Unknowability of God in the religions

In Hinduism

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“There is no likeness of Him Whose glory is infinite.”

(Upanishads)

In Buddhism

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“There is, O monks, an Unborn, Unoriginated, Uncreated, Unformed.”

(Udana)

In Judaism

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“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.”

(Isaiah 55:9)

In Christianity

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“No one has seen God at any time ...

(John 1:18)

"You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.”

(John 5:37)

In Islám

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“Glory be to Him! And high let Him be exalted above that which they attribute to Him!”

(Qur'án 6:100)

In the Bahá’í Faith

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“Far, far from Thy glory be what mortal man can affirm of Thee, or attribute unto Thee.”

(Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 4)

See also

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