Recognition of Imam Part II - Darkness of Ignorance and Light of Recognition
Darkness of Ignorance and Light of Recognition
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In verses (35:19-22), God says: “The blind man is not equal to the seer, nor darknesses to light; nor is the shade to the torrid heat; nor are the living equal to the dead. God makes to hear whomsoever He wills and you cannot make those in the graves to hear.”
In these holy verses the results of correct faith are compared to those of wrong belief. In the language of wisdom, it is said that wrong belief causes blind-heartedness and folly, and the correct faith insight and wisdom. Blind-heartedness results in ignorance and insight in the light of recognition. The tranquil shade of rectitude and guidance is attained as a result of the light of recognition, whereas the darkness of ignorance causes wandering and leads to the scorching desert of deviation. Those under the shade of the light of recognition, rectitude and guidance, become eternally alive spiritually and those in the scorching desert perish spiritually. Those who attain eternal life under the shade of the mercy and guidance of God can hear the discourse of His knowledge and wisdom and those who perish in the desert of deviation are buried in the graves of nothingness and non-existence. They cannot be made to hear the discourse of God's knowledge and wisdom.
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