Wrong Comparison Between God and Man

WRONG COMPARISON BETWEEN GOD AND MAN however, many who accepted God made the same mistake, albeit differently. in the human world, when they observed that things occur directly or indirectly with the help of other people, they began attributing partners and helpers to God as well. among human beings, the recommendation of ‘big’ people with access to power and authority helps get things done. accordingly, it was assumed that God had some special people who were very close to him, had significant influence in his court and whose recommendations God would accept. human beings are subordinate to their emotions. often, they ignore the demands of Truth and decide things under the sway of their emotions. drawing an analogy from this, people invented the belief that God had a particular emotional link with members of a special group or community and that his relations with them differed from his relations with the rest of humankind. all such beliefs are a negation of God’s divinity. however, unfortunately, people often cling to such baseless thoughts and imaginary beliefs in their foolishness. To consider himself like God is to imagine that a man is the master of his destiny and that he is entirely free to do whatever he wants or abstain from whatever he wants. it is to imagine that he is free to devise the principles of his life as he wishes and determine what is permissible and forbidden through reasoning. Every such effort is, as it were, tantamount to putting ourselves in God’s place, arrogating to ourselves a right that