The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 86
86. Essence of Islam II have been a witness of the fact that God Who has ever been hidden manifests Himself through Islām. If a person truly follows the Holy Qur'an and occupies himself with self-improvement according to its teaching, and lives not like the worldly but like a servant of the faith, and devotes himself to the cause of God and loves His. Prophet Muhammad, the chosen one (peace and blessings of Allāh be on him) and is free from self-exhibition and arrogance and pride and seeks not his own glory but the glory and greatness of God, and humbles himself to the dust in His cause, the result is that Divine converse starts with him in eloquent Arabic. Divine words are delicious and majestic. They are not the product of one's own mind; such a product is delivered in a low voice like that of a eunuch or a sick person. But God's word is full of majesty and is mostly in Arabic and very often in the form of verses of the Qur'an. My experience is that first it strikes the heart forcefully and an echo is thereby produced which then blossoms like a flower, and therefrom issues a holy and delicious series of phrases comprising hidden matters and possessing a majesty and a power and effectiveness whereby it penetrates into the heart like an iron nail and is fragrant with the perfume of. God. These characteristics are attached to it because some ill-natured persons also receive satanic revelation or are deceived by the product of their own minds. God. Almighty causes shining light to accompany His word so as to distinguish it from other types. [Chashma-e-Ma'rifat, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 23, pp. 314-315]. Differences between Satanic and Divine Revelation. Most ignorant people consider satanic suggestion as the word of God and are unable to distinguish between