wisdom, not to maintain the rights of His creatures,
not to obtain the right of the oppressed from the oppressor and to
reduce justice to nothing? This justice exists virtually here; so, it
means there is a great court somewhere else and there is a land of
justice and there must be.
We will examine this proof under two headings:
1st STEP: THE JUSTICE VISIBLE IN THE UNIVERSE AND THE OWNER OF THIS
JUSTICE
Justice means to give every owner of the right to them and to put
everything in its place in accordance with wisdom and benefit.
Justice is the opposite of oppression and cruelty.
In this sense of justice, God Almighty is absolutely just. Let us prove
it:
Justice means to give every owner of the right to them. When we
look at this realm, we see that the sustenance and equipment of all
of the creatures are given to them in the best way. Not even one
creature is forgotten. A fly is not given the wing of an eagle and an
eagle is not given the wing of a fly. Each creature is equipped with
the devices that it needs. Even the rights of the creatures that we
despise are preserved like that. You will confirm my word when
you examine the body of a fly or an insect.
The fact that all things are endowed with being, given shape and
put in their appropriate place in accordance with precise
equilibrium and in appropriate measure to equip them with the
most appropriate devices and to give their rights in accordance with
their disposition shows that all matters are done in accordance with
infinite justice.
The fact that a fly is given an eye with 5.000 lenses is an indication
of this justice; the fact that the elephant is given a trunk and the
camel is given a hump is also an indication of this justice. In short,
thanks to this justice, each creature is given the organs that are
necessary for survival.
Now we are asking:
Who equips even a fly with organs to enable it to maintain its life by preserving its
right to live?
Who equips all creatures with wise organs and preserves their
right to live?
Who puts those organs in the most appropriate places?
Who gives them the bodies full of wisdom and the forms full of
benefits?
Who maintains the equilibrium in this realm?
In short: Who is the Just Owner of the justice that takes place
before our eyes?
It is definitely God and it is the manifestation of His justice.
Now, let us have a look at another aspect of justice:
One aspect of justice is to take the revenge of the oppressed from
the oppressors. The pages of history are full of the grievous ends of
the oppressors in this sense. The Pharaohs, Nimrods, Croesuses,
and many more oppressors were hit by the divine blows of the
name al-Adil (the Just) and the rights of the oppressed were taken
from them.
However, as it will be explained under the second heading, this
world cannot be a place for the full manifestation of justice; it is left
to another realm. Besides, when a gate is opened in the hereafter
with the name al-Adil, the fact that the full manifestation of this
aspect of justice is not visible in this world will be presented as
proof.
However, we can say this: phrases like it serves him right, you
sow what you reap frequently used for the oppressors prove that
the oppressors always suffer divine blows. Even one blow received
by an oppressor shows that there exists an Absolute Just Being
behind the curtain. The existence of thousands of blows like that
shows the existence of that Being like the sun and does not let any
opening for denial.
Another aspect of justice is this:
It is to protect the rights of other living beings by preserving the
equilibrium in the realm. For instance, a single lobster lays 7 million
eggs in a year. If all of those eggs had produced lobsters, the seas
would have been filled with lobsters and it would have been
impossible for other creatures to live. Through some obstacles, the
lobsters were prevented from reproducing much and the rights of
other living beings were preserved.
Let us ask again:
Is it possible for such equilibrium to take place coincidentally and such a coincidence
to continue for thousands of years?
Since the world exists and there exists mercy and justice in the
world, there definitely exists the hereafter too just like the world,
and we are going toward the hereafter. To deny the hereafter means
to deny the world and what is in the world. That is, the time of
death and the grave are waiting for man; similarly, Hell and
Paradise are waiting for and watching man, too.
Now, let us write what we have learned about this proof in items:
1. There exists endless justice in this realm. The fact that all things
are endowed with being, given shape and put in their appropriate
place in accordance with precise equilibrium and in appropriate
measure to equip them with the most appropriate devices and to
give their rights in accordance with their disposition and to hit the
oppressors with divine blows shows that all matters are done in
accordance with infinite justice.
2. Since deeds cannot be without doers, the justice that is visible
must have a doer called al-Adil. That doer can only be God
Almighty.
3. There must be a big court and a place of justice since God has
endless justice and does everything with justice. This ephemeral
world is away from being a place of justice. How can the rights of
thirty people that are killed by one person be taken from the
murderer in this world? You can kill him only once and it can be the
retaliation for one person only. How about the rights of other
oppressed people? If the hereafter does not occur, the rights of man
will not have been preserved; God, who has endless justice, will
never allow it.
4. When this world is observed, it will be seen that the oppressors
live in dignity and the oppressed live in contempt and that they die
in the same way. If the hereafter does not occur and if the oppressor
gets away with it, it will be an endless oppression for the oppressed.
God is far away and free from such oppression.
5. To deny the hereafter can only be possible by denying the
existence of God Almighty and His name al-Adil. To deny God can
only be possible by denying the justice that takes place before our
eyes. A person who denies justice must be blind or insane. Besides,
we do not address people who are not sane.
6. We want to add this: The reason why justice is not manifest fully
in this world is the mystery of testing. Due to the mystery of testing,
God lets the oppressors although he is not pleased with it. If he did
not let them, the mystery of testing would be invalid and the
wisdom of the establishment of the world would disappear. It is the
same for both human beings and animals. Due to the mystery of
testing, many cruelties are allowed and the rights of the oppressed
people are left to the hereafter.
In short: God, who shows his endless justice by giving a body even to
a fly, giving it a form, equipping it with endless wise organs and by
training it, will not leave the rights of the oppressed in the
oppressor by not bringing the hereafter. He is far away and free
from it.
Yes, one day, the oppressor will be punished for his oppression and
the oppressed will be rewarded for his contempt. Even the hornless
sheep will get its claim from the horned sheep. We believe it and we
confirm it.