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from the signs of the Qur'an and by using their reason. Some Western philosophers like George Berkeley
have grasped the same reality through reason. Imam Rabbani wrote in his Mektubat (Letters) that the whole
material universe is an "illusion and supposition (perception)" and that the only absolute being is God:

God... The substance of these beings which He created is but nothingness... He created all at the sphere of senses
and illusions... The existence of the universe is at the sphere of senses and illusions, and it is not material... In
real, there is nothing in the outside except the Glorious Being, (Who is God). 204
However, the number of those who have understood this fact throughout history has always been lim-
ited. Great scholars such as Imam Rabbani have written that it might have been inconvenient to tell this fact

to the masses and that most people would not be able to grasp it.
However, in the age we live in, this fact has been made empirical by the body of evidence put forward by
science. For the first time, the fact that matter is not absolute and our knowledge of it is extremely limited is
described in a concrete, clear, and explicit way.

For this reason, the 21st century will be a turning point when people in general will comprehend the
Divine realities and be led in crowds to God, the only Absolute Being. In the 21st century, materialistic 19th-
century creeds will be relegated to the trash-heaps of history; God's existence and creation will be grasped;
facts like spacelessness and timelessness will be better understood. Humanity will break free of the cen-

turies-old veils, deceits, and superstitions enshrouding us.
It's not possible for any shadow being to impede this inevitable course.

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