Signs of the Living God — Page xiv
vi And We have not sent thee but as a bearer of glad tidings and a Warner, for all mankind, but most men know not. Then with regards to prophecy and revelation God says: ٍ اِلَّ مَِ ارْتَضٰ مِْ رَّسُوْل عٰلِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلَ يُظْهِرُ عَٰ غَيْبِهٖٓ اَحَدًا بْلَغُوْا َ لِّيَعْلَمَ اَنْ قَدْ ا بَيِْ يَدَيْهِ وَمِْ خَلْفِهٖ رَصَدًا م ِْ فَاِنَّهٗ يَسْلُكُ م 2 ْ رِسٰلٰتِ رَبِِّم He is the knower of the unseen; and He reveals not His secrets to anyone, except to him whom He choose, namely a Messenger of His. And then He causes an escort of guarding angels to go before him and behind him, that He may know that they (His Messengers) have delivered the Messages of their Lord. When reading these verses together, one can define the Islamic concept of prophecy and revelation as the divine disclosure of certain hidden truths by God to His messengers in order to establish both the truth of His existence and the veracity of their prophetic claim. These secrets which God reveals can be events of the 2 Surah Al-Jinn , 72:27-29 [Publishers]