The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 126
126. Essence of Islam II countenance of the Divine One is fully disclosed. . . . . The lights of Divine revelation are accepted in their perfect condition by a soul which is perfectly purified. . Mere dreams or revelation do not indicate any excellence in the recipient unless, his soul being perfectly purified, he exhibits this reflection and the countenance of the. True Beloved is displayed in his soul. [Haqiqat-ul-Waḥi, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 22-26]. Three Kinds of Dreams. Dreams are of three kinds―egoistic, satanic and divine. . Egoistic dreams are a reflection of one's own thoughts like a cat dreaming of flecks of meat. A satanic dream is wild and frightening. A divine dream is a message from. God; their proof is a matter of experience. These are. Divine matters which are far distant from this world. If we judge them by reason another person cannot understand them and we cannot make him understand. These are signs of the existence of God Almighty which He casts upon the heart from the unseen. When we find that what we were told has come to pass, we begin to believe in it. An instrument of this world cannot recognize these things. These are spiritual matters and are recognizable only spiritually. A true dream bears witness to its own truth. [Malfūzāt, vol. IV, pp. 368-369]. Dreams and visions of all are not alike. The perfect vision, which in the Holy Qur'an is described as the disclosing of the unseen, is like a perfect circle and is not bestowed upon everyone, but only upon the elect. The vision or revelation that comes to a defective person is itself defective and puts him to shame. Disclosing the