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Bounties of God

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  • 1 Benefits of creation prove God's bounteousness (and need to turn to Him)
    • 1.1 (God gives every atom for us, gives us a loving mother, etc. for love of us, but man neglects these bounties)
    • 1.2 See also
    • 1.3 Ignorance to believe that God created and nurtured man (with blessings, the sun, etc.) but did not love him (of whatever religion or no faith)
  • 2 With a Creator loving its creation, and God nurturing all regardless of religion or belief, this is a proof of God loving us
  • 3 See also

Benefits of creation prove God's bounteousness (and need to turn to Him)[edit]

(God gives every atom for us, gives us a loving mother, etc. for love of us, but man neglects these bounties)[edit]

O SON OF BOUNTY! Out of the wastes of nothingness, with the clay of My command I made thee to appear, and have ordained for thy training every atom in existence and the essence of all created things. Thus, ere thou didst issue from thy mother's womb, I destined for thee two founts of gleaming milk, eyes to watch over thee, and hearts to love thee. Out of My loving-kindness, 'neath the shade of My mercy I nurtured thee, and guarded thee by the essence of My grace and favor. And My purpose in all this was that thou mightest attain My everlasting dominion and become worthy of My invisible bestowals. And yet heedless thou didst remain, and when fully grown, thou didst neglect all My bounties and occupied thyself with thine idle imaginings, in such wise that thou didst become wholly forgetful, and, turning away from the portals of the Friend didst abide within the courts of My enemy.

(Bahá'u'lláh, Hidden Words, from the Persian, no. 29)

See also[edit]

  • Hidden Words, from the Arabic, no. 3 and 4.

Ignorance to believe that God created and nurtured man (with blessings, the sun, etc.) but did not love him (of whatever religion or no faith)[edit]

"How ignorant therefore the thought that God who created man, educated and nurtured him, surrounded him with all blessings, made the sun and all phenomenal existence for his benefit, bestowed upon him tenderness and kindness, and then did not love him. This is palpable ignorance, for no matter to what religion a man belongs even though he be an atheist or materialist nevertheless God nurtures him, bestows His kindness and sheds upon him His light."

('Abdu'l-Bahá, Star of the West, Vol. 8, issue 7, p. 78)

With a Creator loving its creation, and God nurturing all regardless of religion or belief, this is a proof of God loving us[edit]

"In other respects all humanity is submerged in the ocean of divine mercy. God is the Father of all. He educates all. He provides for all. He loves all. For they are all His servants and His creation. Surely the Creator loves His creatures. It would be impossible to find an artist who does not love his own production. Have you ever seen a man who did not love his own actions? Even though they be bad actions he loves them. How ignorant therefore the thought that God who created man, educated and nurtured him, surrounded him with all blessings, made the sun and all phenomenal existence for his benefit, bestowed upon him tenderness and kindness, and then did not love him. This is palpable ignorance, for no matter to what religion a man belongs even though he be an atheist or materialist nevertheless God nurtures him, bestows His kindness and sheds upon him His light."

('Abdu'l-Bahá, Star of the West, Vol. 8, issue 7, pp. 77-78)

See also[edit]

  • Interventionist God
  • Suffering of the innocent
  • Sequence of teaching (need to prove bounties of God)
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