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Question No. 2900 31 August 2022 Official answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) verified Content level: Intermediate

How Can We Deepen Our Understanding of God?

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Dear questioner, Master Ali Saei
Tracking code: #Q-2900

Dear teacher, can we ordinary people receive the benefit of the blessings you mentioned through the spiritual vigilance and regular acts of worship we already practise? If not, how can we attain this understanding?

Whenever my friends ask questions about drawing closer to God and deepening their understanding of Him, I find myself reflecting on them too. I would be grateful if you could explain a little more, or give us a framework for these matters, so that over time we can make our way through these stages—from the easiest to the most difficult, God willing, with hope in God.

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The Most Generous Creator has bestowed on every human being the potential to attain the highest spiritual states. All that is needed is to set out toward the goal, guided by the divinely drawn map and equipped with the provisions and fuel bestowed by the Lord of Majesty. The human being is endowed with capacities beyond the earthly and heavenly realms; to benefit from the gifts entrusted within, this great being must be set in motion and roused from dormancy.

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God Most High has bestowed on every human being the potential to attain the highest spiritual states. All that is needed is to set our great human being—endowed with capacities beyond the earthly and heavenly realms—on the path toward its goal, guided by the divinely drawn map and equipped with the provisions and fuel bestowed by the Lord of Majesty. Then it can emerge from dormancy and benefit from God’s gifts.

Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

Teacher and researcher in the intellectual tradition of wisdom and the Ahl al-Bayt | Soroush Bamdadān Cultural Center

The All-Benevolent Creator has endowed every human being with the potential to attain the highest stations. It is enough to set out towards that goal with the divinely drawn map and the provision, sustenance and fuel bestowed by the Almighty. Human beings possess capacities that transcend both earth and heaven; to benefit from the gifts entrusted to them, their immense being must be set in motion and brought out of dormancy.

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