The Light Shineth in Darkness by -Udo Schaefer- 1 Para

But, one might object, the world is in a bad state, and evil is to be seen everywhere. This is recognized well enough. "And if God willed to punish men for their misdeeds, he would not leave a single living being on earth." it says in the 'Qur'an'. Baha'u'llah too complains that men "have been led astray, and are truly of the heedless," that there is no one who sincerely craves after truth and "seeketh guidance," that all are "dwellers in the land of oblivion" and "followers of the people of wickedness and rebellion," that the peoples, "have languished, stricken and sore athirst, in the vale of idle fancy and waywardness," because they have failed "to seek from the luminous and crystal Springs of divine knowledge the inner meaning of God's holy words." Baha'u'llah also warns against following "the steps of the Evil One," who "is lying in wait," who "hindereth the rise and obstructeth the spiritual progress of the children of men." Satan, however, is not an independent power opposed to God, but a metaphor for the lower nature of man tied to the world. (92:1)

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