The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 41
Revelation, Inspiration, Vision and Dream 41 between, will surely find Him; and when he finds Him truly and perfectly, then God will speak to him. . The Vedās have denied man this stage and have confined it to the four Rishis, who, according to the Āryā Samājists, are the authors of the Vedās. This is an error of the. Vedās like the other great errors contained therein. It is obvious that all human beings are alike in their nature and what is possible for one man is possible for all, and the closeness to the Divine and His understanding, which is permissible in the case of one human being, is permissible in the case of all, for they all have the same nature. . It is true that there is diversity in respect of the degrees of excellence, but no one is shut out from the kind of excellence which is open to others. Should there be a person who should not have the slightest capacity to acquire human excellence then that person cannot be included within the category of human beings. In short, there can be a difference in capacities, but there cannot be a total absence of capacity. [Surmah Chashm Āryā, Rūḥānī Khaza'in, vol. 2, pp. 239-240]. The Gracious and Merciful Lord, Who has invested human nature with the hunger and thirst of His own complete understanding has endowed human nature with two types of faculties for the purpose of arriving at that understanding. One type is the intellectual faculties, the source of which is the brain, and the other type is spiritual faculties the source of which is the heart. The purity of spiritual faculties depends upon the purity of the heart. . That which cannot be discovered through the intellectual faculties is reached through the spiritual faculties. . Spiritual faculties can develop such purity that the graces of the Source of Grace can be mirrored in them, but the condition is that they should be eager for the acquisition