The Summary

From Aryez

Book 42 of the Marfat

42: The Summary

1. God is merciful, He is kind, He is forgiving,

2. He is not vain, He allows for many things,

3. He establishes truth, justice, and peace everywhere.

4. In the words of this book, He inspires others to set forth

5. the principles of Aralan. God is not

6. vain so as to declare that any religion is completely true

7. or final. Men often corrupt religion and

8. God constantly reveals new prophets to correct or add unto religion. Many

9. have different ways of interpreting the

10. words of God for His [God’s] mind is beyond anything

11. humans can comprehend. God is tolerant and

12. does not approve of those who declare

13. art and dance immoral in His name, nor those

14. who establish dietary restrictions or cruel laws in

15. His name. What is the essence of Aralan,

16. what is its message, and what are its

17. beliefs? These are questions that nonbelievers

18. and the ignorant often ask. Aralan is a pantheistic

19. religion undoubtedly, but with

20. many dualistic, monotheistic, and polytheistic

21. elements. Aralanists worship the One and

22. only God, the all-father, creator of everything.

23. This God is known as Iru. In

24. opposition to God is the spirit known as the

25. Devil, who was created by God and rebelled

26. against Him. The Devil is known as Melkor.

27. The forces of good and evil are in constant

28. opposition to each other, destined to fight

29. until the end; yet good is the true and

30. original force, the force of God. Evil is

31. a force that cannot exist on its own and

32. is parasitic on good. Thus while good is

33. a force of its own, evil is in itself not

34. a force, but merely a corruption of good. The

35. entire physical Universe is effected by this

36. corruption, thus it is tainted. But the

37. spiritual Universe, being exclusively the

38. dominion of God, is free from this predestined

39. corruption, which is why every soul is ultimately

40. good. Evil and good may seem equally

41. strong, but God and good will eventually

42. prevail. Amid this struggle, there is a third

43. force, a neutral force led by a Mother-Universe spirit

44. known as Arya. She seeks to preserve

45. the Universe amidst chaos and bring glory to God by helping

46. it thrive. God allowed evil to come

47. into being and taint his creation because the

48. actions of evil would eventually bring greater

49. glory to his plan. All things that happen lead to a

50. greater good. Let believers be warned

51. as to the nature of evil. It is not

52. absolute in most cases, and there is a very fine line

53. between duty, honor, truth, morality, good, and

54. evil. On the day of the ending of the

55. Universe, a chosen one (God in human form) will come and prepare

56. the way for the end. He will be known as the Kwestadz (he came in several forms before, and will come again and again until he comes in his ultimate form at the end)

57. and will be a bridge between people and

58. God. Then all souls will be judged together,

59. purified, and cleansed, all in the

60. eternity of the timeless halls. Now, believers

61. you will be clarified about the concept of the uniting, universal,

62. eternal force known as the Zulf.

63. Everything has a spirit in it, although only

64. higher forces have thinking spirits and souls, by the grace of God.

65. The combination of all these spirits forms

66. a force. A single, all-encompassing force,

67. the Zulf. Science describes the physical

68. (but corrupt) manifestations of this

69. force, and God is the ultimate source and

70. personification of this force, for

71. all spirits are but a small part of

72. His greater spirit. Religion describes the

73. spiritual aspects of the Zülf. It is only because of

74. Zulf that other

75. spirits, the Universe, and God even exist

76. at all. This is the nature of God and gives

77. credit to His glory. Aralan stresses the necessity

78. and inevitability of sacrifice

79. and tragedy, which must be endured for

80. a greater good, and advises its followers

81. to never give up hope because God has

82. promised to help those who worship Him

83. and do good deeds in life. He delivers those in need from

84. despair. He is a friend, with whom one can

85. develop a deep, personal, and heartfelt

86. relation.

Commentary: This is a very important book that summarizes many of the ideas of the Marfat as well as introducing new ones. The book starts by saying that all religions are corruptions of the true religion of God and that this corruption is due to the natural tendency of man to corrupt, change, twist, forget, or invent. This corruption is inevitable and is not necessarily a sin because God expects it due to human nature. God, however, tries to keep the corruption to a minimum by constantly sending prophets [or himself] to correct and enhance religious thought. The mind of God is so large and incomprehensible that it would probably be impossible for mere mortals to fully understand the truth and purposes of God. For God is the Universe and even more. The book then states that it is wrong, as some have done, to suppress human nature and fun for the sake of religion. It is natural to draw, dance, smile, even flirt, so these things should not be disallowed in the name of God. Nor should any law be enacted that is not in accordance with the kind principles set forth by God. At this point, the book goes into what and who God is: Iru, the One God, who is the personification of the Zulf, the force that is everywhere and in everything. Against Iru is Melkor, the Devil. Good and Evil are seen as two opposing forces, of nearly equal strength, but Evil is seen as doomed because it is inherently depending on Good, a leech so to say. And since Good is the force of God, it must win. The physical Universe has been tainted by evil, but the spiritual universe, being totally the domain of God was not and cannot be corrupted. The book takes the view that humans, despite all their weaknesses and evil deeds, are ultimately good. The nature force, Arya, is also described. Arya seeks to preserve peace, harmony, and order in the Universe. It is also stated in the book that all things happen for a greater good, even if mere mortals cannot understand them. Also, the book warns that actions that may be good could turn to evil is not probably implemented or watched. The role of the Kwestadz, a savior and messiah figure is also described. The book ends with a promise that God will be a friend to any who seek Him and God will never ever abandon one who surrenders himself to God.