The Commentary of Al-Qasidah — Page 59
The commentary of al-Qa si dah 59 This couplet also addresses the Holy Prophet sa as the greatest of guides. Of all guides who have appeared in this world, the most exalted is the group who achieved the rank of prophets. All Prophets who preceded the Holy Prophet sa from time to time, were sent to particular nations at particular times. However, the Holy Prophet sa was sent to all nations and all ethnicities. This is why the Holy Prophet sa stands alone explicitly declaring to humankind that he was the prophet of All a h sent to all. Say, ‘O Mankind! Truly I am a Messenger to you all from All a h’. . . ( al-A‘r a f , 7:159 ) This declaration meant that he would have to challenge all religions and nations. The other prophets could not make this statement because they were not endowed with the perfection or power required for the reformation of the world. This commanding rank of glory and grandeur was not given to anyone but to the Holy Prophet sa. No other prophet achieved the level of success accomplished by the Holy Prophet sa. The Promised Messiah as wrote with relation to the era of his beloved, the Holy Prophet sa as follows: It was a jungle into which the Holy Prophet sa stepped, where darkness raged rampant. It is my religion [to believe] that if the Holy Prophet sa was not involved, and all of the prophets who had gone before him were brought together and desired to achieve the same work and reformation that the Holy Prophet sa had