Page 84 - The Evil Called Mockery

82 THE EVIL CALLED MOCKERY

Certainly, we human beings cannot see the Being of Allah with
our eyes but we know that He completely encompasses our inside,
our outside, our views and our thoughts. For this reason, Allah re-
veals Himself in the Qur'an as "controlling hearing and sight"
(Surah Yunus: 31) We cannot say one word, we cannot even take
one breath without Allah's knowing it. Allah knows everything we
do. This is revealed in the Qur'an:
Allah – Him from Whom nothing is hidden, either on earth
or in heaven. (Surah Al ‘Imran: 5)
When people observe the copy world in their brains, imagining
that they are dealing with the original matter, that is, as they lead
their lives, the closest being to us is clearly Allah. The secret of the
verse "We created man and We know what his own self whispers
to him. We are nearer to him than his jugular vein" (Surah Qaf: 16)
is hidden in this fact. Allah has encompassed man all around and is
eternally near to him.
That Allah is eternally near to human beings is also revealed in
this verse: "If My servants ask you about Me, I am near (to them)..."
(Surat al-Baqara: 186) In another verse the same reality is expressed,
"Surely your Lord encompasses mankind round about." (Surat al-
Isra': 60).
Many people continue to err by thinking that the nearest thing
to themselves is themselves. However, Allah is closer to us even
than we are to ourselves. Allah reveals this fact in these verses:
"Why then, when death reaches his throat and you are at that mo-
ment looking on—and We are nearer him than you but you cannot
see" (Surat al-Waqi‘a: 83-85). But as revealed in the verse, because
people do not see it with their eyes, some of them are ignorant of
this extraordinary reality.
Some people are unaware of this great fact. They accept that