The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 25
Islam the True and Living Faith وما يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَى ٥ إنْ هُوَ إلا وحي يوحى 150 25. But converse with God is different. It means that the word of God descends upon them in the form of verbal revelation. They hear the response to their questions from. God such as a friend receives from a friend. We can only define it by saying that it is a special manifestation of. God the Glorious, which is conveyed through a favourite angel. Its purpose is to give intimation of the acceptance of prayer, or to communicate a new or secret matter, or to make aware of something that is to happen in the future, or to convey God's pleasure or lack of it concerning any matter, or to create certainty and understanding concerning some matter. It is a Divine voice that manifests itself in the form of converse in order to create understanding and satisfaction. It is not possible to define it any more than to say that it is a voice which proceeds from God and is experienced in delicious words full of blessings, which is not induced by any thinking or reflection or any intrusion of self and is blessed with a Divine manifestation and Divine majesty. [Ã'ina-e-Kamālāt-e-Islām, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 5, pp. 226-233]. I believe in Islām alone as a true religion and consider all other faiths as bundles of falsehood. I perceive that by believing in Islām fountains of light are coursing through me. Through the love of the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him], I have arrived at that high stage of converse with the Divine and of acceptance of prayer which can only be achieved by a follower of the true Prophet and by no other. If the Hindus and the 15 'Nor does he speak out of his own desire. It is nothing but pure revelation that has been revealed by God. '-al-Najm, 53:4-5 [Publisher]