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God and Man

5- God and Man:

A- To the question “Since God is capable of everything, why doesn’t He enlighten the minds of human beings so that they can refrain from evil and from fighting and to guide them in believing in the Prophets?”


Dr Dahesh responds:
Yes, God is capable of everything. However, He has given man a mind to guide him and to be a special critic of his deeds. He also enhanced his mind with the teachings of the Prophets—that pass on a small portion of God’s enlightenment. He then has given man the freedom to think, desire, and behave. He also dictated what specific end corresponds to whatever path man selects in life. One path may lead to happiness and assured victory, while another path may lead to misery and major failure compounded by humiliation and great suffering.


Reward and punishment can only be if there is freedom of thought and action. Every person will be asked about his deeds and whoever produces a small measure of good, will reap the rewards and whoever produces a small measure of evil, will reap the punishment. This system of reward and punishment is structured according to God’s Justice and Wisdom. The evil things that human beings do are the bad fruits that their Sayyals produced. The low levels of their Sayyals took place only through their free will. Their current social, intellectual, and economic levels are a direct result of their actions in previous lives.