Concept of God in Parsiism – Zoroastrianism - Dr Zakir Naik

Concept of God in Parsiism – Zoroastrianism - Dr Zakir Naik

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Let’s discuss the Concept of God in Zoroastrianism, ‘Zoroastrianism’ is a Non Semitic, Non-Vedic Aryan Religion, which is also called as ‘Parsism’ and though it has a very small following, less than 130,000 people mostly living in Bombay the city where I come from. But it claims to be one of the oldest religions. It originated more than 2 ½ thousand years ago in Persia and it was founded by Zoroaster and this religion is also called the religion of ‘Fire Worshippers’ or religion of ‘Magianism.’ Almighty God in ‘Zorastarnism’ is called as ‘Ahura Mazda.’ ‘Ahura’ means God or Lord, ‘Mazda’ means wise. ‘Ahura Mazda means wise God or wise Lord and the Sacred Scriptures of ‘Zorastarnism’ or ‘Parsism’ are the ‘Dasatir’ and the ‘Awesta’.

There are various descriptions of Almighty God given in Dasatir. It’s mentioned in Dasatir that Almighty god is One and Only. He doesn’t have a beginning neither does he have an end. He has no mother, no Father, no wife or no son. Nothing resembles Him. Almighty God has got no images, you cannot see Almighty God with your eyes, neither can you comprehend, he is far beyond your understanding and he’s closer to your own self. All these descriptions are given in Dasatir the sacred scripture of Parsis.

If you read the ‘Avesta’, the ‘Yasna’ and the other books there are various attributes given to Almighty God,

He’s referred to as the creator in Yasna, Chapter No. 31 Verse No. 7 and 11 as well as Yasna Chapter No. 44, Verse No. 7, Yasna Chapter No. 50, Verse No. 11, as well as Yasna Chapter No. 51, Verse No. 7.

He’s called as the greatest in Yasna Chapter No. 33, Verse No. 11, as well as Yasna Chapter No. 45, Verse No. 6.

He’s called as the Beneficent in Yasna Chapter No. 33, Verse No. 11 as well as Yasna Chapter No. 48, Verse No. 3.

Almighty God in the Parsi Scripture is also called as the Bountiful in Yasna Chapter No. 43, Verse No. 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 50 as well as Yasna Chapter No. 44, Verse No. 2 and Yasna Chapter No. 45, Verse No. 5, in Yasna Chapter No. 46, Verse No. 9, as well as Yasna Chapter No. 48, Verse No. 3.

There are various attributes given to Almighty God in the Parsi scriptures. So if you read the Parsi scriptures, you shall understand the concept of God in ‘Parsism’ and ‘Zorastarnism’