Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 312
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 312 Pandit Dayanand. Then the new Muslim gentleman himself stated that he had studied the Vedas for the love of God. Hadrat H ujjatull a h, the Promised Messiah, peace and blessings be on him, inquired what drew him to Islam. The individual replied: Initially, my attention was drawn to your prophecies, and after that, Islam’s truth became evident to me during the debate in Deoria, and I became a Muslim. The True Nature of Mi‘r a j Subsequently, he asked about the Promised Messiah’s perspective on Mi‘r a j [Spiritual Ascension] whether it was physical or spiritual. In reply, the Promised Messiah as delivered the following address, saying: So long as man remains uninformed, his views are mere conjec- tures, and this is the condition of the people regarding Mi‘r a j. They are unaware of its true essence and origin. I consider Mi‘r a j to be a state of complete wakefulness. Of course, there is a wakefulness of the worldly and another wakefulness of the saintly, the truthful, the Prophets, and those who are godly, and the difference between the two is as vast as the difference between earth and heaven. Since the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is superior to all the Prophets, peace be on them, and is the leader of all the truthful and the saintly, his rank in this regard is also higher than everyone else. Mi‘r a j was a state of kashf [vision]. It should be noted, however, that there are two forms of kashf. One form is dominated by an absence of the senses, while the other is in a state of complete awareness and, in reality, it is a state of full wakefulness. You can never call this kind of kashf a dream; indeed, calling