The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 84
84. Essence of Islam II prophecy of four hundred prophets was demonstrated. . Naturally a question arises that if satanic revelation is so common then all revelation becomes doubtful, especially as an exalted Prophet like Jesus also had such experience. Revelation thus becomes a great trial. The answer is that there is no reason to be disheartened. It is part of. Divine law that everything valuable has attached to it some things that are false. Genuine pearls come out of the ocean, but there are also false pearls which people manufacture themselves. Commerce in genuine pearls cannot be stopped because false pearls are also available. . A jeweller upon whom God Almighty bestows insight recognizes at once which pearl is real and which is false. . The Imām of the age is the jeweller of the jewels of revelation. He who keeps company with him can easily distinguish between the real and the false. O ye Şūfīs!. And O ye victims of alchemy! step warily in here and remember that true revelation which comes from God. Almighty possesses the following characteristics:. Characteristics Of True Revelation 1. It is received at a time when the heart of the recipient, being melted through its ache for truth, flows towards. God Almighty like clear water. This is indicated in the. Hadith that the Holy Qur'an was revealed in sorrow and should be studied with a sorrowful heart. 2. True revelation is accompanied by delight and conveys certainty in an unknown manner and penetrates into the heart like an iron nail. Its words are eloquent and free from error. 3. True revelation possesses a certain majesty and strikes the heart with power and descends upon it with force and an awesome voice. False revelation is conveyed in