Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 345
345 And when Divine revelation becomes frequent and certain in the highest degree and is free from every obscurity and defect and foretells deep secrets of the future in clear language, the stage is then reached which is designated by the title of pro- phethood, and this a point on which all the prophets of God agree. It was impossible that a people of whom it had been said that "y u are the best of people raised for the good of the world" and who had been taught to pray frequently and 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 favored 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 defective 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 defective- And the prayer which the Muslims are enjoyed to repeat several times in each of their five daily prayers, would also be useless in that case. On the other hand, if any follower of the Holy Prophet could have obtained prophethood independently, that should also be a law-giver can appear after the Holy Prophet, even from among his followers, for this door is completely closed. Nor can there be any book after the Holy Quran which should give new commandments or abrogate any com- mandment'of the Holy Quran or dispense with the necessity of following any of them, for this is the last book and its ordin- ances must remain in force to the Day of Judgment. "