Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 134
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 134 1 َو اَم ُتْقَلَخ َّنِجْلا َو َسْنِاْلا اَّلِا ِنْوُدُبْعَيِل َو اَم ُتْقَلَخ َّنِجْلا َو َسْنِاْلا اَّلِا ِنْوُدُبْعَيِل The meaning of this verse is that the Jinn and men have been created to attain Divine cognisance. Now, if God’s voice is not to be heard, then what can His cognisance be? The original purpose of man’s creation will go unfulfilled. The main reason for the advent of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was so that perfect cognisance may be attained. Moreover, I say that the issue of Divine converse and dis- course is one that all great Muslims agree upon. Syed ‘Abdul- Q a dir Jil a n i , mercy be upon him, also holds the same view. Just look at Fut uh ul-Ghaib, then [note] what is the meaning of this hadith that ‘I become the tongue of My servant?’ The Need to Distinguish between Divine and Satanic Revelation Some people object that ilh a m [inspiration] can be both satanic and Divine, but I say that there must surely be a distinction between the two. If there is no distinction between the words of the Gracious God and those of Satan, then let them tell us what honour accrues to the Gracious God. In their estimation, is there any difference between the Gracious God and Satan, or are they equal? If there is a difference, then why do they not accept the difference between the words of both? They recog- nise that there is a clear difference in the speech of people of varying ranks in the world, so would the Word of the Creator be so inferior to the word of His creation that there would be 1. And I have not created the Jinn and the men but that they may worship Me ( S u rah adh-Dh a riy a t, 51:57). [Publisher]