Second Station of the Shining Proof — The Third Example — Comparisons of Belief and Disbelief

of the hundreds of his observations during his journey:

The Third Example

The traveller from the world, who wanted to know his Creator through the manifestations of His names and attributes, turned to his mind and imagination and said: “Come! Like the spirits and angels we shall leave our bodies behind and ascend to the skies. We shall question the inhabitants of the heavens concerning our Creator.” His spirit mounted his imagination, and his mind mounted his thought, and together they rose to the heavens. They took astronomy as their guide, and looked with the view of the philosophy which does not heed religion, and the currents of Those who have received Your wrath and Those who have gone astray.

He saw thousands of heavenly bodies and fiery stars, a thousand times larger than the earth and travelling a hundred times faster than a cannon ball, speeding one within the other, unconscious, lifeless, and aimless. If by chance one of them had confused its way for a second, it would have collided with another unconscious globe in that boundless, empty, infinite world, causing utter confusion and chaos, like doomsday.

Whichever direction he looked, the traveller was filled with terror and bewilderment; he was sorry a thousand times over he had ascended to the skies. His mind and imagination went utterly to pieces. They declared: “Our duty is to see and point out fine truths. We resign from observing and understanding such infernally ugly and painful things. We do not want any such thing.” Then suddenly, through the manifestation of Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth, numerous names like Subjugator of the sun and moon, and Sustainer of all the worlds, each rose like suns in the constellations of verses such as: And We have adorned the lower heavens with lamps, and Do they then not look at the heavens above them, how We have raised them and adorned them, and, Then he withdrew to the sky and formed it into seven heavens. They filled all the heavens with light and with angels, transforming it into a huge mosque or military encampment.

The traveller entered the current of Those whom You have blessed. He was saved from that of Those who have gone astray and Or [the unbelievers’ state] is like the depths of darkness in a vast deep ocean. He saw a magnificent land, as beautiful and well‑ordered as Paradise. Observing that on all sides its inhabitants were making known the All-Glorious Creator, the value of his mind and imagination was increased a thousandfold, and their duties advanced likewise.

Referring to the Risale‑i Nur the other observations of the traveller through the universe, which are comparable with these three examples out of hundreds, together with knowledge of the Necessarily Existent One through the manifestations of His names, here we suffice with these brief indications and cut a long story short. Now, like the traveller through the world, we shall try to know the Creator of the universe through the works and manifestations of only three of His sacred seven attributes: knowledge, will, and power. For details, we refer you to the Risale‑i Nur.

of the hundreds of his observations during his journey:

The Third Example

Referring to the Risale‑i Nur the other observations of the traveller through the universe, which are comparable with these three examples out of hundreds, together with knowledge of the Necessarily Existent One through the manifestations of His names, here we suffice with these brief indications and cut a long story short. Now, like the traveller through the world, we shall try to know the Creator of the universe through the works and manifestations of only three of His sacred seven attributes: knowledge, will, and power. For details, we refer you to the Risale‑i Nur.