Page 10 - Wisdom and Sound Advice from the Torah
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CONTENTS
VERSES FROM THE QUR'AN ABOUT
THE TORAH SENT TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
LOVE OF GOD ACCORDING TO THE TORAH . . . . . . . . . . . 18
FEAR OF GOD ACCORDING TO THE TORAH . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
CLOSENESS TO GOD AND DEPTH OF FAITH
ACCORDING TO THE TORAH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Closeness to God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Devotion and Loyalty to God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Showing Respect for God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
The Excitement and Joy of Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
The Importance of Deep Thinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Passages from the Torah Encouraging Examination
of the Signs Leading to Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Statements from the Torah Regarding the Transient
Nature of This World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD
ACCORDING TO THE TORAH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
The Oneness of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
God's Being Eternal and Infinite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
God the Creator of All Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
God the All-seeing, All-Hearing and Omniscient . . . . . . . . . . 70
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