Page 156 - The Truth of the Life of This World

If one ponders deeply on all that is said here, one will soon realise this amazing, extraordi-
nary situation by oneself: that all the events in the world are but mere perceptions…

you turn, the Face of Allah is there. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing.
(Surat al-Baqara: 115)
Material beings cannot see Allah; but Allah sees the matter He created
in all its forms. In the Qur'an, this fact is stated thus: “No vision can grasp
Him, but His grasp is over all vision.” (Surat al-An'am: 103)That is, we
cannot perceive Allah's existence with our eyes, but Allah has thoroughly
encompassed our inside and outside, our vision and thoughts. We cannot

utter any word except with His knowledge, nor can we even draw breath.
In the course of our lives, while we watch perceptions we assume to
be the "external world," the closest being to us is Allah Himself. The secret
of the following verse in the Qur'an is concealed in this reality: "It was We

154 The Secret Beyond Matter