Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 675
A SHINING SIGN—SIGN NUMBER 198 675 many children; from the books they study during the day, they tend to pronounce the same phrases involuntarily at night. In short, for any utterances that are presented as being revealed, to be merely consist- ent with the Holy Quran is not a categorical argument of its actually being the word of God. Is it not possible that a passage could not be in contradiction with the Divine Book on the basis of its meaning, yet be the fabrication of an impostor because a forger can easily fabricate a passage which is consistent with the Quranic teaching and parade it as the Word of God which was revealed to him, or the passage could be the promptings of his inner self or a satanic fabrication? Similarly, this second indication—namely, that the person who claims to be the recipient of revelation should also be completely puri- fied is also not such as can give one total satisfaction, because purifi- cation is something hidden and many people with impure natures may well claim to be spiritually cleansed and to love God truly. Thus, this is also not an easy matter to readily distinguish between the liars and the truthful. This is why many evil-minded people have levelled filthy accusations upon those holy ones who were completely purified; very much like the way the present-day Christian missionaries slander our lord and master, the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and they say-God forbid—that he was guilty of succumb- ing to carnal passions and desires. You will find such false accusations in thousands of their periodicals, newspapers, and books. Similarly, the Jews level all kinds of charges against Haḍrat Īsāªs [Jesus]. For instance, not long ago, I came across a book written by a Jew which contained the unholy charge that—God forbid—not only was his birth illegit- imate but it also cast dirty aspersions on his character, and the ladies who served him were also mentioned in an unbecoming manner. Thus, when filthy-natured enemies have not spared such pure-natured and the holiest of men from their foul slanders of carnal indulgence, and have considered them to be lacking in self-purification, everyone can realize how difficult it is for the enemies of a person to recognize his status of self-purification. This is why the Āryas consider all Prophets