Search for the Supreme Reality

God. They all wanted to see God directly, whereas the realization of God is possible only indirectly. Therefore, they kept up their fruitless effort of trying to discover God directly. However, the direct method they sought to use can discover things in the created realm but is not workable concerning the Creator or the Ultimate Truth. That is why secular philosophers and scholastics failed in their quest for Truth or their search for the Ultimate Reality— God Almighty. What, then, is the correct method for discovering God? Guidance in this regard is provided in the narrative about Prophet Moses in the Quran referred to earlier. According to the above verse of the Quran (7:143), an incident of great significance occurred to Prophet Moses on a mountain in the Sinai Desert. The words of the Quran: ‘You cannot see Me, but look at the mountain; if it remains firmly in its place, then only will you see Me,’ indicates that the knowledge of God’s existence can only be obtained indirectly by contemplating on the creation—the effect of the Creator— to arrive at an understanding of the Creator. Reflecting on this incident, one learns that man cannot see God directly. Knowledge of God’s existence can only be obtained indirectly by contemplating His creation and reaching an understanding of the Creator. This guidance, exemplified by the experience of Prophet Moses, has existed for thousands of years, yet scholars have never truly embraced this approach. Instead, they persisted in their pursuit of directly discovering the Creator. According to the Quranic and scientific methods, man can obtain