Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 250
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 250 1 ىٰلَع ِّلُك ٍءْيَش ٌرْيِدَق ىٰلَع ِّلُك ٍءْيَش ٌرْيِدَق Then they also say that a being—an entity—cannot be created from nothing. This is such an absurd and false principle that it does not require any great argument. Who has not experienced the images in a dream? It is to the extent that one can even talk to the dead in his dreams and benefit from food and drink. Now, someone tell me where that realm comes from. Does it not come from nothing? Had there been wisdom and had there been the effect of spirituality in their forefathers, they would not have made such statements. They have taken these words from the blind Greek philosophers. They are totally ignorant of religion. Knowledge of religion bestows some other senses that philosophers and naturalists cannot fathom. In a vision, all matters come into existence, but sometimes spiritual phenomena take on a physi- cal form as well. As an example, my vision is recorded in Surmah Chashm-e- A ryah , in which the ink [in my vision] splattered onto a garment, and that garment is still present. These are the most astonishing of astonishing mysteries—what is the faith of those who do not have faith in them? Religion is that which teaches spirituality and makes one advance forward. I do not regret why such a dire situation has developed as is now visible. All this happened for the sake of manifesting the excellences of Islam. Allah created such a nation to bring about the abandonment of idolatry. These people are standing upon the threshold of Islam. With one push from the Unseen, they will become your brethren. 2 1. Allah has the power to do all that He wills ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:107). [Publisher] 2. Al- H akam, vol. 10, no. 5, p. 2, dated 10 February 1906