The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 338
338 Essence of Islam-III honour for myself, but only the honour of that for which I have been sent. [Haqiqat-ul-Wahī, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 181-182] Divine Support for the Righteous God Almighty has promised in the Holy Qur'an four types of heavenly support for perfect believers and those who are perfectly righteous, on the basis of which they can be recognized. 1. A perfect believer is frequently given glad tid- ings by God Almighty of the acceptance of his supplications relating to him or his friends. 2. A perfect believer is often given advance knowl- edge, not only of events concerning him and his associates, but also of the decrees of God about to unfold in the world at large, or the changes about to affect some of the well known person- alities. 3. Most of the prayers of the perfect believer are accepted. He is often given prior knowledge of their acceptance. 4. The perfect believer is the greatest recipient of the deeper meanings, new points of wisdom, sub- tleties and singular qualities of the Holy Qur'an. In respect of these four qualities, the perfect believer will always surpass others. It is not an unchanging rule that a perfect believer will receive glad tidings from God Al- mighty continuously and all the times, or that every one of his supplications will be granted, or that he will be warned in advance of all great events, or that knowledge of Qur'anic insights will be continuously bestowed upon him, but, at a time of comparison with an opponent, all these four signs overwhelmingly favour the believer. It is