Concept of God in Zoroastrianism (also commonly known as Parsiism)

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God in Zoroastrian religion is known as ‘Ahura Mazda’. ‘Ahura’ means ‘the Lord’ and ‘Mazda’ means ‘the Wise’, hence ‘Ahura Mazda’ means ‘the Wise Lord’ or ‘the Wise God’. ‘Ahura Mazda’ stands for God, in a strictly Monotheistic sense.


Qualities of God according to Dasatir (sacred scriptures of the Parsis are the Dasatir and Avesta).

According to Dasatir, Ahura Mazda has the following qualities:
(i) He is One.
(ii) Nothing resembles Him. 
(iii) He is without an origin or end. 
(iv) He has no father or mother, wives or children. 
(v) Without a body or form. 
(vi) Neither the eye can behold Him, nor the power of thinking can conceive Him. 
(vii) He is above all that you can imagine. 
(viii) He is nearer to you than your own self


Attributes of God according to Avesta

According to Avesta, the Gathas and the Yasna give various characteristics to ‘Ahura Mazda’such as:
(i) Creator
(Yasna 31:7 & 11) (Yasna 44:7) (Yasna 50:11) (Yasna 51:7)
(ii) Most Mighty - the Greatest 
(Yasna 33:11) (Yasna 45:6)
(iii) Beneficent - ‘Hudai’ 
(Yasna 33:11) (Yasna 48:3)
(iv) Bountiful - ‘Spenta’ 
(Yasna 43:4,5,7,9,11,13,15) (Yasna 44:2) (Yasna 45:5) (Yasna 46:9) (Yasna 48:3)

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