Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 859
CHAPTER TWO 859 Allah has placed blessing in you, O Aḥmad. The Most Gracious God has taught you the Quran so that you should warn the people whose ancestors have not been warned, and that the way of the guilty ones might become manifest; say, 'I have been commissioned from God and I am the first of the believers. ' Similarly, He gave me glad tidings: Islam will be granted dominance and will be greatly disseminated' and ‘a jewel like you is not wasteď. This was the first revelation that my insignificant self received from Allah, the All-Powerful and the Helper. My Lord granted me the glad tiding that He will show for my sake bright Signs and help me by repeated manifestations of His succour, so that He should confirm the truthfulness of truth and falsity of falsehood with supremely powerful arguments and splendid miracles. Thereafter, I invited the priests, the Christians, and those who had embraced Christianity, as well as the Brahmus and polytheists, and asked them to judge the true faith in light of the Signs and succour of Allah, to make it clear who will be supported by Allah and who will be the object of His curse. However, they did not come out for this com- petition as the armed soldiers do; rather, they hid themselves in their nests. God is my Witness that if they had come out for this competi- tion, my Lord would have shot His arrows precisely on the target and none of them would return except in loss and frustration. By Allah, if you had made proper investigations, you would have found that Islam is a treasure house of Signs and a city of their dwelling. You would have found in it the light capable of granting comfort to each and every soul. Regrettable indeed is the condition of those who deny its hidden troves, pay no heed to its treasures, and consider Islam to be like rotten bones and not full of magnificent bounties. by Almighty God if my enemies had not maligned me. The hostile attitude of my enemies kindled the mercy of the Gracious God to be showered upon me. All praise is, therefore, due to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. (Author)