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Conclusion

The subject we have explained so far is one of the greatest truths that will ever be told
to you in your lifetime. Proving that the whole material world is in reality a "shadow
being", this subject is the key to comprehending the existence of and creation by Allah
and of understanding that He is the only absolute being.
The person who understands this subject realises that the world is not the sort of
place it is surmised by most people to be. The world is not an absolute place with a true
existence as supposed by those who wander aimless about the streets, who get into fights
in pubs, who show off in luxurious cafes, who brag about their property, or who dedicate
their lives to hollow aims. The world is only a collection of perceptions, an illusion. All
of the people we have cited above are only shadow beings who watch these perceptions
in their minds: yet they are not aware of this.
This unawareness is the outcome of the lack of wisdom given to disbelievers by
Allah. As it is said in the Qur'an, the unbelievers "have hearts wherewith they under-
stand not, eyes wherewith they see not, and ears wherewith they hear not. They are
like cattle-nay more misguided: for they are heedless (of warning)." (Surat al-Araf, 179)
You can explore beyond this point by using the power of your personal reflection. For
this, you have to concentrate, devote your attention, and ponder on the way you see the
objects around you and the way you feel their touch. If you think heedfully, you can feel
that the wise being that sees, hears, touches, thinks, and reads this book at this moment
is only a soul and watches the perceptions called "matter" on a screen. The person who
comprehends this is considered to have moved away from the domain of the material
world that deceives a major part of humanity and to have entered the domain of true
existence.
This reality has been understood by a number of theists or philosophers throughout
history. 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 rea-
son. Imam Rabbani wrote in his Mektubat (Letters) that the whole material universe is an
"illusion and supposition(perception)" and that the only absolute being is Allah:
Allah... The substance of these beings which He created is but nothingness... He cre-
ated all at the sphere of senses and illusions... The existence of the universe 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). 76
Imam Rabbani explicitly stated that all images presented to man are but an illusion,
and that they have no originals in the "outside".

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