Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 820
820 AL-ISTIFTA' SUPPLEMENT TO ḤAQIQATUL-WAḤI quantity, reform, and rectitude; yet you reject him. Nay rather, you are the foremost of his enemies! I thought you were the elect of the age and a running spring for the thirsty, but it has become evident that you are like impure water; indeed, no one equals your impurity through- out the entire world. You disputed, and disputed excessively, until you surpassed those who have gone before. You crossed the limits and you broke the covenants, and you declared Muslims to be disbelievers. Do you not see that I was a humble servant hidden in the corner of oblivion? I was so far from accolade and recognition that no reference was made to me nor any allusion; no benefit was expected from me nor any harm, and I was not among the well known. It was then that my Lord addressed me and said: إِنِّي اخْتَرْتُكَ وَأَتَرْتُكَ ، قُلْ إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ وَ أَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ. I have chosen you and I have preferred you. Therefore, say: 'I have been commanded and I am the first of the believers. ' And He said: أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ تَوْحِيْدِى وَتَفْرِيْدِى، فَحَانَ أَنْ تُعَانَ وَتُعْرَفَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ. يَأْتُونَ مَنْ كُلِّ فَجٍّ عَمِيقٍ. يَنْصُرُكَ رِجَالٌ نُّوحِي إِلَيْهِمْ مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ. يَأْتِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ فَجٍّ عَمِيقٍ. You are to Me as My Tauḥīd [Oneness] and Tafrīd [Uniqueness]. The time has come that you should be helped and be made well known in the world. Help will come to you by every distant track—such tracks which will become deep due to the excessive travel of the people that will come to you. So many people will come to you that the track on which they travel will become deep. Such people will help you whom We shall inspire from the heavens. Gifts will come to you by every distant track. This is what my Lord said. Thus can you see the manner He has shown His help. People came to me in multitudes. Gifts were offered to me in such profusion as if they were a raging sea. These are the Signs of Allah,