Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 259
THE NATURE OF REVELATION of the unseen is transferred to that of the seen. However, it should be remembered here that the psychic mechanism under discussion is not exclusively employed by God or the subconscious mind. . There is a third possibility also mentioned in the Holy. Quran: هَلْ أَنتُكُمْ عَلى مَنْ تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيْاطِينُ تَنَزَّلُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَفَاكَ أَثِيمٍ يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَاكْثَرُهُمْ كَذِبُونَ* 224-26:222. Shall I inform you on whom the evil ones descend?. They descend on every lying sinner. . They strain their ears towards heaven, and most of them are liars. 3. According to these verses, the false people and habitual liars may have this mechanism activated by their satanic disposition and as such their falsehood disguised as revelation misleads them, and those who follow them. This is a third category of the functioning of the psychic mechanism. The decisive factor will always be the truth or falsehood of the person who is subjected to such experiences. The false people will have false revelations. . Hence in the final analysis the revelation of the untrue can always be recognized by the satanic element it contains and the false promises delivered therein. 253