A Rejoinder to Pope's Allegations Against Islam — Page 6
Being hidden from our eyes he remains in the core of our hearts. Almighty God himself says; / " g ,. ,/ 0" ,. ,. s;- ~ ~l y)i J-Jj ~ ~ dy} L: ~:) 0~~\ GiG:-~j '". / ". . // /'. . . . 0. . lu) I "And assuredly, We have created man and We know what his mind whispers to him, and We are nearer to him than even hisjugular vein. " (HOI,Y QURAN 50: 17) So whoever becomes obedient to God and walks the ways he likes, and supplicates to him, he is near to such person, he hears the supplications of the supplicants and responds to him. This is Islamic concept of God. Concept of a living and loving God. It is not just hypothesis, but it is the reality, he appeared to whom he pleased in all the ages and revealed his secrets. Holy Quran says; " 0/ /' /. " I"" \JJ /' tJJ //,. I~ ~~; \~~ t-\:J\ 0;'; ~\ ~! J~ ~;s. ~:~ ~L \~~j ", ~/ 0 " 0)D"j r-+w 1. 5 \~~j J -,. . . ,/ -,. "And when My servants ask thee about Me, say '[ am near. [ answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. So they should hearken to Me and believe in Me that they mayfollow the right way. " (HOLY QURAN 2:187) Contrary to the Islamic point of view it is mentioned in the Gospels that no man has seen God; 6