Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 278
v/ 278 the Barahin-i-Ahrnadiyya, Almighty God addressed me saying 1L* 2* cU*^ *+*> j b " Ahmad, thou hast been made an Apostle. " In these words it is indicated that as being the manifestation of the Holy Prophet, I was called Ahmad though my name was Ghulam Ahmad, so being Ahmad, I was made a Prophet, for Ahmad was a Prophet. (Vol. Il E. E. 1903). And when Divine revelation becomes frequent and certain in the highest degree and is free from every obscurity and defect arid foretells deep secrets of the future in clear 'language, the stage is then reached which is designated by the title of prophethood, and this is a point on which all the prophets of God agree. It was impossible that a people of whom it had been said that " you are the best of people raised for the good of the world" and who had been taught to pray frequently arid j-> '-untiringly, "0 Lord ! show us the right path, the path of those upon whom thy blessings have been showered. " It was impossible that not a single person out of this whole favoured nation should have attained to the perfect stage of prophethood, and all should have been deprived of this great blessing. Had it 'been so, not only would the followers of the Holy Prophet have remained blind and their spiritual advancement been very defec- tive and incomplete, but in that case it would have further to be admitted that the Holy Prophet could not communicate his blessings to his followers and that his sanctifying power was de- fective. And the prayer which the Muslims are enjoined to re- peat several times in each of their five daily prayers, would also be useless in that case. Ou the other hand, if any follower of the Holy Prophet could have obtained prophethood independent- ly, that is to say, wilhout borrowing from the light of the Holy Prophet, the seal of prophethood in him would have been, falsified. To guard against both these evils, Almighty God has