Allah The Exalted — Page 5
All a h the Exalted 5 Belief in the Unity of God Established through the Holy Prophet sa It is a false and stinking notion that belief in the Unity of God can be achieved otherwise than through the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of All a h be on him]; nor can man achieve salvation without it. How can there be faith in the Unity of God unless there is perfect certainty with regard to His existence? Be sure, therefore, that be- lief in the Unity of God can be achieved only through a Prophet, as our Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of All a h be on him] convinced the atheists and pagans of Arabia of the existence of God Almighty by showing them thousands of heavenly signs. Up till today, the true and perfect followers of the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of All a h be on him] present those signs to the atheists. The truth is that till a person observes the living powers of the Living God, Satan does not depart from his heart, nor does true Unity enter into it, nor can he believe with certainty in the existence of God. This holy and perfect Unity is appreciated only through the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of All a h be on him]. [ H aq i qat-ul-Wa hi , R uha n i Khaz a ’in, Vol. 22, pp. 120-121] It is not within the power of man to comprehend all the activities of the Divine, as they are above reason, intel- lect and imagination. A man should not be proud of his pittance of knowledge that he has to some degree com- prehended the system of cause and effect, inasmuch as that knowledge of his is very limited, as if it were a mil- lionth part of one drop out of the ocean. The truth is that as God Almighty Himself is unbounded His activities are unbounded also. It is beyond and above human power to