NECESSITY OF EARNEST SEARCH

illuminates the threshold of all knowledge. To suppose that certitude The state of being certain; absolute conviction. can be only based upon formal arguments is to limit the boundless mercy of God. Someone asked the Prophet Referring to Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. the explanation of this passage in the Divine Book The Quran.:

> “God opens to Islam the heart of him whom He chooses to direct.” “That is spoken,” replied the Prophet, “of the light which God sheds in the heart.” “And how can man recognize that light?” he was asked. “By his detachment from this world of illusion and by a secret drawing towards the eternal world,” the Prophet replied.

On another occasion he said:

“God has created His creatures in darkness, and then has shed upon them His light.”

It is by the help of this light that the search for truth must be carried on. As by His mercy this light descends from time to time among men, we must ceaselessly be on the watch for it. This is also corroborated by another saying of the Apostle Another title for the Prophet Muhammad.:

“God sends upon you, at certain times, breathings of His grace; be prepared for them.”

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My object in this account is to make others understand with what earnestness we should search for truth, since it leads to results we never dreamt of. Primary assumptions Fundamental truths or axioms that are self-evident and do not require proof. have not got to be sought for, since they are always present to our minds; if we engage in such a search, we only find them persistently elude our grasp.