Erasing the Accusation of Shirk

peace) was in communication with Allah. This communication could have
been in the form of a dream, inspiration or directly as he (saw) himself said:
066.003 she said: Who hath told thee ? He said: The Knower, the Aware
hath told me.
HOW REVELATION IS REVEALED
Allah reveals His commands to His Prophets in many different ways; it can
be in form of a dream, from behind the veil or through the angles, as Allah
Almighty says in the Qur’an,
042.051 And it was not (vouchsafed) to any mortal that Allah should speak
to him unless ( it be) by revelation or from behind a veil, or (that) He
sendeth a messenger to reveal what He will by His leave. Lo! He is Exalted,
Wise.
In this verse we learn that Allah Almighty does not only reveal His
commands through the angels, but in many other ways too. Sayyidna
Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was commanded by Allah without the
intermediary of an angel, as Allah tala has said in the previous mentioned
ayat.
When Sayyidina Ibrahim (peace be upon him) saw himself sacrificing his
son in Allah’s way, he did not think it was just a dream because he was
aware that a Prophet’s dream is not a simple dream but something much
deeper. It is a revelation.
037.102 And when (his son) was old enough to walk with him, (Abraham)
said: O my dear son, I have seen in a dream that I must sacrifice thee. So
look, what thinkest thou ? He said: O my father! Do that which thou art
commanded. Allah willing, thou shalt find me of the steadfast.
From this verse we learn that a Prophet’s dream is not an ordinary dream but
in fact a revelation from Allah Almighty. When Sayyidina Ismaeel (peace
be upon him) said, ‘O my father! Do that which thou art commanded,’ Note
that Sayyidina Ismaeel (peace be upon him) did not question his father by
saying it was simply a dream as even he was aware that a Prophet’s dream is
more than a dream-it is a command from Allah.
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