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as of the earth. Rather the first proof of His existence is our lis, our bodies, our natures, changes of our souls, our vements and our works and deeds. The most clear thing that r\es to our intellect among all things is our soul, then our sa tions arising out of our five senses and then our knowledge ting out of our intellect and deep insight. Every sense has got separate function and separate proof. All the things of the rid give ample proof of the existence of the Creator and proper uaintance of His knowledge, power, mercy and skill. If the •d writing gives proof of the life of a writer and his existence, wonderful creations of heaven and earth give sufficient of of the All Powerful. There is nothing which does not prove existence. Our external and internal conditions give proof of glory and omnipotence as we know that the hands of a writer lot automatically move.

There are two causes of the defect of our intellect to lerstand Him One cause is that the matter is subtle and "et, but its illustration is not secret. The second is His ;htness being out of limit, as a bat can see in darkness, but it not withstand the brightness of day. The sun's rays defeat eye sight of a bat as the sun's rays are strong and the sight bat is very very weak. Similar is our sight. God's light is ;edingly high covering all in heavens and earth. Our eye it is very very weak in comparison to God's light. So we can see Him. He is invisible because his light is too strong. A g appears clear in contrast with a thing opposite to it. God ost express and open and everything gets light from His t. Had he been secret and not open, all in the heaven and h would have been destroyed. All things are regulated by principle. That proves His existence. On account of his ■ssive light, He is hidden. He whose insight is strong and se faith is firm, is in the middle path in his affairs. He does see anything except God and knows nothing except Him. mows that there is no existence of anything except that of . He who looks at the writing on a paper knows the tence of a writer. The heaven and earth and what is therein he writings of that Great Writer with the pen of power. He s God and knows Him through His works. He sees nothing pt God. It can be said of him that he loses himself in lid and forgets his own existence. A weak man cannot jrstand it.

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Man can understand even before the dawn of his knowledge that everything attests to the existence of Gel. But his religious feelings of childhood disappear when he mixes with the corrupt society. Owing to his worldly engagements, he is debarred from swimming the ocean of Marfat. For this reason, a poet said :

Thou art open. Thou art not hidden,

How can deaf and blind man

Can know the open moon?

Thou hats kept secret whatThou disclosed.

How can He be known who though open

Keeps himself hidden.