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order to get rid of such polytheistic ideas as thinking that matter has an
absolute existence outside God, that He can only permeate matter in an
illusory manner, to see God as an entity just as abstract as intelligence, to
imagine that human beings have a power other than God, that people can

change their destiny if they choose, (surely God is beyond all these) or that
time and place are absolute. Those who ask why the matter is so important and
why we devote space to this subject at every available opportunity in all our
books, should think some more about it.
God is the only being to exist absolutely. He sees and hears us as we read
or think about this book and knows the secrets of our hearts. God surrounds
us from every direction. God exists absolutely. It is we His servants who are

abstract. This fact is a source of great joy and beauty to all who love God and
realize that they are His servants. It cannot be right for Muslims to seek to
avoid this truth. Muslims must accept the truth with all their hearts, not
diminish themselves in the sight of God by ignoring it. God issues a warning
to His believing servants in the Koran:

Do not mix up truth with falsehood and knowingly hide the truth.
(Surat al-Baqara: 42)

We must not forget that the revelation of this truth will be a means
whereby materialism will be overthrown, and spirituality and pleasing
morality will rule the earth. People in materialist circles who realize this are
very uneasy when this truth is revealed, and resort to the most ridiculous and
desperate means to prevent it from reaching peoples' ears. This is because they
know it will undermine the entire basis of their philosophy. However, the truth
about matter has now been revealed in complete clarity and openness. This

truth, which used to be just a philosophical speculation because of the lack of
scientific evidence, has now been totally validated scientifically. Frederick
Vester, for instance, who grasped the truth of the matter, has this to say,
The statements of certain thinkers that "man is an image, everything
experienced is temporary and deceptive, and this universe is a shadow,"
seem to be proven by science in our day. 52

All materialist squirming is to no avail. Now that knowledge can be
communicated all over the world in the blink of an eye, this truth that they
have tried to hide from peoples' eyes for hundreds of years is now being read,
learned and explained everywhere, from Guyana to England, America to

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