Living in God's Glory
English book, p. 19
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
THE GREATEST MATHEMATICIAN if man were to reflect on the difference between him and the rest of the universe, he would comprehend the difference between him and God. God is the final and ultimate form of this superiority, which man experiences over the rest of the universe to a very small degree. To understand God is as simple a matter as understanding oneself. The truth is that to believe in God is to believe in something we already believe. To see God is to see something already there for us to see. another name for intensifying what man is experiencing every moment is ‘belief in God’. (That is, belief in God involves only an intensification of what man is experiencing every moment.) The human being is not the “full stop” in this universe. When a high state of existence is present in the form of man, then why should the existence of another higher state in God not be a possibility? THE GREATEST MATHEMATICIAN Every genius is confronted with the incredible feeling that a Being greater than himself is at work in the universe. It is a measure of his greatness that he can bow to another infinitely greater Being. God is another artist,” said Picasso, “he invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat.” Einstein once observed that God was subtle, not malicious, and very clever. on a visit

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