Sheikism believes that God’s essence isn’t recognizable and He can’t be imagined and addressed in prayer[1].

This view has seriously posed in some tendencies of Sheikism and also posed in other from in Sufism cults because it is necessary for them to personify their Qotb or Sheik in prayer and to try to personify him/ her in prayer to communicate with God.  

However, worshiping God really means asking Him for help and showing that God is our possessor.[2] Because merely is merited to be praised and worshiped and is the mere reality who is merited to be asked for help.

The holy Quran has considered two intentions as the factors of human being’s tendency towards atheism perior posing by Sufism and Shikism leaders:

1.   The assumption of the creator to be far from the creature (the one presented by Sheikism leaders). The Almighty God has presented many verses to reject the intention.[3] As we read in one of the verses:

"وَ إِذا سَأَلَکَ عِبادي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَريبٌ أُجيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذا دَعانِ ..."( البقره/ 186)

“And when my slavant question Thee concerning me, then surely I am nigh. I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he crieth unto Me…” [Al-Baqareh/ 186]

2.   Assigning the world’s expedient to minor gods (which is claimed by sheikism)[4]. The following verses have been sent down to reject it:[5]

"قُلْ مَنْ يَرْزُقُکُمْ مِنَ السَّماءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ أَمَّنْ يَمْلِکُ السَّمْعَ وَ الْأَبْصارَ وَ مَنْ يُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَ يُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَيِّ وَ مَنْ يُدَبِّرُ الْأَمْرَ فَسَيَقُولُونَ اللَّهُ فَقُلْ أَ فَلا تَتَّقُونَ" (یونس/ 31)

“Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Who provideth for you from the sky and the earth, or Who owneth hearing and sight; and Who bringeth forth the living from the dead and bringeth forth the dead from the living; and Who directeth the course? They will say: Allah. Then say: Will ye not then keep your duty (unto Him)?” [Yunus/ 31]

Consequently, Sheikism leaders have the same belief as the Baha’is. Baha’is believe that a person must imagine Abdul Baha to communicate with God (the god which is considered as Hussein Ali Nouri)[6]. As Shoqi Effendi has said:

“… If at the time of prayer you need to personify a person, you should imagine Abdul Baha because you can caress the Blessed Beauty via Abdul Baha.[7] Of course, having believed in such viewpoint, Baha’ism has passed the atheism borders!