Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 79
CHAPTER IV 79 At this point I would also like to point out what appears before all else to be the result of sincere and complete obedience to the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Bear in mind that it is the 'rightly-inclined heart'; that is, the love of the world leaves the heart and it becomes desirous of the eternal and everlasting bliss. Subsequent to this, pure and perfect love of God is achieved as a result of this rightly-inclined heart. And all these bounties are bestowed as a consequence of following the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, by way of his heritage, as Allah says: 1. قُلْ إِن كُنتُم تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللهُ. Meaning, tell them that if you love God, obey me, so that God may also love you. Indeed, the profession of one-sided love is a blatant lie and pretence and idle talk. When a person truly loves God, then God loves him too; then the breeze of acceptance swirls in the world for him, his love is put in the hearts of thousands and he is granted a power of attraction, and he is given a light that always accompanies him. When a person loves God with sincerity and adopts Him above all else, when everything besides God ceases to have any esteem or respect for him, indeed when he considers everything else to be worse than even a dead worm, then God, who sees his heart, descends upon him with His mighty glory. Just as a polished mirror reflects the sun perfectly that it can be said figuratively and metaphorically that the same sun which is in the sky also resides in the mirror, in the same way God descends on such a heart and makes his heart the seat of His Throne. This alone is the purpose for which man has been created. Those who were perfectly righteous have been called sons of God in the previous Scriptures. That, too, does not mean that they were actually the sons of God; such a thing would be blasphemous, as God is above and beyond sons and daughters. Such expressions mean that God 1. Surah Al-e-Imran, 3:32 [Publisher]