Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 138
138 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION of his sublime status and it is not given to man to estimate the extent of his spiritual effectiveness. 1* It is a pity that his rank has not been recognized as it should have been. He is the champion who restored to the world the Tauḥīd which had disappeared from the world; he loved God to the extreme and his soul melted to the extreme out of sympathy for mankind. Therefore, God, who knew the secret of his heart, exalted him above all the Prophets and all the first ones and the last ones and bestowed upon him all that he desired within his lifetime. It is he who is the fountainhead of every grace, and any- one who claims any superiority without acknowledging his grace is not a human being but is the spawn of Satan, because he (the Holy Propheta) has been bestowed the key to every exaltation and he has been given the treasure house of every understanding. He who does not receive through him is deprived forever. I am nothing and possess nothing. What am I and what do I amount to? I would be ungrate- ful if I were not to confess that I have found true Tauḥīd through this very Prophet. I have attained the recognition of the Living God through this same perfect Prophet and through his light. The hon- our of converse and communion with God, through which I behold His countenance, has been bestowed upon me through the same Great Prophet. The rays from this Sun of Guidance fall upon me like sunshine and I continue to be illumined only so long as I am facing towards it. 1. How wonderful it is that even as the world nears its end, the rays of grace of this perfect Prophet sa continue to shine incessantly. If the Word of God, the Holy Quran, had not precluded it, he would be the only Prophet about whom we could assert that he is still alive with his mortal body in Heaven because we find clear effects of his being alive. His religion is alive; one who follows him becomes alive; and one discovers the Living God through him. I have witnessed it that God loves him, his faith, and the one who loves him. And it should be borne in mind that he is indeed truly alive. His is the highest station in Heaven, but it is not with the material body which is mortal-rather, it is with a different spiritual body which is everlasting—that he is in Heaven in the company of his All-Powerful God. (Author)