Arba'in — Page 37
Number Two 37 accepted them. It is God’s work that they accepted them and thus got entrapped in this entanglement. In short, those who raise objections do not consider at the time of advancing their objections that the person who has claimed to be the Promised Messiah is in fact that same person concerning whom there are these revelations of such honour and distinction from God Almighty. And the Holy Prophet himself, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, honours him by saying: How fortunate is that Ummah at the head of which I am, and at the end of which is the Promised Messiah! 1 And it is clearly evident from the a ha d i th that although this is a single person from among the Ummah, he possesses the dignified status of the Prophets. Then, why would it be inappropriate and unsuitable to send blessings and greetings of peace on such a person! All the earlier Prophets up to the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings be upon him, have honoured this person. Why, then, do these people fail to understand, and consider him so low that they deem it forbidden to send blessings and peace on him? That is indeed the reason why we warn these people again and again to fear God and understand that the person who has been called the Promised Messiah is not some ordinary man. Rather, he is honoured in the Books of God as equal to the Prophets, peace be upon them all. If you do not accept, then we cannot coerce you, but if you study the Books (of God), this is exactly what you will find. If you say that the Promised Messiah is actually that individual 1. Kanzul-‘Umm a l, H arful-Q a f, Kit a bul-Qiy a mah–min Qismul-Aqw a l, al-B a bul-Awwal: f i Um u r Taq‘u Qablah a , Nuz u l ‘ I s a ‘al a Nabiyyin a wa Alaihi s-S al a t was-Sal a m, Hadith 38846, vol. no. 14, p. 146 , Published by D a rul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon [Publisher]