The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 38
38. Essence of Islam-V versant with Arabic grammar and diction can realize its difficulties, and do justice to its beauty and excellence. . . The greatest difficulty is when I fail to find the appropriate idiom or expression. But God reveals it to me. It is easier to invent new or artificial diction than to express oneself in truly idiomatic language. Moreover, I have published books with offers of valuable prizes and I have announced that the opponents may seek help from whosoever they please, and may even employ the assistance of native Arabs, but God Almighty has assured me that they will never be able to compete with me, for this sign has been granted to me as a reflection of the miracles of the Holy Quran. . The second sign is the acceptance of prayers. During the composition of my books which are in Arabic, I have experienced the fulfilment of great many of my prayers. I have prayed at every single word, and I declare that there is no one else whose prayers have been accepted as much as mine. Of course, I make an exception of the Holy Prophets, (for it is only because of him and through submission to him that all this has been given to me). I cannot say if the number of prayers that have been accepted are in the thousands or hundreds of thousands. Some of these signs of acceptance are universally acknowledged. . The third sign is that of prophecies, or the disclosure of the unseen. The fact is that at times even fortune-tellers and soothsayers predict things, by way of conjecture, and they partially come true. History tells us that in the time of the Holy Prophets too there were some sooth-