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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Roots of Religion Lesson 11: Allah the Unique From the first day that man set foot on this earth, he has always wanted to know the cause and the source of creation, and this springs from his pure nature which seeks the original cause and source so as to worship it.
When someone who lives far from the rush of society and the habits of his cultural environment looks about himself for the first time, he notices the earth and the sky, day and night, the sun and the moon, their rising and setting, the wind and the rain, the succession of the seasons, the bearing forth of fruit from plants and trees, the various species of animals, their movement, growth, feeding reproduction, and their being equipped for what they require in life.
He turns to himself, and sees his hands, feet, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, teeth and the other parts of his body, each of which has its own task. All of them pursue the one aim, namely to live. He then goes on to think about the relationship between each of these things, and he realises that there is a kind of connection and harmony between all of them, in such a way that all of them make one harmonious unit over which one order rules.
In this unique harmonious order, the following particularities are to be remarked: It must have a founder and a creator, because this marvellous order and harmony cannot be the result of an aimless accident. There is a purpose in the whole of creation and every part of it and in the midst of it in man, and it is not created for amusement. The Creator of this universe is powerful and great, worthy of adoration, and so He must be given complete respect and be worshiped.
This Great Creator is aware and comprehends the whole of the universe and what happens in it and within it the actions of man. Thus man is not in need of an intermediary to worship Him, it must be a direct activity between man and God; and to worship such things as angels, stars, idols, saints and holy men as intermediaries is not good or lawful.
Why man leaves the worship of One God What was mentioned above concerned the propensity of the nature of a right- minded person whose thinking is not tainted with the false habits of his environment and from copying bad family influences; is what man's propensity towards the worship of one God would mean. There are different causes for an unaware person to leave his own nature and to wander in the way of unbelief, some of which shall be mentioned here.