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called "matter" on an inner screen. Anyone who grasps this has moved away
from the domain of the material world that deceives a major part of human-
ity and has entered the domain of authentic existence.
This reality has been understood by a number of theists or philosophers
throughout history. Even though the Wahdatul Wujood view has deviated
from the truth by misunderstanding this reality and rejecting the existence of
all creation, great scholar Imam Rabbani set the right measure on this subject.
According to Imam Rabbani, all beings are "shadow beings" relative to Allah.
Islamic intellectuals such as Imam Rabbani, Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi and
Mevlana Cami realised this fact 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 sup-
position (perception)" and that the only absolute being is Allah:

Allah... 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 uni-
verse 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 Allah). 28
However, the number of those who have understood this fact through-
out history has always been limited. 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 Allah,
the only Absolute Being. In the 21st century, materialistic 19th-century
creeds will be relegated to the trash-heaps of history; Allah's existence and
creation will be grasped; facts like spacelessness and timelessness will be
better understood. Humanity will break free of the centuries-old veils,
deceits, and superstitions enshrouding us.
It's not possible for any shadow being to impede this inevitable course.

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