Nature of Revelation…Revelation is Means of Communion between God and Human.
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Peace be on you.
1-Intellect and wisdom has three partners.
i)For worldly matters, partner of wisdom is observation and experiment.
ii)For matters related to eras and times, the partner of wisdom is history.
iii)For matters of ways-of-true-knowledge, guidance and spirituality, the partner of wisdom is revelation --- of course, the preserved one.
2- There are three kinds of worlds.
a) Visible world- which can be detected by senses.
b) Invisible world- which can be perceived through thoughts and intellect.
c) Latent world - dreams, visions and revelations are windows to this world.
3- Human is granted built-in interest to know about these three world and appropriate ways and means to find the secrets of these three worlds are also provided.
4- It never happens that only by pondering at natural laws, people can find the real truths about absolute realities and beliefs. Thus time to time, true morals and beliefs are taught by the Merciful, the Wise God through the revelations upon His faithful pure servants.
5- Human are granted the brainpower to understand material matters, likewise they are gifted with powers to have visions and revelations. When brain power stops at its limits then at that point God helps His true and faithful servants with visions and revelations to take them to level of Certainty. Thus seekers progresses from the initial stage of “having plain knowledge” to final stage of “certainty through personal experience”. To guide toward such Certainty, God sends holy characters, the holy Prophets / Messengers for the guidance of humanity. Thus the true-philosophy is the one which uses both of these aspects.
6-God speaks all times. For example, He spoke to the holy Abraham, holy mothers of holy Moses and holy Jesus. (peace be on them). The blessings of teachings of Holy Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) continue and God speaks to the followers who seek God with pure heart and full peace.
7- The Merciful God has given two types of powers to human to seek Him; Intellectual powers, whose source is brain and Spiritual powers whose source is heart (i.e, mind or conscience). The purity of spiritual powers depends on purity of heart. In the very pure heart, blessings of the Source of blessings (God) reflect. By viewing the wisely made universe, the brain powers reach at the conclusion that there should be a Wise God. The attentive spiritual powers of hearts gain the speech of God and (spiritually) see the signs of God…….There are many people who still have to work upward in purity; they still have worldly greed, arrogance, selfishness and other moral weaknesses; they are slow in paying dues of people and God. Therefore because of such curtains between them and God, they do not get blessing of speech of God. …….But since Divine-Grant does not want to waste human nature, it has granted to people (regardless of purity) the infrequent true dreams and revelations as sample-seeds. So that they should know there exists a way of progress and proof to have faith in prophets’ teachings.
8-The ways and means are provided to fulfill human body’s desires. Likewise desires of soul (which is love and worship of God) are granted its ways and means. It is revelation from God and His fresh signs.
9- Revelation is not the result of thoughts. It is not like the thinking process of an able poet, who, when writes a single line of a poem (subject could be virtuous or sinful !), second line comes to his/her thoughts. Similarly, the continuously coming of stories to the writers are not revelations….. Thus good or bad thoughts are not revelations.
10-What is Revelation? Revelation is Pure-Powerful-God’s live and powerful talk and dialogue with His exalted servant (or whom He wants to exalt). When this talk and dialogue is abundant, continuous, free of impurities and is not just insufficient few drivel words, and it is pleasant, wise and in dignified words Then it is words of God. With these words, God give comfort to His servant and reveal Himself upon the servant………….Sometimes words of God comes as trial and does not carry all and blessed means alongwith. Through that arrangement, the servant at his elementary stage is given a bit of revelation so that he may make his condition like real revelation-receivers or stumble……..Thousands of virtuous people have been granted revelations but their status is not same in the eyes of God. The pure Prophets who are grade-one recipients of revelation from God are of different status…..Superiority is based on that truthfulness, purity and faithfulness which only God knows.
11-Revelation requires ability and compatibility. Light of revelations falls on enlighten ones: “ And when there comes to them a Sign, they say: we will not believe until we are given the like of that which Allah’s Messengers have been given. Allah knows best where to place His Message…..” (6:125 partly)
12-True revelation is accompanied by evidence of continuous acts of God.-- It comes when heart of servant of God is melted and passions flow towards God like pure water.-- True revelation brings delight and assurance with it.-- It enters into heart like iron stick.-- Language of true revealtion is eloquent and free of error.-- It falls on heart with strike, power and grandeur.-- It contains effects of divine powers and it foretells.-- The recipient continuously increases in virtues and morals.-- The each faculty of the recipient is enlightened; a new life begins which gives general benefit to humanity.-- The true revelation has continuity and dialogue with Kind God.-- The recipient is never coward because of surety of company of God.-- True revelation brings knowledge, wisdom, respect, awe and blessings from God.
13-Real self-corrections and following in the light of Allah’s Book, the Holy Quran, serving faith, not being earthly, keeping love with Allah’s Holy Prophet (s.a.w.), being clear of arrogance and show offs, extremely humbly wanting the only Grandeur of Allah and getting consumed in this path eventually result in getting blessed revelations.
14- Dreams from God are accompanied with divine signs of purity.
15- Do revelations hinder progress of thought process?..... No, the followers of true revelation are never stopped to do intellectual researches. Instead, revelations help them to find realities of things. In the light of revelation, brain power finds many real possibilities and does not get astray: “ In the creation of the heavens and the earth and in the alternation of the night and the day there are indeed Signs for people of understanding.”---- “Those who remember Allah while standing, sitting and (lying) on their sides, and ponder over the creation of the heavens and the earth (praying) Our Lord, Thou hast not created this in vain; (nay) Holy art Thou; save us, then, from the punishment of the Fire.” (3: 191-192)
16-“And it is not for a human that Allah should speak to him except by revelation or from behind veil or by sending a messenger to reveal by His command what He pleases. Surely, He is High, Wise.” (42:52)
“Surely who say: Our Lord is Allah, and then remain steadfast, the angels descend on them, (saying): Fear ye not, nor grieve, and rejoice in the Gardens that you were promised.-- We are your friends in this life and in the Hereafter. Therein you will have all that you will ask for.-- An entertainment from the Most Forgiving, the Merciful.” (41: 31 to 33)
“……O my Lord, increase me in knowledge.”(20: 115 partly)
Reference and for more related reading:
1-Benefited from the writings of Promised Reviver of Faith @ alislam.org
2-Please search separately:
i)" Divine Revelation and Rationality "
ii) " Epilogue. I N THE END "
iii) " The Concept of Revelation in Islam " in alislam.org
Mar 26, 2012 @ 11:09:25
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