Re: Questions for desi atheists
Then you can’t expect to see or feel God when you have already shut Him out due to arrogance … The Qur’an tells us this - read the story of Adam’s creation and how Iblis responded … Know that Allah (SWT) is upset with you when you can’t realise your own folly and it makes your further away from Him. Even logically speaking if God made us and sustains us, then what right do we have to demand anything from Him … we should be submitting and then we wil see …
Let me tell this short metaphor I thought up some years back …
**When we let the bright lights shine the stars are denied their navigation …
**The street lights although give us a lot of sight at night on the streets, but they will not tell us which way to go, they will not tell us the bearing on a greater scale … Rather the light pollution will block out the stars …
When we switch off these street lights we suddenly see more stars and they are beautiful but they also navigate - they are signs … in fact the Arabic word for “qur’anic verse is one word for star” the Qur’an is a set of constellations - beautiful and guiding lights … only when we switch off the bright street lights - our own biases, arrogances, and open ourselves up to receive guidance then we will see the stars and receive guidance … try it if you can! Just give in to the assumption one day and see what happens … can you develop a Love for God can move one step towards Him so He rushes towards you?