The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 98
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. REVELATION RECEIVED. BY THE PROMISED MESSIAH. The basic thesis of the Promised Messiah about Revelation is like this. Certain hope for salvation depends upon perfect certainty in the existence of the Creator. Reflecting upon creation and an order and organization in the universe, we can reach the conjecture that this creation should have a creator. There is a great difference between 'should be' and 'is'. All wise men are agreed that a study of nature only provides a conjectural proof and not a real proof and even that to those who think that nature is not self-existing. It is God Himself who provides the real proof of His existence through Divine revelation. . God has always provided this proof. Without revelation, it is not possible to arrive at a complete certainty, or to escape error, or to base oneself on the true unity of God, or to overcome one's passions. It is a revelation through which we are able to affirm that God 'is' and the whole world calls on Him because He 'is'. . The reason for this is also very essential - the bounty of God. . Revelation supports reason. prevents it from going astray and leads it to a higher degree of knowledge and certainty in spiritual matters, not possible with reason alone. Thus reason and revelation are an essential pair for guidance of mankind. They are not contradictory. . Revelation reached its perfection in the Holy Quran. Thus evolution of religion culminated in Islam. All religions close the door of revelation except Islam. Islam presents God with attributes which are eternal and unlimited. Just as He has not ceased to see or hear, similarly He has not ceased to speak. God speaks or reveals to the person who completely submits to Islam and the Holy Quran. It is a living miracle of Islam. It is only Islam now who produces persons who receive abundance of higher forms of revelation like verbal revelations containing signs and prophecies. In every age, there have been saints in Islam, who received revelation from God. Such revelation is completely subservient to the Holy Quran and does not 98