Our God — Page 10
10 1 اَم اوُرَدَق َهّٰللا َّقَح ٖهِرْدَق The people have not comprehended the attributes of Allah at all. Do try to understand that the less subtle a thing, the easier it can be observed through physical senses, and the more subtle it is, the harder it is for the physical senses to experience it. It is for this reason that when we try to learn about subtle things we have to depend on their properties and their behaviour, rather than on direct observation. How then is it possible for God—who is not only Himself the most Subtle Being but is also the Creator of every subtle thing—to be seen by our physical eyes? The objec- tion of the critics that they will not believe in God until they see Him with their eyes is, therefore, absurd. It would imply that the critic either believes God to be a corporeal being, or at least wants God to assume a corporeal form so that he can be absolutely sure by seeing Him with his own eyes. But the trouble is that there are millions of blind people in this world. Would they too not have the right to demand that God should assume some other mate- rial form so that they may taste, smell or feel Him? Does this not amount to ridiculing God? How shameful for a man who pro- fesses to have a mind and a heart! If someone says that he would not believe in God unless he sees Him with his own eyes, all I should say is that if God could be seen with one’s eyes, He would not be worth believing in at all. This is because in such a case many of His other attributes would be falsified. He is Incorporeal, for instance, but in this case He 1. S u rah al- H ajj, 22:75.