Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 134
134 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION the faculties of reason become sharp, and reason, which is subterra- nean water, advances in its status. And when there is a long hiatus in the appearance of Prophets, the subterranean water of reason begins to decline and becomes polluted, and the world is steeped in idolatry, paganism, and every kind of vice. Thus, just as the eye possesses the faculty of sight, yet it needs the light of the sun to be able to see; in the same way, human reason, which resembles the eye, is always in need of the Sun of Prophethood. And as soon as that Sun disap- pears, reason immediately develops opacity and darkness. Can you see with the eye alone? Certainly not. Similarly, you cannot see anything without the light of Prophethood. As the recognition of God has depended upon the recognition of a Prophet since antiquity and the inception of the world, it is not plausible and possible to find Tauḥīd without the agency of a Prophet. A Prophet is the mirror to behold the countenance of God; the face of God is revealed through this very mirror. When God Almighty desires to reveal Himself to the world, He raises a Prophet, who is a manifestation of His powers in the world, and sends down His revela- tion upon him and manifests His powers of Rubūbiyyat [Providence] through him. It is then that the world comes to know that God does exist. It is a part of Tauhid [belief in the Oneness of God] to believe in those individuals who have been appointed under the eternal law of God as the essential means for the recognition of God. Without this belief, Tauḥid cannot become perfect; for, it is not possible to achieve absolute Tauḥīd, which is created from the fountain of perfect certainty, in the absence of heavenly Signs and wonders manifesting the Omnipotence of God, which are displayed by the Prophets and which lead to full cognition. They alone are the group that points to God and through whom God—whose Being is imperceptible beyond imperceptible and hidden beyond hidden and concealed beyond con- cealed reveals Himself. That Hidden Treasure, whose name is God, has always been known through the Prophets. To realize without the agency of a Prophet that Tauḥid-which is estimated as true Tauḥīd