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.