Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 215
POSTSCRIPT QUESTION (8) 215 rewarded. ' I said, 'Old man, you are wrong in this thought. You are an idolater because you are a fire-worshipper and an idol- ater does not get any reward. I came down after saying this. Sometime later, I had the occasion to perform the Pilgrimage and arrived in Holy Makkah. When I was making the circuits, another person who was making the circuits called me from behind, addressing me by name. When I looked back, I found that it was the same old man who, after embracing Islam, was now making the circuits. He said to me, 'Have I or have I not been rewarded for the grains I fed the birds?' So if feeding birds with grains ultimately draws a person to Islam, will someone who comes to believe in the True King, the Real Omnipotent, remain deprived of Islam? Absolutely not. اے خواجه درد نیست و گرنه طبیب هست عاشق که شد که مار بحالش نظر نه کرد " What kind of a lover is it that the [True] Beloved does not take notice of his condition? My dear, the pain does not exist, otherwise the 'Healer' is there! It should be remembered that, in the first place, Tauḥīd cannot be achieved completely without following the Noble Prophetsa. As I have just explained, the attributes of God Almighty, which cannot be isolated from His Being, cannot be observed except through the mirror of the revelation of Prophethood. They are illustrated in practice only by a Prophet. But even if someone should acquire an imperfect appre- ciation of them, it would not be altogether free from the traces of idolatry until God accepts his flawed merchandise and leads him into Islam. Whatever a person receives from God Almighty through His Messenger is heavenly water which is not tainted by his own pride and conceit, but whatever a person achieves through his own effort always develops some pollution of idolatry. This was the very wisdom why the Messengers were sent to teach