Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 344
344 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION quarter that under the law, the door to our success was closed. For this reason, his arrogance had increased greatly and he confidently claimed that the suit would be dismissed shortly; rather, it was as good as dismissed. The mischief-mongers supported him. Thus, the news had spread almost throughout the entire village that according to our opponents, the case had been virtually decided in their favour. Therefore, God says in this context: 'Why do you show such pride and arrogance? Everything is in the control of God Almighty. He has dominion over everything. Then addressing me He said: 'The All-Powerful is with you and He knows all that is hidden. Indeed, even matters that are utmost secret and beyond the comprehension of man, are known to Him. ' The sum of this sentence of God's revelation is that herein too lies a secret which has so far remained unknown to you, your counsel, or the judge in whose court this case is pending. Then He said: "This God alone is truly worthy of worship, there is none else worthy of worship; man should not rely upon anyone else, as if he worshipped him. It is only God who has this qualification. He is the only one who knows everything and who sees everything. And that God is with those who adopt righteousness and fear Him and when they do something good, they attend to all its fine requirements. They do not do good superficially or in a flawed manner; rather, they attend to its most subtle elements and perform it with perfection. Such are the ones whom God helps, because they are in the service of His favoured paths. They tread them and help others to tread them. ' Then He said: 'We sent Aḥmad'—that is this humble one- -'to his people, but his people turned away from him and they said, “He is a great liar, submerged in worldly greed"; that is, profiting from such tricks he wants to earn worldly gains by such and such machinations. "They testified against him in courts to get him arrested and they are falling upon him with their attacks like a strong flood that rushes down from above, but he says, “My Beloved very near to me;" He is near indeed but is concealed from the eyes of the opponents. '