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heaven is destruction and there is none in it.”<br />

‘Abd al‐Kareem said: “If the affair was just as we believe, then what has prevented Allah from<br />

appearing before his creatures and summons them to serve Him, that they may not differ over<br />

Him? Why has He disappeared and sent messengers to them? If He appeared, then it would be<br />

easy (for mankind) to believe in Him.”<br />

The Imam answered him: “How has He who has shown His power in your soul and in your growth<br />

disappeared?” The Imam, peace be on him, gave him additional proofs of the existence of Allah.<br />

Then Ibn Abi al‐‘Awja’ left the Imam and went running to his <strong>com</strong>panions, saying to them: “This is<br />

not a human being! In this world, he is outwardly a body, but inwardly he is a soul. ” Then he<br />

indicated with his hand to the Imam, peace be on him.[1]<br />

It is necessary for us to pause to mention some of their debates as follows:<br />

Imam al‐Sadiq’s Debates<br />

Hadith and theology books are full of Imam al‐Sadiq’s many debates in this respect. The Imam<br />

gave firm proofs of the authenticity of the Islamic thought and the falsehood of the beliefs of his<br />

opponents. We will mention some of them as follows:<br />

1. Ibn Abi al‐‘Awja’ came in to Imam al‐Sadiq, peace be on him, and he asked him:<br />

[1] Ibid., pp. 68‐69.<br />

‐O Ibn Abi al‐‘Awja’, are you created or not?<br />

‐I am not created.<br />

‐If you were created, then how would you be?<br />

So Ibn Abi al‐‘Awja’ became perplexed and gave no answer.[1]<br />

2. Abu Shakir al‐Daysani, an atheist, came in to Imam al‐Sadiq, peace be on him, and said to him:<br />

‐O Ja‘far b. Muhammed, show me the way to the One Whom should I worship!<br />

Abu ‘Abd Allah said:<br />

‐Sit down!<br />

A boy came. The boy was carrying an egg in the palm of his hand. The Imam, peace be on him,<br />

ordered him to hand him the egg, and he handed it to him. Then he, peace be on him, said:<br />

‐O Daysani, this is a <strong>com</strong>pact, protective container; inside it is the thin (substance of an) egg which<br />

is surrounded by what could be <strong>com</strong>pared with fluid silver and melted gold. Neither the fluid silver<br />

mixes with the melted gold; nor does the melted gold mixes with the fluid silver. So it is as it is. No<br />

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