Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 341
1 May 1908 341 Continuing Discourse and Converse [of God] is the Soul of Islam As a rule, man starts to entertain doubts about something if he is not provided a sample of it. This is something that is found exclusively in Islam and it is a great proof of the truth of a reli- gion which is not found in any other religion. Islam alone is the chosen, favoured, and accepted religion of God. For this reason, out of His sheer mercy, He bestowed upon Islam the perfect blessing of [His] eternally continuing discourse and converse in order to safeguard Muslims from stumbling and entertaining doubts. It is common for people to question in their minds that I too am a human being, and this claimant to Divine revelation is also, ultimately, a human being like me, so what is the reason that I do not experience revelation and converse with God while this person does? It is for this reason that, to eliminate such doubts, Allah the Exalted has placed a glimpse of this blessing in every person by way of a sample. Look, just as a single penny can be an argument in favour of the possible existence of one to two hundred thousand pennies , and just as one rupee can be an argument in favour of the exist- ence of a treasure of ten or twenty million rupees; similarly, a true dream can serve as an argument in favour of revelation. True dreams have been bestowed upon human nature as an illus- tration so that one may believe, from this rudimentary experi- ence, that the most sublime form of this bounty does exist. If an ordinary person or even an ignoble person can have a dream, then why is it not possible for a perfect, pure, and pious person of the highest calibre to experience the most refined form of dream which is referred to as revelation, for a true dream is just a minute fraction of the most wonderful excellences?