Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 279
279 so ordained that the gift of a pure, perfect and holy Divine revelation is granted to such of the followers of the Holy Prophet who attain the highest stage of a complete annihilation in the prophet and the veil which keeps him hidden from strangers is entirely removed. Thus the condition of being a true follower of the Holy Prophet is fulfilled in them in a most perfect sense, for their own personality entirely vanishes away, and the image of the personality of the Holy Prophet appears in the looking- glass of their absorption. On the. other hand, they are granted a most perfect gift of Divine revelation like the prophets of God and thus deserve to be called prophets. " "It must however be borne in mind that no prophet who 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 fchere be any book after the Holy Quran which should give new commandments or abrogate any commandment of the Holy Quran or dispense with the necessity of following any of them, for this is the last book and its ordinance must remain in force to the day of judgment. " "Such is the significance of the phrases in which the Holy. Prophet described the Promised Messiah, of whom he said that he is *U ) ^ and ^ ^ ^ ) i. e. "a Prophet. of God, " and, "your Leader from among yourselves. " This means that he is a follower as well as a prophet. A stanger, (i. e. , one from among the Israelites) cannot stand in this position. Blessed is he who understands this point, for he will not peribh. " (Vol. V. R. R 1906. ) Further Extracts from the Writings of the Promised Messiah. "I am a Prophet in accordance with the decrees of Provi- dence : it will be a sin to deny this fact- How can I deny it \vhenGodHirnselfhasconfeiredon rne the title of Prophet T'