The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 31
Miracles, Signs and Prophecies 31 stow satisfaction upon God's obedient servants, and to make them progress in their faith and certitude, and also to reassure their troubled hearts through love and affection. A believer, therefore, continues to receive signs of glad tidings through the Holy Quran, and keeps growing in faith and conviction. He gets assurance from the signs of glad tidings, and the disquietude which is ingrained in human naturedisappears, and calmness descends upon his heart. By virtue of following the Book of Allāh, a believer continues to receive signs related to glad tidings to the last day of his life. Signs of peace and tranquillity continue to descend on him, so that he may forever progress in his faith and in Divine knowledge, and may reach the stage of absolute certainty. Another wonderful thing about these signs of glad tidings is that they not only help a believer to advance in certainty, knowledge and faith, but also help him to progress with each passing day in his love and devotion to God, because he experiences Divine gifts, favours, and bounties which are both obvious and hidden, manifest and latent, and which abound in the signs of glad tidings. Thus, these wonderful and effective and blessed signs of glad tidings lead the seeker to the stage of perfect knowledge and personal love, which is the highest station for the elect of God. [Aik 'Isā'i Ke Tin Sawal Aur Un Ke Jawābāt, pp. 13-14]. It is a guiding principle for a wise person to realize that, in contrast to prophecies, which may at times contain metaphors and allegorical expressions, the