Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 724
724 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION other strong supporting proof that this claimed 'revelation' was from God—yet to audaciously confront a claimant whose authenticity as a recipient of divine revelation was testified to by works of God compris- ing not merely one or two, but thousands of highly credible testimo- nies—was such behaviour based on integrity and righteousness? Bābū died of the plague because of his cunning and insolence, whereas the Elect of God never die of the plague. And given that there are satanic inspirations and promptings of the ego, how can any words be said to have emanated from God unless and until they are accompanied by a strong testimony of the Works of God? There is the Word of God on the one hand and then on the other there is the Work of God. Unless the Word of God is attested to by the Work of God, such a revelation would be described as satanic. Furthermore, 'attestation' means such heavenly Signs that are far beyond the normal human experiences; oth- erwise, you cannot give the name 'Sign' to an occasional true dream or revelation because this is an inherent capacity granted by God as a kind of seed to all creatures. A Sign, on the other hand, comprises the profuse number of Signs which pour like rain and acquire the stature of uniqueness so as to testify with final and absolute certainty that it is indeed the Word of God and not of man. There is no greater foolish- ness than to claim that a person is from God on account of his experi- encing a few ordinary dreams and revelations which are experienced by people all over the world. You cannot blame God for letting a person experience revelation; rather, the blame lies upon the fool who mis- takenly took the promptings of the ego to be revelation. Look at the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him! When the angel Gabriel appeared, he did not immediately believe that this was from God. Rather, he was somewhat fearful when he approached Haḍrat Khadijah and said meaning that, I have become greatly fearful for myself lest it be a satanic connivance. But those who are desirous of becoming the Elect of God without the prior cleansing of the self, quickly fall into Satan's trap. Therefore, one ought to reflect that if Bābū's alleged revelations were not satanic, why did the mighty