The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 79
Revelation, Inspiration, Vision and Dream 79. It should be borne in mind that anything that flows from the tongue, even if it is not opposed to the Word of God and the word of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of. Allāh be on him), is not the word of God unless the action of God Almighty bears witness to it. Satan, who is man's enemy and who seeks diverse ways of ruining a person, also adopts the method that he puts his words into the heart of a man and assures him that they are words of God and such a person is destroyed in the end. . Three Hallmarks of Divine Revelation. If someone claims to receive revelation, to call it divine would amount to committing spiritual death, unless and until it fulfills three conditions:. First, it should not be opposed to the Holy Qur'ān; but this alone is not enough. Unless the third condition which will be mentioned below is present, nothing can be established. . Secondly, those words should descend upon a person whose soul has been completely purified. He should be one of those who have withdrawn entirely from their passions and who have submitted to a death through which they have approached close to God and have withdrawn far away from Satan. A person hears him to whom he is close. He who is close to Satan hears Satan's voice and he who is close to God hears God's voice. . One's utmost effort should be for the purification of one's soul. All search ends with that. In other words, it is a death that burns up all inner impurities. When a person completes his search then a stage arrives when he passes under the control of the Divine. Thus through understanding and love God revives His servant who, by discarding his passions, has arrived at the stage of death. Then