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The Importance Of The Signs Leading To Faith
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Signs Leading to Faith Enable Us to Appreciate
God Properly
Thinking deeply about the signs leading to faith and see-
ing how they reflect God’s names allows one to move closer to
Him. Thanks to this virtue acquired by those who begin to
know God better and see His manifestations in all places, they
come to appreciate His might.
For instance, those with a deep knowledge of and concen-
tration on the signs leading to faith understand that God con-
trols all people and knows each moment of their lives. The
body’s trillions of cell, as well as the bodies of all people and of
all the living things, exist and survive only by His will. Clearly,
such a system can continue only because an infinite power,
knowledge, intelligence, and reason—God—exists. Just think-
ing deeply about this one point enables people to witness His
names from a closer vantage point and to appreciate His might
properly.
After citing the example of a tiny fly as a sign leading to
faith, God speaks of those who are heedless of these truths and
do not properly appreciate His might:
O humanity! An example has been given, so listen to it care-
fully. Those whom you call upon besides God are not even
able to create a single fly, even if they were to join together to
do it. And if a fly steals something from them, they cannot get
it back. How feeble are both the seeker and the sought! They
do not measure God with His true measure. God is All-
Strong, Almighty. (Qur’an, 22:73-74)
While referring in other verses to those who do not think
about these signs, God says that these people have no fear of
Him:
