The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 156
156 Essence of Islam-V That is to say, The book of this saint is the Dhulfaqar of 'Alī. This refers to myself, and on this account I have been called نازی Ghazi in some visions. [Nishān-e-Āsmānī, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 4, p. 375] I particularly experience God's miraculous power when I put my pen to paper. Whenever I write some- thing in Arabic or Urdu, I feel as if someone is instructing me from within. My writings, whether in Arabic, Urdu or Persian, are of two kinds. (i) Words and their meanings keep unfolding themselves before me and I go on writing without too much difficulty. This is not something beyond my own mental capac- ity, and even if I was not accompanied by special Divine support, I could still be able to write it with the help of His grace which is a necessary accom- paniment of human faculties though after expending a great deal of time. وَالله أَعْلَمُ ]God knows best[. (ii) The second part of my writings is completely mi- raculous in nature. For instance, when I write something in Arabic and require a word that I do not know, Divine revelation guides me and the Holy Spirit puts that word in my heart in the form of verbal revelation and causes it to flow over my tongue, and for an instant I am cut off from the outer world. For instance, once when I was writing in Arabic, I re- quired a word that would be the exact translation of 'a large family'. I did not know the word but I needed it in that piece of writing. Then all of a sudden the word ضَفَفٌ )dafaf), which means 'a large family', was put into my heart in the form of verbal revelation. An-