Allah The Exalted — Page 3
All a h the Exalted 3 God of Islam Visible in Nature and Perceived by Human Hearts The God of Islam is the same God Who is visible in the mirror of the law of nature and is discernible in the book of nature. Islam has not presented a new God but has pre- sented the same God Who is presented by the light of man's heart, by the conscience of man, and by heaven and earth. [Majm u ‘a Ishtih a r a t, Vol. II, pp. 310-311] Our soul and every particle of our being are prostrate before the Mighty, True and Perfect God from Whose hand every soul and every particle of creation together with all its faculties came into being, and through Whose support every being is sustained. Nothing is outside His knowledge, outside His control, or outside His creation. We call thousands of blessings and peace and mercy on the Holy Prophet Mu h ammad, the chosen one [peace and blessings of All a h be on him] through whom we have found the Living God Who gives us proof of His exis- tence through His Word. He demonstrates to us through extraordinary signs His shining countenance which pos- sesses eternal and perfect power. We found the Messenger sa who manifested God to us and we found the God Who created everything through His perfect power. How majestic is His power that nothing came into being without it and nothing can continue to exist without its support. That True God of ours possesses numberless blessings, numberless powers, numberless beauties and beneficences. There is no other God beside Him. [Nas i m-e-Da‘wat, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, Vol. 19, p. 363] The Being of God is transcendental and beyond the be- yond and is most secret and cannot be discovered by the