Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 201
6 March 1908 201 1 اَّلِا ِنَم ىٰضَتْرا ْنِم ٍلْوُسَّر اَل ُرِهْظُي ىٰلَع ٖۤهِبْيَغ اًدَحَا ۰۰ اَّلِا ِنَم ىٰضَتْرا ْنِم ٍلْوُسَّر اَل ُرِهْظُي ىٰلَع ٖۤهِبْيَغ اًدَحَا ۰۰ In short, ordinary people do not share anything with the wahi of the Prophets. The commonality by way of similarity of kind that is there, is only meant to help man come to believe in the pristine wahi of the Prophets. Beyond this, it has no value. It is really nothing in comparison to the wahi of Prophets. Addressing the person who had brought the message, the Promised Messiah as said: Thus, you may tell Maulawi Muhammad Husain that being a maulawi, how could he utter such things that imply, God for- bid, derision and disrespect of the glory of prophethood? First of all, his dream or revelation, whatever it is, requires interpreta- tion. Secondly, even if it is true, it can neither be the basis for an objection against the glory of prophethood, nor can he become a Prophet on its account. Before him, another person from Amritsar had made the prophecy of the birth of a son to him as a challenge to me. God knows what happened. That pregnancy, as suspect as it was, did not last and not even a mouse was born. Thus, his [Muhammad Husain’s] dream or revelation is still in need of attestation. But the dreams of others have already been validated, and some among them are idolaters and atheists too, while some were sinners, transgressors, thieves, and adulterers. He should give some response to them as well—will he come to accept them as Prophets or saints and godly people? If he does wish to come here, he should come seeking the truth and not for selfish reasons. He may come here to settle 1. He does not grant anyone ascendency over His domain of the unseen, Except him whom He chooses as His Messenger ( S u rah al-Jinn, 72:27–28). [Publisher]