The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 81
Revelation, Inspiration, Vision and Dream into error. 81 [Haqiqat-ul-Waḥī, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 534-538]. Satanic Revelation is a Reality. Satanic revelation is a reality which is experienced by some imperfect seekers. There is also self-suggestion, which may be described as confused dreams. He who denies this opposes the Holy Qur'ān which affirms that satanic revelation is a fact. God Almighty says that so long as a person's purification of soul is not complete and perfected he can be the recipient of satanic revelation and can fall within the purview of the verse: 18 على كل آقات آرشيو. But the pure ones are immediately warned of a satanic approach. It is a pity that some Christian ministers have gone so far in their writings as to suggest that when Satan took Jesus to a hillock, this was not an external event which could have been witnessed by others and by the. Jews and that three times Jesus received satanic revelation which he did not accept. We tremble at hearing this biblical commentary that Jesus should have been subject to satanic revelation. . . . No satanic thought can take possession of a pure heart. If such a stray thought should ever come across their mind, it is quickly rejected and their heart is not stained thereby. In the Holy Qur'ān such a stray thought is named ta'if. It has very little relation with the heart and is like the shadow of a far away tree. It is possible that Satan the accursed desired to create in the heart of Jesus some slight doubt of this type and he 18 ‘(They descend) on every great liar and sinner. '-Al-Shu'arā', 26:223 [Publisher]