The Heavenly Decree — Page 70
70 Asmānī Faişlah sa sa Divinely inspired. For example, if the Holy Prophetsa gives glad tidings of something before its occurrence, or gives news of some fated events before their actualisation, or tells in advance of the acceptance of certain prayers, or expounds such deeper meanings and subtleties of some verses of the Holy Quran as have not been written or published before, then no doubt such a dream be considered true. Otherwise, if a person were to claim that the Holy Prophetsa visited him in his dream and told him that such and such a person is undoubtedly a kafir and a Dajjal, who would judge whether these were the words of the Holy Prophets or those of Satan, or whether or not the dreamer has himself cunningly fabricated the dream? If Mir Sahib is really able to see the Holy Prophets in his dream, I would not like to put him to the trouble of showing the Holy Prophets to us; instead, if he can only prove that he has been visited by the Holy Prophets and furnishes an infallible proof thereof in accordance with the four signs stipulated above, I shall accept his claim. And if he is keen on the contest itself, then he should approach it in the forthright manner, as I have suggested in this journal. I do not believe that he sees the Holy Prophetsa in his dreams, let alone that he has the ability to show himsa to others. The first step in the trial is to determine whether Mir Sahib is right or wrong in his claim of being able to see the Holy Propheta. If he is right, then he should publish some such dream or vision, sa