Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 19
19 with God is unique in nature, majesty and quality. This form of divine discourse is reserved for those special servants of God who enjoy His nearness. When a chosen one of God supplicates, God Almighty manifests Himself to such a per- son with divine majesty, and sends down His Spirit upon him, and gives him glad tidings of the acceptance of his prayer with His loving words. Anyone who expe- riences this divine converse frequently is referred to as a Prophet or Muhaddath. The Sign of a True Religion The sign of a true religion is that its teachings continue to produce such virtuous individuals who attain the station of a Muhaddath —to whom God Almighty speaks directly. The principal sign of Islam’s divine origin and truth is that right- eous people with whom God Almighty converses, always appear within it. 1 تَحْزَنُوْا وَ لَا تَخَافُوْا ُ اَلَّا ۃ تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَلٰٓىِٕكَ The angels descend on them, saying: ‘Fear ye not, nor grieve. ’ So, this is the criterion for a truthful, living and divinely accepted religion. I know for a fact that this light is possessed only by Islam and other religions are bereft of this light. The one argument which outweighs a thousand, and which establishes the falsity of these religions, is that the dead can never contest against the living, nor can a blind man be equal to one who sees. یں ا�یس� ا ہک اشنں دالھکےئ �ہ� ن � وکیئ ذمبہ �یہ رمث ابغ ِ دمحم ؐ ےس یہ اھک�ی� ا مہ ےن There is no other Faith that can manifest a sign; It is from the orchard of Muhammad sa that we have partaken of this fruit. ” The Promised Messiah as said: “My humble self has been sent to convey to man- kind the message that of all the present Faiths, the true religion which accords with the will of God Almighty is the one brought by the Holy Quran, and that the gate to enter the House of Salvation, as it were, is: ِ اہلل ُ مُحَمَّد ٌ رَّسُوْل ُ اہلل َ ّ ٓ اِلٰہ َ اِل َ ل There is none worthy of worship except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. ” 1 Ha Mim as-Sajdah , 41:31 p. 17