The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 372
372 Essence of Islam-1 occasion he received the revelation: قلنا یانارکونی برداً وسلاماً 223 but that he could not comprehend its import. He then received the revelation: قلناياصبركوني برداً وسلاماً 224 Then he understood that in his case fire had meant stead- fastness. [Izāla-e-Auhām, Rūķānī Khazā'in, Vol. 3, pp. 255-262] This is an age in which thousands of objections and doubts have been raised and Islām has been attacked from many directions. God Almighty has said: وان من شَيْءٍ إِلَّا عِنْدَ نَا خَزَائِنُهُ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ 225 There is not a thing but We have unlimited treasures thereof, and We send them down in regulated and known quantities. Thus, this was the age of the disclosure of spiritual and temporal verities that are hidden in the Qur'an which refute and reject every kind of philosophical and un- philosophical faith, for they could not be disclosed with- out their need having arisen. Now that attacks were made by the new philosophy, the time came for the manifesta- tion of those insights. It was not possible that without the manifestation of those insights, Islām could be victorious against all false religions. A victory by the sword means nothing and is wiped out by the decline of temporary 223 'We said: O fire be cool and a means of peace and security. ' [Publisher] 224 'We said: O steadfastness be cool and a means of peace and security. ' [Publisher] 225 al-Hijr, 15:22 [Publisher]