Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 816
816 AL-ISTIFTA' SUPPLEMENT TO ḤAQIQATUL-WAḤI our Lord has bestowed upon us, even if some of them were to help oth- ers. This is because they are established on falsehood, and we are estab- lished on truth; our God is Living, and their god is dead and cannot hear their sobbing and sighing. Verily, we have a Prophet, the Signs of whose truth we are witnessing even in this very age, whereas they have nothing but the vegetation that grows in manure. Hence, O heedless people! Where do you flee to from the citadel of peace? Indeed, our Prophet is Khatamul-Anbiya' [the Seal of the Prophets]. There is no Prophet after him, other than the one who is illuminated with his light and whose advent is a zill [shadow] of his advent. Hence, by following him, revelation is our due right and entitlement; it is the lost property of our natures, which we have rediscovered by virtue of this blessed Prophet whom we follow. Thus it has been granted to us for free and not as a purchase. The perfect believer is the one who is granted this bounty as a gift. And an evil end is feared for the one who is granted nothing of it. This is our religion. We see its fruits and witness its light at all times. As for the religion of the Christians, it is like a house whose darkness frightens people and whose smoke blinds the eyes. Does it have a Sign which we can behold? By Allah! If the religion of Islam was not there, recognition of the Lord of all the worlds would have been difficult. Through this religion alone, the hidden verities have come into light. Verily, it is like a tree that bears fruit in every season and invites the wise to partake of it. As for the religion of ‘Īsā [Jesus], it is like a tree that has been uprooted from the earth, displaced by furious winds and then the thieves have left no trace of it. There is nothing in their religion except tales that have been handed down, and it is lacking in tangible evidence. It is obvious that mere tales do not provide conviction and they do not have the power to attract one to the Lord of all the worlds. The power to attract is only in tangible Signs and existent miracles, and by them the hearts are transformed, souls are purified, and faults are effaced. All this is unique to Islam and the following of our Prophet, the Best of Mankind; I am among the witnesses thereof. Indeed, I am