Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 344
344 physical eyes, and hears without physical ears, and speaks without a physical tongue. Thus does He create out of noth- in'g. As you see that in a vision He creates a world without any matter and shows non-existent things to be existent, such are all the wonders of His power He is a fool who denies His power and He is blind who is ignorant of His deep power. He does, and can do, everything except that which is opposed to His greatness or is against His promise. He is alone in His person and attributes and works and powers. To attain to Him ail doors are closed except the door which the Holy Quran has opened. The Prophets and the scriptures that went before it need not now be followed individually, for the prophethood of Muhammad encompasses all prophethoods and besides it all paths are now closed. All truths which can lead a man to God are contained in it. Neither will any new truth come after it, nor was there any truth before it which is not present here. Therefore all prophethoods end with the prophethood of Holy Prophet, and so it ought to have been, for that which has a be- ginning has also an end. But the prophethood of Muhammad does not fall short of any blessing at any time and has greater blessings than all other prophethoods. To follow it is to take the easiest way to reach God, and the blessing of Divine love and the favor of His revelation are granted in greater abund- ance to its follower than were ever granted to the follower of earlier prophets. Bat its perfect follower cannot be called an independent prophet, for this is a disrespect towards the pro- phethood of Muhammad, he can, however, be called a pro- phet and a follower simultaneously, for such designation does not involve any disrespect towards the perfect prophethood of Muhammad, but is indicative of the lustre of its blessings. * *It must however be borne in mind that no prophet who