Show Me God

Author: Tawfiq al-Hakim

With a simple question posed by an innocent child to his father, the events of "Show Me God," the most famous story in this book, unfolded. A question that turned the father's life upside down and made him embark on a deep and intense search to see God, which ended in a tragic conclusion. Tawfiq al-Hakim's brilliance – through the 18 philosophical stories included in this book – manifests itself in a conversational style that progresses from a simple question to the most violent crisis a person can face in their journey to find their existence and what lies beyond it. Here is drama in its purest manifestations, and here is elusive art, despite its simplicity and readability, to speak as if you are not speaking, as if you are not speaking, to toy with truth, placing it sometimes alongside innocence and instinct, then moving it sometimes to a mature consciousness, then putting the reader before a difficult choice: which of the two opinions to lean towards? And which of the two paths to take? How is dialogue copied in this way?… "Show Me God" is one of the most powerful and enjoyable narratives written by Tawfiq al-Hakim.