The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 73
Revelation, Inspiration, Vision and Dream وإذا جَاءَتْهُمْ آيَةً قَالُوا لَن نُّؤْمِن حَتَّى نُونى مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِي رُسُلُ اللهِ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ حَيْثُ يَجْعَلُ رِسته 14 73 (Part Number 8). This means that when a sign is shown in order to demonstrate the truth of the Holy Qur'ān, they say: We will never believe until we ourselves receive the Divine. Book. God knows best where and when to confer. Prophethood, that is, He knows who is able and who is not able to receive revelation. He bestows the grace of revelation only upon him who possesses the requisite ability and capacity. . The Wise Creator has created men of different types for various reasons and the whole body of mankind resembles a line one end of which is situated at a great height and the other end is very low. At the high end are the pure souls whose capacities are perfect and at the low end are those who are close to animals and in the middle are those of various degrees. This diversity of capacities is confirmed by observation for no reasonable person can deny that human beings are at different stages of understanding, of righteousness, of fear of God and of Divine love. As one is born handsome and another is born plain, one is born with good sight and another is born blind or with weak sight, one is born normal and another is born defective, in the same way the diversity of intellectual and spiritual faculties is also patent and visible. It is true that every individual, provided he is not insane, can make progress in his reason, his righteousness and his love of the Divine, but it should be borne in mind that no one can grow beyond the limit of his capacity. [Brāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 1, pp. 181-182 footnote 11] 14 Al-An'ām, 6:125 [Publisher]