Faith (IMAN

Faith (Iman) nature itself. When a person reflects on the universe, observes the teachings of the Messenger, and listens attentively to the voice rising from within, all three appear as one and the same. It feels as though a single message is being broadcast at the same moment from three different places. The truth conveyed by God’s Messenger seems perfectly in harmony with the entire universe, and the inner voice of a human being fully confirms it. Whatever he reads in the Divine Book, he sees the same reflection in the earth and the sky, and whatever he reads and sees is accepted by his nature as smoothly as an object placed into a compartment made exactly to its size. However, this state of conviction does not arise on its own. Just as every potential within human nature becomes active only when it is nurtured and developed, in the same way, the secrets of the universe are revealed to a believer only when he fully devotes himself to their discovery. Likewise, the contents of a book become clear and beneficial only when a person studies it deeply and draws out its meaning. In the same way, this certainty is attained