id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-340 God in the Baháʼí Faith - Wikipedia .html text/html 2768 486 65 While God's essence is inaccessible, a subordinate form of knowledge is available by way of mediation by divine messengers, known as Manifestations of God. The Manifestations of God reflect divine attributes, which are creations of God made for the purpose of spiritual enlightenment, onto the physical plane of existence.[6] All physical beings reflect at least one of these attributes, and the human soul can potentially reflect all of them.[7] Shoghi Effendi, the head of the Bahá'í Faith in the first half of the 20th century, described God as inaccessible, omniscient, almighty, personal, and rational, and rejected pantheistic, anthropomorphic and incarnationist beliefs.[2] Although human cultures and religions differ on their conceptions of God and his nature, Bahá'ís believe they nevertheless refer to one and the same Being. The Bahá'í teachings state that God is too great for humans to create an accurate conception of. Names of God in the Bahá'í Faith ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-340.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-340.txt