The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam — Page 98
PREFACE-ESSENCE OF ISLAM 97 And should the question arise where in the Noble Quran is an explicit statement or an implicit indication that the Holy Spirit perpetually dwells within the elect of God and does not depart from them, then its reply is that the entire Noble AUTHOR'S MARGIN NOTE Evidence from verses and ahadith that the Holy Spirit always resides in those close to Him Quran is replete with such clear statements and indications; indeed, it gives every believer the promise of meeting the Holy Spirit. Accordingly, from among these verses, which are decisive in this regard through clear and explicit pronouncement, are the first two verses of Sūrah at-Tariq and they are as follows: وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ وَمَا أَدْرَكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ * النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ 2. 10 The last verse-namely إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظُ - means that an angel is appointed to keep watch over every soul. This clearly indicates that just as an angel is appointed for man's physical being and does not part from him, so is one appointed for the protection of his inner [spiritual] being, AUTHOR'S MARGIN NOTE Every star has an angel appointed over it for its sur- vival and for the carrying out of its functions who withholds the inner self from Satan and safeguards against the darkness of going astray. That being is the Holy Spirit who protects the chosen servants of God Almighty from the dominance of Satan, and the following verse also gives an indication of the same: 1. Sūrah at-Tariq, 86:2-5 [Publisher] 2. Please see Footnote on pages 165-220. In the original Urdu edition of A'ina-e-Kamālāt-e-Islām, the Promised Messiahas presented this footnote along with the main text. For the ease of English readers, it is being presented as its own section after this section. [Publisher]