Revelation may be a single word but its meaning is
immense, just like a drop of water rippling a whole ocean. The nature of
revelation is various, and among the types of revelations, we have satanic
whisperings also which are not to be confused with the spiritual truthful
context of revelations, that is, Divine Revelations. Any person can receive divine inspirations, yet divine
revelations, as pure and frequent as that received by messengers of Allah are
of an exquisite nature, which leaves no doubt as to the source of this special
light. Therefore, revelation in Islam is tantamount to the extraordinary
connection which links an exceptional servant of Allah to His Lord. ( Inset: a depiction of the archangel Gabriel instructing Divine revelations to the Holy Prophet (sa), from the manuscript Jami' al-tawarikh by Rashid-al-Din
Hamadani, AD 1307).
This
servant of Allah comes to taste of a special bond through which Allah reveals
Himself to His servant, and little by little – just like a gardener who waters
a newly planted seed into the soil to see it grow big, strong and productive –
this servant of Allah through dreams, visions, divine inspirations and
revelations grows from one spiritual state to the other and in capacity of exceptional
blessed instrument of Allah, he gets to receive within him such light as to
illuminate the whole world. His being becomes an object of light, a beacon of
light as to attract those who are within the nexus of the pleasure of Allah to
perceive his light, just like a radar emitting a powerful signal, to manifest
his presence among the people of the earth, especially, those endowed with true
knowledge. (Inset: Prophet Moses (as) with the tablets of the Ten Commandments, a painting by Rembrandt (1659). 
Very often, these people who are qualified as “Ulul’al-Baab” (People of understanding,
people endowed with true knowledge) are very humble in nature. They may be
viewed as hopeless and poor people in the eyes of men, whereas in the eyes of
the Almighty, their status is most high. This is because they do not sell their
consciousness and pure heart and faith to the attractions of this world; they
do not let themselves be attached to it. A person also can be rich and be among
the true Ulul’al-Baab because despite
the money and riches he earns, yet he is not greedy for it, and canalise this
wealth in its proper channel, that is to say, he obeys the instructions and
commandments of the Quran and he shares his wealth to the poor in the
proportions made obligatory to him by Allah, and also those parts of his wealth
that he gives in charity, with good faith as a voluntary action due to
tenderness of his heart to help the less fortunate and also the community of
believers in Dawah Mission (Inviting
and Bringing people to Allah, to Islam).
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Therefore, the Ulul’al-Baab,
whether rich or poor, or in-between (neither too rich nor poor) captures the
signal emitted by the special radar sent by Allah, so that within the circle of
this exquisite connection one may be able to reach to Allah without any doubt.
This Messenger of Allah, the Holder of Light, the guidance to the world comes
to teach people how to get this connection with Allah. And this he is able to
do with the help of the Ruh-il-Quddus
(Holy Spirit).
Like I have always told my disciples in Mauritius ever
since the beginning of the Divine Manifestation, connection with Allah comes
with a purification of the heart, and it is in that state of purification –
whereby there is no doubt as to the truthfulness of the Spiritual Guide (that
is, this humble self) and the Divine Manifestation – and with belief, faith,
and trust that the God who has sent His Messenger with the Holy Spirit has
indeed the power of speech despite having no tongue to talk, that the person in
question can reach to Allah. I am talking for the current Divine Manifestation
of this age, because I have been sent in this era to you all to guide you to
Allah, and thus, belief, faith and trust in the veracity of this humble self is
essential if someone wants to get to the exquisite proximity of Allah taking
this humble self as guide and mentor.
Therefore, when that trust and belief has been firmly
etched in the heart, the one who turns to Allah in Zikrullah, intensely invoking
our merciful Rab with devotion, love
and sincerity, therefore, for those whom Allah choose to open that door, those
fortunate people come to partake of the special favours of divine revelations,
inspirations and true visions in such a way as to prove the veracity of the
vehicle (that is, the Messenger of Allah) which Allah has sent down to them to
guide them to Him (Allah). They do not get revelations in the same intensity,
quantity and quality like the Messenger of Allah, but they get it in little
dose, enough to remove any misconceptions, doubts they may have had before
encountering the Divine Manifestation and Messenger of their time.
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For those people, they live life in the Holy Quran.
What I mean by this statement is that whenever they consult the Holy Quran for
any problem, seeking the help of Allah through it, therefore, the Quran speaks
to them and show them the words of Allah which befit the situation/problems
they are encountering. They get to live revelations perpetually because as they
cleanse their heart through the Quran, they get to the stage where Allah speaks
to them through the pages of the Quran.
Those kinds of people are those who when they
concentrate in Zikrullah, they
receive the felicity of connection with Allah for Allah then opens for them the
tunnel of visions and revelations and they (their souls) are made through the
force of Allah to be pulled towards the vision (in conscious state) which Allah
wants them to see, feel and appreciate.
Such people also – for people are always weak in
nature – are able to receive divine reprimand whenever they have committed an
error. Their affiliation with the Messenger of Allah is such that they partake
of the light of the Ruh-il-Quddus
which has come down in this era upon the chosen servant of Allah, and thus just
like the Laila-tul-Qadr (Night of
Decree) they are made to be the witness of extraordinary signs, fulfillment of
visions and prayers as to reinforce them in their faith and keep their heart
ever melted in love and submission to Allah.
The Messenger of Allah comes to
guide such people who want to get this connection to the highest level of belief.
The faith which they receive is inevitably from Allah and the degree of that
faith is better known to Allah alone. But the belief and sincerity which they
demonstrate gives a little idea as to the nature of the faith they hold when
Allah Himself becomes their protector and mentor. Such are the true disciples
of Messengers of Allah, who come what may, despite the whisperings of the evil
mouths discard those whisperings to hold fast to the exceptional favours and
rays of light which Allah has vouchsafed them when they became – true to their
consciousness and divine guidance – the helpers of the Messenger of Allah of
their era.
Their life becomes a display of divine succour; they
get to live Islam in the true sense. They receive good news through true
dreams, and they get to be attracted by the divine force to witness whatever of
the spiritual world which Allah wants them to see, and in this way, they are
informed of the spiritual status of the Messenger of Allah and his veracity and
the role they are to play by his side in the Divine Plan.
Therefore, divine revelations are not only enjoyed by
the Messenger of Allah, but to a certain extent they are enjoyed by the sincere
disciples of the Messenger of Allah who come to realize little by little
through their connection to Allah and His Messenger that this world is for a
limited time only whereas their essence, especially their spiritual essence is
to live forever whenever they submit to the divine will and merge themselves in
the light of Allah and His Messenger.
-Extracts from the Friday Sermon of 20 February 2015 ~(29 Rabi’ul Aakhir 1436
Hijri) delivered by the Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Sahib (atba) of Mauritius.