Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 674
674 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION close. He who is close to Satan hears Satan's voice and he who is close to God hears God's voice. One's utmost effort should be for the puri- fication of one's soul. All search ends with that. In other words, it is a death that burns up all inner impurities. When a person completes his search, then a stage arrives when he passes under the control of the Divine. Thus, through enlightenment and love, God revives His serv- ant who, by discarding his passions, has arrived at the stage of ‘death'. Then, through His extraordinary Signs, God reveals to him spiritual wonders and fills his heart with the attraction of His personal love which the world cannot understand. In this condition, it can be said of him that he has been bestowed new life after which there is no death. Therefore, this new life is won through complete enlightenment and complete love. Complete enlightenment is acquired through God's miraculous Signs. When a person arrives at this stage, he enjoys true converse and discourse with God, but this condition is not so much as can give one satisfaction without the third condition, for perfect purity is a hidden matter and any idle talker can claim to have achieved it. THE THIRD indication of a true recipient of revelation is that a continuous series of works from God should testify to the words that he attributes to God. In other words, so many Signs should appear in its support that rational thinking should reject the suggestion that despite so many Signs it is not the word of God. This condition supersedes all other conditions, because it is entirely possible that some words may flow from someone's tongue, or someone might have even presented them with the claim of being divinely revealed, and in their meanings they do not contradict—but are consistent with—the Holy Quran, yet they could still be the fabrication of an impostor. Any rational human being who is a Muslim-albeit an impostor-will take the necessary precaution not to flaunt anything as the revealed word of God which opposes the Holy Quran; otherwise, they would needlessly invite public criticism. Furthermore, such so-called 'revelation' might well be the promptings of his inner ego. In other words, their mind may well cause their tongue to pronounce a certain phrase. Such is the case with