The Qur’an An Abiding Wonder
Qur’an: The Voice of God
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by true knowledge. As a result, their conclusions
have been like those of a man, fumbling in the dark,
and just hazarding wild guesses as to the nature of
his surroundings, without ever truly understanding
it.
There have been people in this world who have
devoted their entire lives to the quest for Truth, but
who, in their desperation at being unable to find it,
have even taken the extreme step of putting an end
to their lives. And then there have been others who
sought the Truth but who, having failed to find it,
settled for a concocted philosophy based on pure
conjecture. While the latter, mistaking conjecture for
reason, compiled their conclusions and presented
them to the world as Truth, the former saw
speculation for what it was, rejected it, then –
anguished at their own ultimate helplessness –
opted out of this mysterious world.
Both groups were denied True Knowledge, for, in
reality, no one can understand the secret of life
without the help of the original Keeper of the Secret.
True, man has been given the capacity to think and
understand. But this capacity is little better than an
