Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 23
28 October 1904 23 So, as your intervening veils and curtains and distance are pro- gressively removed, you will surely hear the responding voice. Ever since the creation of the world, there has been proof that He communicates with His special servants. If this were not the case, the notion that He even exists, would have grad- ually disappeared. Therefore, the most convincing means of evidence for the existence of God is verily that we hear His voice—either seen or spoken. Assuredly, converse nowadays is the equivalent of seeing [Him]. Indeed, so long as there is a veil between God and the seeker, we cannot hear. When the intervening curtain is removed, His voice would be audible. Some say God has stopped speaking and conversing for the last 1300 years. Essentially, this means that a blind man considers everyone else blind because there is no light in his own eyes. If Islam did not have this honour through prayers and sincerity, then Islam would have been nothing at all. And it, too, would have been a dead religion like the other religions. A Unique Feature of Islam Hence, do not turn your attention to these dead people who are dead themselves and also make Islam dead. In reality, Islam is a religion in which a man continues advancing until he shakes hands with angels. And if this was not the case, then why did He teach: 1 َطاَرِص َنْيِذَّلا َتْمَعْنَا ْمِهْيَلَع َطاَرِص َنْيِذَّلا َتْمَعْنَا ْمِهْيَلَع In it, only physical wealth is not being requested but the request 1. The path of those on whom You have bestowed Your blessings ( S u rah al-F a ti h ah, 1:7). [Publisher]