QURAN says, “Sa Nurehimbaayatena, filafaq, wafeanfasahum, hatayatabayana la hum, inulhaq.” “We (God) will show them our signs in Scriptures, in Afaq (Nature) and within themselves until it becomes clear that this Quran is the truth.” God in Scriptures. “The reading of Quran imbibes in a person a consciousness of Divine word and invocation of the name Allah. The reader becomes a part of the flow and an ebb, the verses become miraculous signs flowing to him from God and taking him back to God,” says Dhu-I-Nun.

God in Nature. The Mystics also see God in nature. Dhu-I-Nun finds the testimony to the Unity and incomparableness of God, in the voices of the beasts, the rustle of the trees, the splashing of water, the song of birds, and the whistling of the wind.” Rumi says, “The breeze at dawn has a secret to tell you, don’t go back to sleep.” Jami says, “From all Eternity, the beloved unveiled his beauty in the solitude of the unseen. He held up mirror to his own face. He displayed his loveliness to His own self. He created the verdant fields of time and space and life giving garden of the world, that every branch, leaf, and fruit might show forth his various perfections. The Cypress gave hint of his comely nature, the rose gave tidings of his beautiful countenance, where beauty peeped out love appeared beside it, where beauty dwelt in dark........

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