Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 763
ANOTHER FRESH SIGN-SIGN NUMBER 207 763 Mahtab from the plague, for he was true in his claim, in accordance with the verse: وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَن تَمُوتُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللهِ. But since Faiḍullah Khān was false, he fell victim to the plague. 2 1. And no soul can die except by Allah's leave (Surah Al-e-Imrān, 3:146). [Publisher] 2. A point worthy of being remembered: God Almighty states in The Holy ,He reveals not His secret to anyone فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَى غَيْبِ أَحَدًا إِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضَى مِنْ رَّسُولٍ Quran except to him whom He chooses, namely, a Messenger of His' (Surah al-Jinn, 72:27-28)]. This verse is categorically and certainly understood to mean that clear- cut prophecies that happen to be large in number and most unambiguous are communicated only to God's chosen people and not to others. But, rev- elations as are not of this level can also be shared by others. They are mostly ambiguous and unclear. This is how God's chosen people are recognized. Remember that in light of this verse it is possible that such revealed proph- ecies and revelations as are not explicit nor are they so high in number that they overwhelm the normal capacity of man and are mostly susceptible to dif- ferent interpretations, can also be received by those who are not the Elect of God and are commoners. Hence, the Quranic criterion for the identification of the chosen ones too is that their revealed prophecies have little element of doubt and are incomparable to anyone in the world in terms of vastness of their numbers and clarity. Otherwise, even a sinful person can be a recipient of revelation as is not qualitatively equal with the former. For instance, I may Help will] يَأْتِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ فَجٍّ عَمِيقٍ. يَأْتُونَ مَنْ كُلِّ فَجٍّ عَمِيقٍ. mention that the prophecy come to you upon every track. People will come to you upon every route so that the track will become deep due to excessive travel. ] has been so clearly fulfilled as to establish its truth. In fact, it has been fulfilled not once but hun- dreds of thousands of times with such clarity as establishes it to be fully sup- ported by God's help and succour. Hence, such a prophecy cannot be made by anyone except by an Elect of God. If it can be made, let someone come forward with a precedent. (Author)