The Rays / The Supreme Sign - Introduction
By therisaleinur. Tuesday, 15. July 2008, 22:51:54
Introduction
"I created not jinn and mankind except that they might worship me".[4*] According to the
meaning of this mighty verse, the purpose for the sending of man to this world and the
wisdom implicit in it, consists of recognizing the Creator of all beings and believing in Him
and worshipping Him. The primordial duty of man and the obligation incumbent upon him
are to know God and believe in Him, to assent to His Being and unity in submission and
perfect certainty.
For man, who by nature desires permanent life and immortal existence, whose unlimited
hopes are matched by boundless afflictions, any object or accomplishment other than belief
in God, knowledge of God and the means for attaining these, which are the fundament and
key of eternal life - any such object or accomplishment must be regarded as lowly for man,
or even worthless in many cases.
Since this truth has been proven with firm evidence in the Risale-i Nur, we refer
exposition of it to that, setting forth here, within the framework of four questions, only two
abysses that shake certainty of faith in this age and induce hesitation.
The means for salvation from the first abyss are these two Matters: ......
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4. Qur’an, 51:56.
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"I created not jinn and mankind except that they might worship me".[4*] According to the
meaning of this mighty verse, the purpose for the sending of man to this world and the
wisdom implicit in it, consists of recognizing the Creator of all beings and believing in Him
and worshipping Him. The primordial duty of man and the obligation incumbent upon him
are to know God and believe in Him, to assent to His Being and unity in submission and
perfect certainty.
For man, who by nature desires permanent life and immortal existence, whose unlimited
hopes are matched by boundless afflictions, any object or accomplishment other than belief
in God, knowledge of God and the means for attaining these, which are the fundament and
key of eternal life - any such object or accomplishment must be regarded as lowly for man,
or even worthless in many cases.
Since this truth has been proven with firm evidence in the Risale-i Nur, we refer
exposition of it to that, setting forth here, within the framework of four questions, only two
abysses that shake certainty of faith in this age and induce hesitation.
The means for salvation from the first abyss are these two Matters: ......
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4. Qur’an, 51:56.
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