Muhammad Qasim Ibn Abdul Karim

Hi Asep. I pray you are safe from the earthquake. M

Obviously Allah speaks to people from behind a veil, but I don't understand how that would appear to the listener. Hearing voices? Dreams? Conscience or internal dialog? Inspiration?

It is a interesting idiom.

Hi DavidC,

As an additional explanation that the revelations delivered to the Prophets among others:

1.    Taklimullah (speaks directly) to His prophet from behind the veil in a state of awake, as an example when Allah spoke directly to Prophet Moses.

” … And Allah spoke to Moses directly.” [Qur’an 4 :164].

 

2.    Allah delivered revelations through the Angel Gabriel, and this includes several ways:

a. The angel Gabriel appeared in his original form.

b. The angel Gabriel came to the Prophet in the form of a man.

c. The angel Gabriel came to the Prophet but he was not seen, and the Prophet knew of the coming of the Angel Gabriel with the voice that was following him.

 

3.    Revelation is delivered by whispering into the heart.

Allah or the Angel Gabriel placed the revelation that would be conveyed to the heart of the Prophet accompanied by the notice that this was from Allah. Like the hadith narrated by Ibn Abi Dunya in the books of al Qana'ah, and Ibn Majah, and al Hakim in al Mustadrak. The Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam said:

“Verily the Holy Spirit (the Angel of Gabriel) blew into my heart: "There will be no soul to die until Allah Almighty completes its rizqi. Then let you fear Allah, and seek rizqi in a good way. Do not let rizqi delay making one of you look for it by the wrong act. Indeed, what is in the sight of Allah Almighty will not be achieved, except by obeying Him”.

 

4.    Revelation is given by Allah in the form of inspiration.

Allah gives knowledge to the Prophet when he do Ijtihad or when he enters into a problem.

 

5.    Revelation is given through dream.

Allah gave revelation to His prophets by means of dreams, for example, the revelation given to Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) before slaughtering his son (Prophet Ismael).

 

All such ways of conveying the revelation were accompanied by the conviction of the Prophets that what was received by them was truly coming from God, not a whisper of one's own heart, let alone the deception of Satan.

Assalamualaikum,

in the interpretation of Ibn Sirin's dreams. Dream of talking with Allah from behind the veil, in a dream. that is something that can be accepted by the Al-Quran and Hadith. and the Qasim dreams of talking to Allah from behind the veil.