The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 71
Revelation, Inspiration, Vision and Dream 71 becomes aware that these words are being conveyed by. God. The revelation conveys comfort, satisfaction and contentment to the heart as the air that one breathes conveys comfort to the heart and limbs. A disturbed mind feels its joy and coolness. This is a mystery of which the common people are unaware but men of understanding who have been bestowed experience of. Divine mysteries by the Bountiful Lord understand it well. I have experienced such revelation on many occasions. . The fourth form of revelation is that some matter is disclosed by God Almighty in a true dream, or an angel assuming human shape discloses a hidden matter, or a writing appears on a piece of paper or on a stone, etc. , which discloses hidden mysteries, or other similar experiences. [Brāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, Rūḥānī Khaza'in, vol. 1, pp. 273-274 sub-footnote I]. The fifth form of revelation is that which has nothing to do with man's heart. One hears a voice from outside as if someone were speaking from behind a curtain, but the voice is very delicious and cheerful and is conveyed with some speed and the heart derives pleasure from it. One's mind is deep in thought and suddenly this voice is heard and one is surprised where it has proceeded from and who is addressing one. One looks for someone from whom the voice could have proceeded and then one realizes that it has come from an angel. It generally conveys some good news when one is anxious and sorrowful or is gripped by fear on hearing some bad news which turns out to have been false. Unlike the second form, such revelation is not the consequence of repeated supplications. An angel speaks suddenly when. God Almighty so desires, contrary to the second type of