ForEWord

FOREWORD To believe in God is to see the invisible force behind visible objects. it requires a unique vision, enabling individuals to penetrate superficial forms and perceive the ultimate reality. a person endowed with such vision sees God’s greatness everywhere; he looks only to God as great. he submits entirely to God and trusts in him alone. so engrossed in God’s overpowering greatness does he become that all worldly creatures, including himself, fade into insignificance in his sight. The essence of religion is to believe in the meaningfulness of the universe, which is yet unseen, for, in this world, all higher realities lie hidden. God has given every human being opportunities; some use them to earn the world, others to gain everlasting life. seeing opportunities as God’s gifts and using them in the service of God will earn a man the everlasting gardens, Paradise in the hereafter. Each step that man takes in this world leads him relentlessly toward one of the two extremes: Paradise or hell. Everyone will want to be counted among God’s humble servants on the last day. This privilege will only be for those who, before the coming of that day, show themselves to be deserving of divine approval. it is those pure souls that will be found deserving of Paradise. Paradise is for those sublime souls who live in the consciousness of God’s eternal greatness. Paradise is for those who have a living faith. living faith in God means seeing God as having limitless powers. one who finds such a God does not remain the same person as one before having that experience. When faith reaches its culmination,