Zakir Naik – God’s Description in Parsi Scriptures

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Let's discuss

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the concept of God in Zoroastrianism,

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also called as Parsiism.

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Zoroastrianism

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or Parsiism

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is not a major religion of the world.

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It has very few followers hardly

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130,000

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followers and most of them are in India,

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mainly in the city where I come from,

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that is Bombay.

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But it is one of the oldest religion.

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Prophet Zoroaster

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is the founder of the religion of Zoroastrianism

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and he founded 2 and a half 1000

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years before in the land of Persia.

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And

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the sacred scripture

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of Zorastianism

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or Parsiism

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is

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the and

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Avesta.

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In Zoroastrianism,

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almighty God is called as,

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means God, means wise, wise God or wise

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Lord.

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And as I mentioned, the sacred scriptures are,

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There are various

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descriptions given about our almighty

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God and the Satir.

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He's called as the one and only.

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It mentions, they're nothing like him. Nothing resembles

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him.

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Number 3,

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he has no beginning,

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he has no end. He's immortal.

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Number 4,

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he has no parents.

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He has no mother, no father, no wife,

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no son.

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He is imageless.

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He is beyond comprehension.

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You cannot imagine about him.

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Your eyes cannot see him.

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He is closer to you than your own

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self.

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There are even various attributes

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of God given in

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Avesta in the Parsi scriptures.

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If you read the Avesta,

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it is mentioned,

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he's referred to

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as

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the creator

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in Avesta,

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Yasna, chapter number 33

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verse number 7

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and verse number 11. He referred to as

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the creator

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in Avesta, in Yasna chapter number 31 verse

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number 7 and 11. He's also referred as

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the creator in Yasna

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chapter number 44

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verse number 7.

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In Yasna chapter number 50 verse number 11.

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In Yasna chapter number 51

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verse number 7.

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He's referred to as the greatest

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in Yasna chapter number 33

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verse number 11, and in Yasna chapter number

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45 verse number 6.

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He's referred to

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as the benevolent

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in Yasna chapter number 33 verse number 11

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and Yasna chapter number 48

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verse number 3.

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He's referred to as bountiful

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in Avesta,

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Yasna

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chapter number 43 verse number 4, 5, 7,

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9, 11, 13, and 15.

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He's also referred to as bountiful

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in Yasna chapter number 44 verse number 2.

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In Yasna chapter number 45 verse number 5,

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in Yasna chapter number 43 verse number 9,

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and Yasna chapter number 48 verse number 3.

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There are various attributes of almighty God

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given in the Parsi scriptures. So if you

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read the Parsi scriptures,

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the scriptures of

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the you'll know that God is only 1.

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He has got no image, and we should

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worship him alone.