You are like a mirage in the desert, which the thirsty man thinks is water; but when he comes up to it he finds it is nothing. And where he thought it was, there he finds God. Similarly, if you were to examine yourself, you would find it to be nothing, and instead you would find God. That is to say, you would find God instead of yourself, and there would be nothing left of you but a name without a form. ~ Al-Alawi
2006-09-19 22:03:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hey, this is Koran.
God says in Koran
(The deeds of the unbelievers are like a mirage which a thirsty man thinks is water until he goes near and finds nothing. Instead he finds God who gives him his due recompense. God's reckoning is swift)
this is the link
http://www.theislamicseminary.org/quran/24.htm
2006-09-19 22:29:52 · answer #1 · answered by Uthman A 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Means God is the in everything and initiator of everything.
We are nothing without God, We are empty deserts full of dreames and mirages. His only will make us to be filled with what and how we are in reality.
This is how i see it
2006-09-20 05:41:50 · answer #2 · answered by Suomi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All seekers after truth eventually come to this same realization. The sad thing is, most religious folks have stopped seeking and are arrested at an incomplete level of understanding.
2006-09-20 05:35:09 · answer #3 · answered by Ever Learn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, your quote & personal explanations make me think that everyone who looks for any kind of deity can eventually find oneself.
The "Graal"... As some say. Finding oneself-inside, eventually.
2006-09-20 05:22:52 · answer #4 · answered by Axel ∇ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
beautiful poetry - but in essence it states that God is what you find when something you want or need becomes nothing, or God is the replacement of nothing
2006-09-20 05:09:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like the rest of arabic writing, it make very little sense
2006-09-20 05:07:21 · answer #6 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋