Divine Revelation and Inspiration

UNIVERSAL EVIDENCE OF GOD AND THE HEREAFTER Revelation (wahy) through a Prophet cannot be physically seen between God and man. Therefore, some people might ask, “Why should we believe it?” However, reflecting on the migratory journeys of certain birds, the phenomenon of guidance, like Divine Revelation, becomes clearer to us. The birds travelling with incredible accuracy makes the issue of divine inspiration more understandable for us because no correct explanation of these birds’ journeys can be made other than by accepting that the birds are receiving some hidden sort of guidance from outside of them. When inside the birds, no known cause of this is present; it must be deemed something coming from an external source. The Prophet acts as a link between God and man. He receives God’s Divine Revelation (wahy) and passes it to man. The Prophet’s claim that he receives Divine Guidance is undoubtedly strange. However, such hidden guidance is not strange in the universe. Numerous other instances here confirm that such guidance exists as a phenomenon in the universe. The case of migratory birds is just one example among countless others, briefly stated here. THE JOURNEY OF KNOWLEDGE The Quran was revealed in the 7th century CE. At that time, a culture of superstition prevailed across the whole world. After the Quran, a process of scientific discoveries