The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 108
108. Essence of Islam-IV. All Prophets come for the same Purpose. The main purpose of the advent of Prophetsas in this world and the grand objective of their teaching and preaching is that mankind should recognize God Almighty and should be delivered from the life which leads to hell and ruin and which is known as the life of sin. In fact, this is the most important objective before them. Now that God Almighty has established a dispensation and has raised me, the same purpose which is common to all Prophets as is also the purpose of my coming, namely, that I wish not only to tell the world what God is, but I actually want them to see. Him, and to show them the way of desisting from sin. [Malfūzāt, vol. 3, p. 11]. Blessings of the Imām of the Age. Whenever the Imām of an age makes his appearance in the world, he is accompanied by thousands of lights. There is jubilation in heaven and people's good qualities are stimulated through the spread of spirituality and light. So, the one who possesses the capacity of receiving revelation, begins to receive revelation, and the one who has the capacity to gain understanding by reflecting upon matters of faith, his power of reflection and understanding is augmented, and the one inclined towards worship begins to find pleasure in worship and supplication, and the one who engages in discourse with the followers of other faiths, is be-