Fountain of Christianity — Page 23
23 Who manifests Himself through powerful signs. A truly Divine religion must possess signs of being from God, and it must possess the Divine seal to prove that it has indeed come from Him, and this religion is none other than Islam. It is through this religion that God, Who is hidden and in- visible, comes to be known, and it is to the followers of this religion that He manifests Himself. He supports the true religion and manifests His existence to the world through it. Religions that are only based on tales are hardly distinguishable from idol-worship, for they are de- void of the spirit of truth. If God is still Living as He was before, and if He still speaks and hears as He did in the past, then why should He have observed such silence in this age as if He did not exist? If He does not speak today, then surely He does not hear either, which means that He practically does not exist. Hence the true religion is that which testifies that God hears and speaks even in this age. In the true religion, God Himself informs about His exis- tence through His dialogue and communion. Recognition of God is not something easy, and it is not for the sages and philosophers of this world to try to find Him. The study of heavens and earth can only prove that there 'should be' a Creator of this highly ordered universe, but it cannot prove that He actually exists. And the difference between 'should be' and 'is' is quite obvious. The Holy Quran is the only book that proves God’s existence as a fact. It does not only enjoin the recognition of God, but ac-