Lecture Sialkot — Page 36
36 L ECTURE S IALKOT while we too have true dreams, our prayers are also heard at times and we even sometimes receive revela- tion? According to such people, the Prophets of God are impostors or self-deceived people who take pride in common things, while there is not the slightest dif- ference between them and common people. This belief is rooted in arrogance and has ruined many people in this age. For a seeker after truth, however, these doubts are easily answered as follows: It is undoubtedly true that God has blessed a group of His servants with His grace and has bestowed upon them a large part of His spiritual bounties, and, despite the fact that antagonis- tic and blind people have always rejected the Prophets as , the latter have invariably prevailed over them; their supernatural light has always appeared in such a way that rational people have had to admit that there is a manifest difference between the Prophets as and their opponents. It is obvious that a destitute beg- gar possesses a few coins and a king too has coins with which his coffers are full, but the beggar cannot claim to be equal to the king. Nor can a glow-worm, because it radiates some light, claim to be equal to the sun. The reason why God has implanted in the souls of common people the seeds of experiencing dreams, visions and revelations—albeit to a limited degree—is to enable them to recognize the Prophets on the basis of their personal experience, and to apprise them of the incon-