Page 191 - Allah is Known through Reason

Imam Rabbani explicitly stated that all images presented to man are
only illusions, and that they have no originals in the "outside".

This imaginary cycle is portrayed in imagination. It is seen to the extent that
it is portrayed, yet, with the mind's eye. In the outside, it seems as if it is
seen with the head's eye. However, the case is not so. It has neither a des-
ignation nor a trace in the outside. There is no circumstance to be seen. Even
the face of a person reflected in a mirror is like that. It has no constancy in
the outside. No doubt, both its constancy and image are in the IMAGINA-
TION. Allah knows best. 41
Mawlana Jami stated the same fact, which he discovered by following
the signs of the Qur'an and by using his wit: "Whatever there is in the
universe are senses and illusions. They are either like reflections in mir-
rors or shadows".
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 not be wise to tell this fact to the masses because
most people are not able to grasp it.
In the age in which we live, this has been made an empirical fact by
the body of evidence put forward by science. The fact that the universe is
a shadow being is described in such a concrete, clear, and explicit way for
the first time in history.
For this reason, the 21st century will be a historical turning-point
when people will generally comprehend the divine realities and be led in
crowds to Allah, the only Absolute Being. The materialistic creeds of the
19th century will be relegated to the trash-heaps of history, Allah's being
and creating will be grasped, spacelessness and timelessness will be under-
stood, humanity will break free of the centuries-old veils, deceits and
superstitions confusing them.
It is not possible for this unavoidable course to be impeded by any
shadow being.

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