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THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI that he has to some degree comprehended the system of cause and effect, inasmuch as that knowledge of his is very limited, as if it were a millionth part of one drop 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 reach the reality of every activity of God ( Chashma-i-Ma'arifat, p. 268 Essence of Islam. . Vol. 1, p. 29) 4. The Holy Quran comprises teachings, which work towards endearing God. They exhibit His beauties and remind us of His beneficence, in as much as love is created either by the observation of beauty or by the remembrance of beneficence. The Quran teaches that by virtue of His excellences God is One, without associate. He suffers from no defect. He comprehends all good qualities and manifests all holy powers. He is the Originator of all creation and is the Fountainhead of all grace. He is the Master of all recompense and everything returns to Him. He is near and yet far, and He is far yet near. He is above all, but it cannot be said that there is someone below Him. He is more hidden than everything else but it cannot be said that there is something more manifest than Him. He is Self-Existing in His Being and everything is alive through Him. He is Self-Existing and everything exists through Him. He is All Sustaining and there is nothing that supports Him. There is nothing that has come into being on its own, or can live without Him on its own. He comprehends everything, but it cannot be said what is the nature of that comprehension. He is the Light of everything in heaven and earth and every light has shone forth from His hand and is a reflection of His. Being. He is the Providence of the universe. There is no soul that is not sustained by Him and exists by itself. No soul has any power which it has not obtained from Him and which exists by itself. His mercy is of two kinds. One, which has been eternally manifested without being the result of any action on the part of anyone. For instance, heaven and earth, the sun and the moon and planets, water and fire and air and all the particles of the universe which were created for our comfort, and all those things that were needed by us, 243