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Chapter 2

Finding Glorious God's Greatness, Magnificence, and
Perfection in Things

While we struggle to unravel the truth of this secret (perceiving the Essence of His Being), we lack the words to describe it. How, then, can it be possible for us to achieve this goal? Namely, to perceive the Perfection and Glory of His Great and Eternal Being, with all the deficiencies of comprehension that we must endure.

It is obvious that we can appreciate the station of a Force, only if at the very least, we have an equivalent capacity within ourselves, or if we know of its corresponding likeness. Whereas, if we merely ponder the amount of intelligence and understanding bestowed by Glorious God from the beginning of the universe up until our age, we shall experience nothing but perplexity and astonishment.

For example: In order to comprehend, just consider the magnitude of understanding and intelligence that the Almighty Great Omnipotent Being has bestowed upon each human being, from the beginning to the end of the creation of the world. If we were to collect and lump it all together, it would come to hundreds of billions of tons, metaphorically speaking. Today's world population is upwards of four billion. Suppose that Almighty God has bestowed about an average of half a kilogram of intelligence and understanding upon each person. That would make about two billion kilograms, which, when converted to tons, would come to a rather staggering amount. At the end, we are plunged into a world of perplexity and astonishment. According to this standard, if one ponders on what quantity of intelligence and understanding has been bestowed upon mankind in each century or generation, from the beginning of the world up to today, it would be an astonishing and imperceptible issue. One would clearly find out that, Praise be to God, the Greatness, Perfection, Knowledge and Understanding of Him Almighty, Whose favors are indiscriminately abundant, is totally beyond our understanding and perception. Moreover, if you add the amount of understanding and intelligence of three other inhabited worlds on our side (i.e., of the Jinn, the Angels, and the Devils) to that of our world, what would it add up to? If one considered the five other sides along with this side encompassing eighteen thousand worlds, what could be reached? If one were to include the animals' instinct as well, what would then be the outcome, other than perplexity upon perplexity? The case can be compared to the situation where, for instance, one small ant had the task, according to its own ability, to do the statistical and organizing work of the president of a country. Could the ant ever accomplish such a task? No, never.

Thus man, according to what we have said, is not at all able to perceive and fathom the Perfection and Force, and even to estimate the Plans of His Almighty Being. Therefore, when Khidher was explaining to Moses while they were riding on a boat, peace be upon them, the limits of man's knowledge when compared to Almighty God's, Khidher pointed to a sparrow. The sparrow perched on the side of the boat, dipped its beak into the ocean, and then left. Khidher asked Moses: "How much water did this sparrow take from the ocean by plunging its beak into it?" Moses answered, Compared to the ocean's greatness, consider it nothing. Khidher replied: Similarly, you can imagine that the total of all of humanity's knowledge and understanding, from the beginning of the world until the end, does not amount to a drop from the ocean of Almighty's Knowledge and Understanding.

Thus the unworthy position of some among the underdeveloped, tempted by Devils, allows them to show off. Compared to more educated people or the inhabitants of other globes, however, they are zero plus zero. Furthermore, there are some people who might possess a limited knowledge granted to them by the Power of His Glorious Great and Unique Hand in the science of matter and technology. These people intentionally, unintentionally, and egotistically give themselves the permission of wishing to reach the Precious World (Proximity to His Almighty's Presence), without having acquired the proper means, or reached the proper path. This is illusion, absurdity, and insanity.

Thus, primarily, we hereby draw your attention to a series of brief discourses on topics that may enlighten as well as explain the Perfection and Greatness of His Almighty.

Second, we shall try to explain why man does not try to acquire this fortune, even though he is inclined by nature to acquire it.

Third, we will briefly explain the methods one can use in making that effort.