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Khidr said to him, “If what you say is true then you should be
able to tell me who I am. Who am I?” He lifted up his head and
said, ‘If my intuition does not fail me then you are Khidr.’ Hazrat
Khidr said, “From that I realized that among the saints of Allah
there are such who are so exalted in rank that I cannot recognize
them.” 512
This story mentions the gross deviation of the Sufis, where they
believe that ‘some of their special ones’ can directly communicate
with Allah. This deviant concept of the Sufis is not something said
by them in a state of intoxication or insanity, but is amongst their
well-established beliefs and can be found mentioned in many of
their books, as in ‘The Doctrines of the Sufis’ - “Sahl said, “For
thirty years I was speaking to Allah, and men imagined that I was
speaking to them.” 513
Such a belief is clear Kufr, since it implies that someone may not
be in need of Allah’s Messenger for guidance and matters of
the religion, as the young man (from the above story) said, “Over
there you see those who listen to the Hadeeth from the mouth of
Abdur-Razzak (the slave of the sustainer), while over here you see
him who listens to Hadeeth directly from Ar-Razzak (Allah).”
Allah says in the Qur’aan, “It is not given to any human being
that Allah should speak to him unless (it be) by Inspiration, or
from behind a veil, or (that) He sends a Messenger to reveal
what He wills by His Leave.” 514 Allah did not speak directly to
any human being like He spoke to Prophet Moosa (when he
was on the mount of Toor) and Prophet Muhammad (on the
occasion of Meraj). The Qur’aan is a witness upon the stupidity
and ignorance of those who wish that Allah should speak to them
directly. “And those who have no knowledge say, ‘Why does
not Allah speak to us (face to face)… So said the people before
512 Fazaail-e-Aamaal, Virtues of Hajj, (Eng. Trans.), Chapter.9, story
no.9, p.171, (New Edition 1982, Published by Dini Book Depot -
Delhi).
513 The Doctrines of the Soofis, p.145.
514 Soorah ash-Shoorah (42): 51.
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