The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 32
32. Essence of Islām II and is free from every mistake and knows the truth of every matter) does not help His servants through His true revelation, how could we humble creatures emerge out of the darknesses of ignorance and error, and how could we be delivered from the calamities of doubt and suspicion?. I, therefore, affirm with full conviction that the wisdom and mercy and sustaining love of God Almighty demand that from time to time, when He deems it right, He should create men who should be recipients of revelation for the purpose of ascertaining true doctrines and establishing correct morals, and who should have bestowed upon them the capacity of impressing their teachings upon others so that mankind, who have been created for true guidance, should not be deprived of their needed good fortune. [Purāni Teḥrīrain, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 2, pp. 20-21]. The Hidden World of Revelation. God Almighty has divided His wonderful universe into three parts. (1) The world which is manifest and can be felt through the eyes and the ears and other physical senses and through ordinary instruments. (2) The world which is hidden and which can be understood through reason and conjecture. (3) The world which is hidden beyond hidden, which is so imperceptible that few are aware of it. That world is entirely unseen; reason has not been granted the ability to reach it, except through mere conjecture. This world is disclosed only through visions, revelation, inspiration, and not by any other means.