The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 372
372. Essence of Islam-1 occasion he received the revelation: قلنایانار کونی برداً و سلاماً 223 but that he could not comprehend its import. He then received the revelation: ر کونی برداً و ســلامــاً 224 قلنایا. Then he understood that in his case fire had meant steadfastness. [Izāla-e-Auhām, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 3, pp. 255-262]. This is an age in which thousands of objections and doubts have been raised and Islām has been attacked from many directions. God Almighty has said: وان مِّن شَيْءٍ إِلَّا عِنْدَ نَا خَزَائِنُهُ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ 225. There is not a thing but We have unlimited treasures thereof, and We send them down in regulated and known quantities. . Thus, this was the age of the disclosure of spiritual and temporal verities that are hidden in the Qur'an which refute and reject every kind of philosophical and unphilosophical faith, for they could not be disclosed without their need having arisen. Now that attacks were made by the new philosophy, the time came for the manifestation of those insights. It was not possible that without the manifestation of those insights, Islām could be victorious against all false religions. A victory by the sword means nothing and is wiped out by the decline of temporary 223 'We said: O fire be cool and a means of peace and security. ' [Publisher] 224 We said: O steadfastness be cool and a means of peace and security. ' [Publisher] 225 al-Hijr, 15:22 [Publisher]