Approaching the West — Page 120
A pproaching the West—120 Biblical, such as H ū d and Luqm ā n. Many are not mentioned by name. And We, indeed, sent Messengers before thee [Mu ḥ ammad]; of them are some whom We have mentioned to thee ; and of them are some whom We have not mentioned to thee… (40:79) As the Holy Qur’ ā n emphatically claims that all nations in the world have been sent Prophets, therefore, it would not be wrong to conclude that the founders of world religions, such as Buddha Rama, Krishna, Confucius, Zoroaster and Mani must have been among the Prophets of God. In the Holy Qur’ ā n, Prophet Mu ḥ ammad (peace and blessings be on him) has been mentioned as the Seal of all the Prophets and is believed to be the best of the bests, the final Law-bearing Prophet. In the words of the Founder of the A ḥ madiyya Movement in Isl ā m, Ḥ a ḍ rat Mirz ā Ghul ā m A ḥ mad, the status of Prophet Mu ḥ ammad is the highest of all. When we estimate justly, then out of the whole series of Prophets, we find one of the high courage and alive and greatly dear to God, the Chief of the Prophets, the pride and the crown of the Messengers, whose name is Mu ḥ ammad Mus ṭ af ā and A ḥ mad Mujtab ā (peace and blessings be on him). (Sir ā j-i- Mun ī r, R ū h ā n ī Khaz ā ’in, Vol. 12, p 82)