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Haqeeqat ul Wahee

The Nature andSignificance

of Divine Revelation

A Presentation by:

Dr. Saleem Rahmanat the

18thNational Taalim ul QuranClassToronto, Canada (7-9 August, 2009)


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Reason for writing this book

True dreams and Divine Revelations are a greatinstrument for recognizing God and a Prophet ofGod, or a particular truth from God.

However, people dont know:

When is a dream, or a revelation, to be taken as true(i.e. of Divine origin)? And

When should it be regarded as something Satanic(and not of Divine origin)? Or

When is it merely the result of self-suggestion?


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Satan is our greatest enemy.

It is possible that a dreammay prove to be true, but

still from Satan It is possible that a revelationmay prove to be true,

but still from Satan

This is a trap set up by Satanto mislead you anddeprive you of true faith in God.



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Those who have reached perfection in their loveof God and faithfulness to God, Satan cannotovercome such people.

Such people have thousands of other indicatorsof Gods blessing on themthey dont just have

a few dreams or revelations to speak of.



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But, those who are still under Satans control, they tryto make a big deal out of a few of their dreams andrevelations and use them in the following ways:

Use them to oppose, or ridicule, the true faith, and

Portray Prophets of God as ordinary people, and suggest that

if dreams and revelations are a Sign of someones truth then,due to our (alleged) dreams and revelations, people should

believe in us! Or, they say that:

We are not associated with any religion; and if even non-religious persons like us can have true dreams and revelationsthen it simply means that there is nothing special about religionsand the Prophets of God.



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Therefore, the Promised Messiah (a.s.) wroteHaqeeqat-ul-Wahy, to set the record straight,and separate the truth from falsehood, in thecase of this very important instrument for

recognizing God and a Prophet of God. He says:

Presently (1907), there are more than 50 persons inthis country (India) who claim to receive DivineRevelation.

Many of them use their alleged revelations to declareother faiths to be false.

Thus, there must be a Decision Criterion to verify thetruth/falsehood of such claims to having revelationsthat are truly from God.



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Some Principles of Divine Revelation

The following are some lessons learnedfromthis bookHaqeeqat-ul-Waheeregarding theDivine Revelation:

[p.11]Revelation is of two kinds:Wahee-u l-Ib ti la(Revelation that is a source

of trial, and is potentially harmful to therecipient), and

Wahee-u l-Is ti fa(Revelation granted to thoseselected by Godthey can never experienceharm due to such revelation).


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[p. 12]If a person experiences

(1) dreamsthat eventually come true, and

(2) a few revelationsthat prove to be true,

then these experience, in themselves, arenotindicators of any spiritual powerofsuch a person unlessthere are other,accompanying, Signswith these.



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[p.13]Those who have no loving relationship withGod.Analogy:A person sees a column of smokerisingfrom a distant fire, but he is:

unable to see the light and glowof that fire, or

unable to benefit from the heatof that (unseen) firebyreceiving its warmth and protecting himself from themisery of cold.

Satanaccompanies them and acts as a manager ofmost of their dreams and revelations, and

Hadees-un -Nafs(Self-suggestion appearing asrevelation) occupies their mind.



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[pp. 14-16]Those who have an imperfect relationshipwith God, and they experience occasional true-dreamsand revelations.Analogy: They are like an embryo(unborn child) that does have life, but its birthhas not

taken place yet, and it has not seen the faceof itsMother. Satanis standing on their door, like a dog, and enters their

household [heart] as soon as they stumble due to some trial.

Since they have not yet completely broken away from Satanic

influence, therefore, their dreams and revelations are not fullyimmune from Satans influence.

Their revelation is propelled by the passions of their egoismand self-image, but they mistakenly think that it is God Who hasgiven them this revelation, and they are ruined spiritually.



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[pp. 17-27]Thosewho receive perfectand pure Revelationfrom God, they arenotlike the cases ofthose who just watch: (1) distant smoke

(but no glow of fire), or

(2) distant glow offire(but not nearnessto it to receive itswarmthand dispeltheir cold).



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Rather, people of this 3rdcategory enter the Fireof Gods Lovethat burnsup all material desires on

their part.Analogy: Wheniron is kept in a high-temperature furnace, itbecome red-hot iron

and acquires manycharacteristics of fire, e.g.it looksand glowslikefire, can burnlike fire.



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[p. 237]It is really sad that some people before they have gone through the difficultphase of purification of the souland total

abandonment of all material desires[tazkiyyah-e-nas] label theirself-suggestions[hadees-un-nafs] as

Divine Revelation. They are spirituallyruined as a result of this error on their part!



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[p. 280]The manner of the deliveryof DivineRevelation (piecemeal revelation, punctuatedwith a kind of drowsiness after every sentence.)

[p. 308]Sometimes, even if a favorable / positiveRevelation is received about someone; however,its operation remains true (or effective) only fora specific, limited, time-frameduring whichsuch a person acts in a positive manner.



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[p. 367]A remarkable example: TheRevealed SermonKhutbah Ilhamiyyah

Pre-formulated sentences, in Arabic

language, were issuing from my mouth. Icannot say whether it was I who wasspeaking or it was an angel who spokethrough my mouth. Every sentence was aSign of God.



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Organization of this book

There are 4 chaptersof this book:

Chapter-1:The case of those who have a few dreams or revelationsthat prove to be truebut such persons have no relationship withGod. (pages: 7-13)

Chapter-2:The case of those who have a few dreams or revelationsthat prove to be trueand although such persons have a weakrelationship with God, but it is not very significant. (pages: 14-16)

Chapter-3:The case of those who receive perfect and pure revelationfrom God the Exaltedthey have a perfect communion and

dialogue with God; their dreams, too, are true; and their relationshipwith God is similar to that of the honored Prophets and Messengersof God. (pages: 16-58)

Chapter-4:My own case; and a description of the blessings of God onme, and the category in which God has placed me. (pages: 59-111)


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Pages 59-72:

Why the Promised Messiah (a.s.) felt no attraction to thebelief-system of (i) Christianity, and (ii) Hinduism?

How the principles of Islam, alone, attracted him?

How the Holy Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s) is uniqueamong Prophets such that, by devotedly following him,

thousands of Muslim saints reached the status of theIsraelite Prophets of God.

How, by perfectly following him, one among the followersof the Holy Prophet (s.a.s) became a Prophet of God

(within Islam), subservient to the Holy Prophet and theshariahof the Holy Quranand was called, thePromised Messiah and Imam Mahdi, as mentioned in theprevious prophecies of the Holy Quran and Ahadith andoth,er scriptures.


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Pages 73-111:

Presentation of the Divine Revelations of the

Promised Messiah (Arabic, Urdu and Persian)and a global MubahilahChallenge (Prayer Duel)

Pages 111-199:

Postscript, and Replies to the Allegations ofSome People

Dr. Abdul Hakeem Khan

Mostly, refutation of his false beliefs, including that anyone

believing in one God will get Salvation in the next lifethereis no need to believe in, and follow, the Holy ProphetMuhammad (s.a.s)

Replies to9 Questions(mostly originating with Dr. AbdulHakim, but re-iterated by others as well); pp. 111-199.


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Question: Those people who may not have possiblyeven heard the name of the Promised Messiah (a.s.)

much less, opposed him in any way how couldan act of Divine punishment (that was foretold by aProphecy) include them in such a punishment? [pp.164-167]

Answer:When a Prophet of God is Divinelycommissioned (and he is rejected, by a certain groupof people):

there is a variety of heavenly punishments that befallmankind in generalnot specifically targeting only the

deniers; in the next phase, the leaders of denialare caught in

punishment;

the turn of the most guiltycomes last of all. This is how ithas historically happened.


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Example:Those Jews who persecutedJesus Christlived out their lives without any

significant punishment. But, 40 years later,the Roman Emperor Titus put down theJewish revolt by killing thousands of Jews.The onslaught of the Plague was in additionto that.

Example: During the Meccan periodof theHoly Prophet (s.a.s) there was famine for 7

yearskilling mostly the poor, whereas thechieftains of Mecca (who led the persecutionof Muslims) remained more or less unhurtfrom the ravages of famine. But, they wereeventually punished in the Battle of Badr.


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Question/ Allegation: (1)Prophecy about the death of Abdullah Athim

was not fulfilled within the prescribed time-frame

(2)Prophecy about the son-in-law of Mirza AhmadBeg(i.e. the husband of Muhammadi Begum) wasnot fulfilled.

Answer: The reality of Conditional Prophecies

(waeed) which are not fulfilled if the conditions (thatgave rise to those Prophecies) are, later on, no longerpresent. Repentance for ones sins, and othermeasures of expressing ones remorse, e.g. earnestsupplications to God, are mitigating factorsthat (in

case of such Conditional Prophecies) nullify theircoming into force. [pp. 182-183] + [pp. 192-195] + [p.197 (surah Al-Momin:29) ]

The Issue of Who is Momin / Who is Kafir?[pp.

185-186]


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Pages 200-407:

Promised Messiah (a.s.) intended to write down

140 Signs of Godin his support. [p. 200] but wrote 187 Signsshown by God in Support of the

Promised Messiah (a.s.) Now, I endthis book and pray to God the Exalted

that He may bless this book and draw millions ofpeople towards me, through this book. Amen.

Pages 408-431:

Addendum, regarding:

Dr. Abdul Hakim; Charagh Din Jamuni; and

Maulvi Abdul Rahman Lakkho-kay.

[Photos of their letters and sworn-statements etc.]


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Some of those who died as a result ofMubahilah, or similar conditions (pp. 200-260)

Abdullah Atham

Karam Din Jehlami (pp. 224-5)

John Alexander Dowie (226)

Charagh Din Jamooni (230)

Mirza Ahmad Baig Hoshiarpuri(231, 236)

Pundit Dayanand Ariya (231)

Maulvi Rusul Baba Amritsari(236)

Muhammad Baksh, DeputyInspector, Batalvi (236)

Noor Ahmad, Hafizabad (237)

Maulvi Zainul Aabidin, Lahore(237)

Hafiz Sultan Sialkoti (238)

Mirza Sardar Baig Sialkoti(238)

Maulvi Rasheed AhmadGangohi et al. (239)

Maulvi Ghulam DastgirQusoori (239)

Maulvi Muhammad Hasan ofBheeN (239)

Maulvi Abdul Haq Ghaznavi of

Amritsar (250) Maulvi Mufti Muhammad /

Maulvi Abdullah/ Maulvi AbdulAziz -- Ludhiana (259)


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Pages 432-503:

Appendixto Haqeeqatul Wahy

Information that came to light after themanuscript of this book was completed

Further Signs of God (and published evidence

from news dailies etc.) Reiteration of the Promised Messiahs claims.

Pages 504-516:

Death of John Alexander Dowie(9 March1907) as Prophesied (Sign #196).


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Islam and the Ahmadiyya Jamaat:

History, Belief, Practice Author:Simon Ross Valentine

Date of Publication:October, 2008

Publisher:New York : ColumbiaUniversity Press, 2008.

ISBN: 978-0-231-70094-8

Price:$50.00

The author makes an attempt tominimize the importance of theProphecy about Alexander Dowieand

its fulfillment. (pp. 49-50)

The author tries to belittle, or refer to ina light vein, other Revelations andPropheciesof the Promised Messiah(a.s.)


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Pages 517-613:

Further Signsshown by God in Support of the

Promised Messiah (a.s.) up to Sign # 208.Pages 614-620:

A Noteaddressed to the Ar iya Samajgroup

A Noteaddressed to the Christian Missionaries

Pages 621-735:

A Noteaddressed to the Arabic-speaking World

Pages 737-739:

Poem(Urdu) Prophecy about an impendingEarthquake.

End of the Book


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In his early days in Chicago, certain people had approached Dowie withwhat they claimed as a "direct revelation from God" that Dowie was, infact, 'Elijah the Restorer', the great end-times prophet.For their trouble,Dowie immediately rebuked them soundly and dismissed them from hispresence, warning them never to mention such things to him again.

However, the suggestion that had been planted that day kept ringing in hisears."According to his own testimony, he tried to rid himself of it, but could

not. A voice seemed to say, 'Elijah must come, and who but you is doingthe work of Elijah?' Time passed.

Then one day there came flooding into his consciousness a strange andintense conviction that he was indeed Elijah - the one spoken of by theprophets who was to come and restore all things. The impression came

with such overwhelming power, that his entire personality becameabsorbed with it."

In June 1901, Dowie took the fateful step of publicly announcing that hewas indeed Elijah the Restorer.(A claim which was immediatelychallenged and denounced by most religious leaders).

An Example from the case of John Alexander Dowie

www fwselijah com/dowie htm
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