Re: Why doesn't god reveal him/her/itself...
Even if Allah/God shows himself to the mankind, there will still be people who will not believe him as their Lord.
Actually all the humankind bore witness to Allah (swt), even without Allah (swt) showing Himself (can Allah ever be seen?)
[7:172] And when your Lord brought forth from the children of Adam, from their backs, their descendants, and made them bear witness against their own souls: Am I not your Lord? They said: Yes! we bear witness. Lest you should say on the day of resurrection: Surely we were heedless of this
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Another scenario is that if Allah/God shows himself, everyone will believe in him. Then what? would Allah not want His creation to obey him? to follow the guidelines set by Him ? In this case, despite believing in Allah/God there will be evil people around, who will not follow word by word of Allah's commandments, then Allah will again judge them based on their deeds.
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Once people attain an absolute faith on the Almighty, then there shall be no chance of disobedience.
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Allah needs not to show himself to anyone. He does that to people who have love for Allah, who fears Allah in every path of their life, and who struggle to be in spiritual relationship with Him.
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So what comes first; "Allah showing himself" OR love/relationship with Allah? can one develop this love/relationship without having any faith?
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Also, unlike hindus, Muslim's God/Allah doesnt have any shape, or form. Since we as humans have shape, we are unable to see Allah, but will be able to see him when we die.
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How exactly will you be able to see Him when He (swt) says:
[6:103] Vision comprehends Him not, and He comprehends (all) vision; and He is the Knower of subtleties, the Aware.
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Allah cant keep revealing himself to every generation. Imagine Allah gathering every single human on Earth and telling them that He is the God. People at that time will believe. What about generation after generation? Just revealing himself will be enough for people to accept him? This is why Allah has been revealing himself since the creation of mankind. From Adam (AS) to Noah, Abraham,Moses,Jesus,Muhammad (PBUH,AS'S).
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Do you think restrictions like time and space matter to Allah (swt) like they do to us? If they dont then if He wanted show himself then it would be just as easy for Him to show Himself to everybody at on single moment.
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And its true. There are many religions in the world, but the only religion of whose God is the God that is beyond death, is the Allah of Islam. The one who shows His signs of existence is the Allah and no one else.
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There is no god but God. Jews, Christians, Muslims, Sabians, all claim to follow the same God.