The Presence of God: The Conclusion of the Journey of Certainty
1. Introduction: A Journey from Doubt to Truth
At the end of a long journey that extended over many years, I place before you the essence of what I have reached in certainty. It is not a certainty inherited or merely read, but the fruit of a deep intellectual and spiritual path, one in which I oscillated between the furthest extremes of contradiction. The path was always stretched between two poles, in a relentless attempt to escape the “in-between” zone and to liberate oneself from conventions:
- Between error and truth
- Between misguidance and guidance
- Between deficiency and perfection
- Between fear and hope
- Between despair and optimism
- Between distance and nearness
This turbulent journey through worlds of contradiction was not in vain; rather, it was a necessary path toward reaching “a certainty untouched by doubt.” Through the absorption of these opposites, a final truth is revealed — a truth that is “the end which is the beginning of everything.” It is the moment in which the seeker encounters the answer to the greatest question: Who is God?
2. The Essence of Divinity: Absolute Truth and Compulsory Closure
Defining God transcends the notion of Him as merely a Creator; He is the supreme philosophical principle that governs existence and meaning. God is Truth, and everything other than Him is falsehood. He is the Ever-Living who does not die, and the Exalted, the All-Powerful. In this sense, God becomes “the ultimate end of all ends and the result of all outcomes,” for nothing completes its destiny except through Him.
The central concept defining divinity is that God represents a “compulsory closure of all journeys.” What does this mean? Imagine writing a book where words and sentences scatter without a complete meaning until the conclusion gathers them together, and the dedication grants them purpose and direction. Likewise, existence in its entirety — with all its beings and possibilities — if not oriented toward a final purpose, loses direction and becomes meaningless.
The sacred text poses the question: Say: To whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth? This is not a challenge of ownership, but a profound reminder of the urgent need to attribute everything to its ultimate source. Philosophically and logically, it is impossible for existence to be left open without an end, for this would inevitably lead to the annihilation of truth, meaning, and value. God represents the “closure of possibilities according to the most perfect possibility,” granting order, purpose, and certainty to a world that appears chaotic.
Yet despite being the ultimate end and closure, God remains transcendent and separate from direct material experience — a paradox that leads us to the mystery of His hidden presence.
3. The Paradox of Divine Presence: Manifestation in Concealment and Impossibility
One of the deepest spiritual paradoxes is that God is present in everything, yet at the same time inaccessible to direct material perception. This complex relationship arises from His nature as a detached consciousness — the separation of awareness from experience, and the transcendence of awareness over probability. God is that “absolute stillness free from hesitation,” the moment when possibilities reach their peak and the most perfect option is selected.
The reason for this concealment lies in the supreme elevation of value itself. God’s value cannot endure manifestation; material appearance, with all its limitations, cannot encompass divine worth. Physical manifestation is a constraint, and God is exalted above all constraint.
Here I declare, as a testimony by which I worship God and shall never regret: God, relative to the material world, is “impossibility” and “incapacity.” For natural processes, God is that very error that appears when a system fails to process what exceeds it:
- No eye can see Him.
- No ear can hear Him.
- No human nature or instrument can grasp Him.
All natural tools are deficient and incapable of revealing God, while God encompasses everything in absolute knowledge.
4. The Nature of Divine Knowledge: Total Encompassment in a Single Moment
Divine knowledge fundamentally differs from human understanding. While humans operate through limited selection, God’s knowledge is instantaneous and all-encompassing. At this point, the intellect trembles:
- Counting the uncountable sounds: At this very moment, there are infinite sounds in the universe, and God encompasses them all.
- Hearing and seeing simultaneously: He hears and sees everything at once, without one perception distracting from another.
God holds all universes and all things in a single presence, without temporal sequence or recollection. His knowledge is eternal, absolute, and without deficiency.
6. Conclusion: In the Presence of God, Nothing Is Lost
The final message is one of reassurance: “Do not grieve” and “Do not despair of the spirit of God.” Nothing is ever lost in His presence — every intention, every tear, every word is preserved.
True certainty and serenity lie in realizing that everything in existence unfolds with the precision of the All-Wise, and that realization is the light that dispels doubt and despair.
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