INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION The journey to discover God stems from a deep-seated urge innate to man’s nature. It is so easy and simple for every person to undertake this journey wherever they are. One does not need to travel anywhere physically for this purpose. According to a story, someone once asked a desert dweller what evidence there was for God’s existence. The Bedouin replied that the camel’s dung was evidence of the presence of a camel, footprints on the sand were evidence of the existence of a person who had walked there, and so were not the vast skies, the wide Earth and the enormous seas filled with waves sufficient evidence for the existence of a Creator of them all? (Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Vol. 1, p. 106) This story is about a humble and wise man. From it, one can understand that realizing the Creator’s existence is so easy that every human being, at the level of their very nature, can conclude that God does exist by reflecting on their immediate surroundings. There is no need to visit a library, read many books, or embark on a journey to discover God. You can discover God wherever you are. There is only one condition: one must be a sincere seeker. Once, someone asked me how we can know God. I asked him to reflect on the fingers of his hands and the toes on his feet. His life would have been difficult had his fingers been short and his toes long! Our fingers and toes are just the size for our hands and feet to function properly. They