The Fountain of God’s Unity — Page 13
fall prey to Satan. At this point, perhaps some of you might think that the manner in which I have described shirk seems as if there is no other sin in the world aside from it. However, this is not what I mean; rather what I mean is that it is through shirk that all other sins emerge. THE REALITY OF SHIRK When a person is completely free from shirk, how can it be possible for him to commit any sin? Because when he believes in all the attributes of God Almighty, he can do no wrong. If a thief intends to steal, but has faith that there is an All-Seeing God—Who punishes them for their sins-then they will never be capable of stealing anything. Similarly, if those immersed in other sins feared, not the creation of God but rather the Creator Himself, then they would forego all forms of deceptions and indecencies, which would otherwise become firmly embedded in -13-