Anecdotes
Someone once asked Ja'far Al-Sadiq to show him God. Ja'far Al-Sadiq replied, "Look at the sun." The man replied that he could not look at the sun because it was too bright.
Ja'far Al-Sadiq replied: "If you cannot see the created, how can you expect to see the creator?"
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