The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 85
Revelation, Inspiration, Vision and Dream 85 a low voice like the voice of thieves and eunuchs and women inasmuch as Satan is a thief and a eunuch and a woman. 4. True revelation is charged with the power of God Almighty and contains prophecies which are fulfilled. 5. True revelation fosters the recipient's goodness and purifies him of inner impurities and improves his moral condition. 6. True revelation is borne witness to by all the inner powers of the recipient and it sheds a new and pure light on all his faculties and he perceives a change in himself. His previous life comes to an end and a new life begins for him and he becomes a source of sympathy for mankind. 7. True revelation does not finish with only one phrase for God's voice has a continuation. He is very Gentle and He talks to him towards whom He is inclined and answers his questions. A recipient of true revelation can receive a response to his supplications at one place and time; though sometimes an interval occurs between two series of revelations. 8. The recipient of true revelation is never a coward and is not afraid to stand up to false claimants of revelation. He knows that God is with him and would humiliate a false claimant. 9. True revelation is the means of acquiring knowledge and understanding for God does not desire to leave its recipient ignorant and without knowledge. 10. True revelation is accompanied by many other blessings. . A recipient of true revelation is bestowed honour from the unseen and is given prestige. [Darurat-ul-Imām, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 13, pp. 483-490]. I was young and now I am old, but from the beginning I