It is clear that this universe...

It is clear that this universe, with its greatness, was not created uselessly and as we learned in our study of God, the creation of this world has no benefit to God’s state, because He is a Being Who is totally and absolutely free from any need, Who is eternal and He has no deficiency which He could want to meet by the creation of the world and humanity.

Thus, we can conclude that His goal was to give Mercy to others and to help creatures reach perfection, just like the fact that the sun shines upon us without it having any need of us. This light and heat of the sun are only to our advantage and benefit because what do we do for the sun? On the other hand, is our intelligence and knowledge sufficient for us to move along towards the way of perfection and the reaching towards becoming perfect human beings?

What amount of the secrets of the world do we know? What is the truth of life? When was this world created? No one knows the answer to these questions. How long will it remain? Again, no one knows the answer to this. Every scholar of humanity has an opinion from the social and economic point of view. For instance, one group recommends capitalism and another group, socialism or communism and another group, neither accepts this group nor that, but they consider both to be harmful.

In other issues of life, as well, there are differences of opinion among the scholars. A human being falls into a state of wonder as to which one of all of these to accept.

It is here that, in all fairness, we must admit that in order to reach the main goal of creation, that is, perfection and nourishment of the human being in all areas, we need a series of teachings which are correct and empty of any error; ones which rely upon the realities of life, teachings which can help us, upon this long road, to reach the main goal. This can only be done through God’s knowledge, that is, divine revelation through the prophets.

Because of this, God Who created us to take this journey must place the knowledge at our disposal. 2. The Need for Leadership in the Social and Moral Areas We know that within our being, in addition to knowledge and wisdom, other motives called ‘instincts’ also exist, the instinct of self-love, the instinct of anger and harshness, the instinct of lust and multiple other instincts.