Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 63
CHAPTER III 63 knowledge. No virtuous conduct is found in them; such is the case of ilmul-yaqin. When the fountainhead of the dreams and revela- tions is of this very grade, its recipient's heart is mostly dominated by Satan, and that Satan sometimes, in order to mislead him, proceeds to put forth such dreams and revelations on account of which he [i. e. the recipient] proclaims himself to be a leader of the nation or a Messenger, and [thereby] perishes as the unfortunate Charāgh Din of Jammu, who was formerly a member of my Jama'at, perished due to this very reason. He received satanic revelation that he was a Messenger and was from among the Apostles, and Ḥaḍrat ‘Īsā had given him a staff with which to kill the Dajjāl—and he declared me as the Dajjāl. Eventually, in accordance with the prophecy recorded in the treatise Dāfi'ul-Balā’i wa Mi'yāru Ahlil-Istifā' ['Defence Against the Plague and a Criterion for the Elect of God'], he died of plague at a young age along with his two sons. A few days before his death, he even published an article in the manner of a mubahalah [prayer duel], referring to me by name, that out of the two of us, may God destroy the one who is a liar. Consequently, on 4 April 1906, he, along with both of his sons, Fear God, O ye claimants] فَاتَّقُوا اللهَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُلْهَمِيْنَ. died of the plague of revelation!] The second state [of spiritual rank] may be compared to a person who, on a dark and cold night, perceives light from afar, and although that light helps him see the right path, it cannot repel the cold. This stage is known as 'ainul-yaqin. The knower of God of this rank does have a bond with God, but that bond is not perfect. At this aforementioned stage, satanic revelations occur in abundance because such a person does not yet have the same bond with God as he has with Satan. The third state [of spiritual rank] is the one when a person, on a dark night and in the time of severe cold, not only finds the glow of the fire, but also enters the circle of that fire; he comes to realize that this certainly is fire and, with it, he repels his cold. This is the perfect stage with which doubt cannot coexist and this is the stage which completely eliminates the frigidity and straitness that is intrinsic to human nature.