Ahmadiyyat Is Not a New Religion — Page 38
38 Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad O Muhammad Messenger of Allah s as , people ask me how I became a prophet. I was raised to this status because you are best of the prophets. Your advancement allows me to progress in proportion, yet you always remain far ahead while I lag far behind. Yet, maulwis claim that this amounts to shirk fi nabuwwat. How so when I can never reach your status and rank, and my progress depends entirely on yours? The Messenger of Allah s as constantly ascends in status and rank with every passing moment, but the opponents fail to understand it. Their example is like that of a blind man who attended a banquet. When a sighted person joined his table, the blind man assumed that since he could see, he would eat more. Consequently, the blind man began to eat hastily. However, he soon thought the sighted person might have noticed his actions and found a way to outdo him. So, he started using one hand to eat and the other to pour rice directly onto his lap. Meanwhile, the sighted man, amused by his antics, was merely observing instead of eating. The blind man, unaware of the actual situation, assumed that the sighted man had found another method to eat faster. Thus, he grabbed the entire serving dish and declared, ‘Enough, the rest is my