Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 33
CHAPTER III 33 or clean water, which, by virtue of its own perfect purity, is capable of portraying the image of the sun in itself. Similarly, due to the fact that God is not miserly, everyone is benefited by His light. However, the condition of those who become the perfect manifestation of God because of the annihilation of their corporeal self, and in whose being God enters by way of reflection, is uniquely distinct from all others. As you can see, although the sun is in the sky, when it faces clear water or a polished mirror, it appears as though it is in that water or mirror. However, the fact of the matter is that it is not in that water or mirror, yet on account of its perfect purity and sheen, the water or the mirror creates the impression as if it is in the water or the mirror. Thus, the light of divine revelation is accepted in its perfect and utmost quality only by the soul which attains complete and perfect purification. Mere receipt of revelation and dream does not indicate any merit or excellence, so long as the soul does not attain this quality of reflectiveness, and so long as the countenance of the True Beloved is not reflected in it. Just as the general grace of God has endowed everyone in the physical realm, with a few exceptions, with eyes, nose, ears, the sense of smell, and all other faculties, and has not been miserly with any nation; similarly, in the spiritual realm, He has not excluded the people of any age or nation from sowing the seeds of their spiritual faculties. Just as you see the light of the sun falls everywhere, and no place, delicate or dense, is excluded; the same is the law of nature pertaining to the light of the spiritual sun, that neither a dense place can remain deprived of that light nor a delicate one. However, that light is in love with the pure and clean hearts. When that spiritual sun casts its light on pure objects, it manifests its entire light in them to the extent that it draws the picture of its face in them. As you observe, when the sun is directly facing some clear water or a polished mirror, it manifests its entire image in them, so much so, that just as the sun is visible in the sky, it is equally visible in that clear water or the mirror without any difference. Hence, spiritually, there is no greater excellence for man than to achieve such a level of purity that the image of God Almighty is drawn