Revelation of Trial and Revelation of Exaltation — Essence of Islam Vol. 2
Introduction
In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 2), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon Revelation of Trial and Revelation of Exaltation, presenting profound spiritual insights and scriptural verities.
Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 2)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 2: Revelation, Inspiration, Vision and Dream
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unseen is an experience like that of a person who mounts to the top of a high building and observes the surroundings and can easily distinguish everything. A person who desires to see the same things from a low level misses many of them. It is the way of God with His elect that He elevates their sight to a height whence they can observe everything easily and are able to give information of the end. One standing at a low level cannot predict the end. That is how Bal‘am was deceived concerning Moses (peace be on him) and he failed to discern his high status which would have induced him to be respectful.
[Haqiqat-ul-Mahdi, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 14, pp. 442-443]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 127]
It should be borne in mind that revelation is of two kinds, the revelation of trial and the revelation of exaltation. The revelation of trial sometimes brings about the ruin of the recipient as happened with Bal‘am, but the recipient of the revelation of exaltation is never ruined. Even the revelation of trial is not bestowed upon everyone. Some human temperaments are deformed as some people are born deaf and dumb and blind. In the same way, the spiritual faculties of some are extinct and they carry along as a blind person carries along with the guidance of others.
[Haqiqat-ul-Wahi, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 22, p. 11]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 127]
129 H ADITH AND THE SUNNAH OF THE HOLY PROPHETSA To hold fast to Islamic injunctions, the Muslims have three things.
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[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 127]
Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 2)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 2: Revelation, Inspiration, Vision and Dream
Navigation: Book Table of Contents | « Previous: Three Kinds of Dreams | Next: Sources of Islamic Guidance »