Discovering the Quran

The Method for the Discovery of God for us. Had God been visible, having faith in God would not have become a test for human beings. God and all other things related with belief in Him, being in the unseen, are matters of great blessing for man, because it is due to this that the process of thinking has been initiated and stimulated. It is owing to this that we have a limitless sphere in which to ponder and reflect. It is owing to this that realization of God can become for us a self-discovered reality, and without doubt it is a fact that there is nothing having a greater impact in this world than a reality discovered on our own. God and other matters of belief being in the unseen are an endless source of intellectual development for man. For guidance, the condition of faith in the unseen is no arbitrary condition but for a creature like man, it is rather a very reasonable condition. For the understanding of any great reality, an awakened mind is always required. Only the mind of an awakened person is capable of understanding a great reality. God without doubt is the greatest reality. That is why having faith in God, or the realization of God in the true sense, can be had only by one who has awakened his mind by study and reflection. One whose mind is not awakened is as if suffering from an intellectual blindness and without doubt the realization of God cannot be achieved in a state of such blindness. The Method for the Discovery of God The philosophical pursuit of God dates back to ancient Greece. It is believed that the first Greek philosopher was Thales of Miletus, who lived during 546 to 624 BC. Philosophy, in essence, is the search for the Creator, but philosophers could