the Divine Guidance, and human knowledge about God are the acts of the Almighty God: A study of the related Quranic verses and Islamic traditions

the Researcher/ Instructor of the Islamic courses / QomThere are two views about the origin of knowledge about God, and the kind of Divine Guidance granted to the human beings.One view states that the humam knowledge about God is obtained through the human efforts and mental activities The next view believes that the human knowledg about God is a Divine gift created by the act of God, that without any contingency or obligation, just as a sign of His favor, grants His creatures. The responsibility of the human being, toward the Divine favor is "acceptance" "confirmation ", and "Submission". Then the Almighty God will "reward" those people who carry their responsibilities.the respected writer, is this article tries to show that the Quranic verses and Islamic traditions classified under the title of knowledg about God, confirm the latter view. He provides eight verses, and 16 traditions. then he extracts 10 points as conclusion. he has also provided some explanations about the initial and complementary "Guidance". The writer, then has brought 1 verse and 15 traditions that the advocates of the first view usually use to support their standpoint. But, this time, the writer interpretes them according to his own view. Then he shows the common points found among the two groups of the Quranic verses and the Islamic traditions.In fact, this essay may be evaluated as a complementary part to the writer's extensive article titled as, "a glance at the traditions about the recognition of God", appeared is volumes 7 to 10 of Safineh.