Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 200
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 200 a non-Muslim, virtuous or evil. Do you not see that the two men who were in prison with the Prophet Joseph as —both saw dreams and both were true as well? The Pharaoh, who was the king at that time, also saw a dream which came true. So did Joseph as pay homage to them and accept them as Prophets? Or tell me—have you also held them in any esteem? One of them proved the truth of his dream by getting executed, while the other gained proximity to the king. At least he should have been held in esteem. If one could become a Prophet by one or two such true dreams and he acquires the glory of a Prophet, then tell me all the people you will come to believe in as your Imam? God for- bid! This is an affront to the glory of prophethood and results in derision of the Prophets. Bear in mind that no one becomes a king by having one or two pennies, a few shillings, or a few pounds. Rather, pen- nies, shillings, and pounds just prove the existence of immense wealth and riches, the seeing of which one is able to deduce that there must necessarily and certainly exist billions of pounds and unlimited collections of treasures. Thus, there exists a distinct difference between the dreams of these people and the revelations, discourse, and converse of the Prophets. The wahi [revelation] of the Prophets is accom- panied with all its essential accompaniments. There is a gran- deur and majesty and awe in it. The wahi of Prophets is much greater, both in quality and quantity, than that of ordinary peo- ple. It is founded on their success and the utter failures of their enemies. The wahi of Prophets comprises of the unseen.