The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam — Page 206
200 Who has been lost. You have observed that light always descends from heaven and falls upon the earth. In the same way the true light of guidance also descends from heaven. Man's own devices and his own conjectures cannot bestow true understanding upon him. Can you behold God without His manifestation? Can you see in the dark without the help of heavenly light? If you can, you may perhaps see in this case also. But our eyes, though in perfect condition, depend on heavenly light; and our ears, though they can hear perfectly, depend upon the air which circulates under divine direction. That god is not true who is silent and leaves everything to our conjectures. The Perfect and Living God is He Who manifests Himself on His own. At this time also He has designed to disclose His own Being. The windows of heaven are about to open, the day is about to dawn. Blessed are those who should rise up and seek the True God, the One Who is not overtaken by any calamity, the brilliance of Whose Glory is never dimmed. Allah, the Exalted, says in the Holy Quran: الله نُورُ السَّمَوتِ وَالْأَرْضِ 235 Meaning that all the light of the heavens and the earth proceeds from God and lights up everything. He 235. Allāh is the Light of the heavens and the earth. (The Holy Quran, an-Nūr 24:36)