A very serious misconception which is prevailing in my
time, in this era with a divine manifestation, and which has undermined the
foundations of all religions, so that the very essence of religion is being
completely revolutionized as a result of which, in place of the divine light of
revelation, it is the ideas and conceptions of the human mind which are being substituted
and put forward as the truth and thus it is that entirely erroneous definition
of revelation which has found general acceptance. Independence of thoughts and
the length of time which had elapsed since the appearance of the seal of prophets
Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) had led the greater portion of the world to believe that
revelation was mere inspiration of the mind. This was due, to the belief and
conception that God could not speak in words as He was not a materiel Being and
was not dependent upon material means like men.
I explain from my personal experience that revelation
is conveyed in words and the mode of conveying is as certain and free from
doubt as the talking of one man to another. If revelation was not to be conveyed
in words, it could not be entirely free from doubt and could not lead to
perfect certainty. For, perceiving every inspiration as divine revelation,
every man can fancy himself inspired and thus deceive himself and mislead
mankind, as has actually happened in several instances since this erroneous
conception of revelation has found currency.
Revelation is intended to remove
doubts and misconceptions, and if it is not conveyed in words, it opens, still
wider the doors of doubt and uncertainty for there is then no means of
distinguishing between revelation and the fancies of a man’s own mind.
Revelation is conveyed in words possessing extraordinary glory and majesty, and
also a dialogue is possible between God and man in the same manner as between two
men, so that a recipient of revelation attains to that degree of certainty
which dispenses with any further proof or argument.