The Commentary of Al-Qasidah — Page 159
The commentary of al-Qa si dah 159 Meaning, when a person shows humility, All a h elevates him to the seventh heaven. ( Kanzul-‘Umm a l F i Sunanil-Aqw a li Wal-Af‘ a l, Kit a bul-Akhl a qi Qismul-Aqw a l, vol. 3, p. 49, H ad i th no. 5717, D a rul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2001) In spite of the fact that the word ‘heaven’ is used along with rafa‘a , no one takes the literal meaning that a person showing humility is taken up literally to the heavens. As I have mentioned before in the Arabic language rafa‘ ilall a h only means nearness to All a h and elevation of status and not bodily elevation so you should not get the wrong impression from the word rafa‘. I further stated that the Holy Prophet sa has also died in a physical sense, but from the perspective of spiritual benefits and blessings, he is alive and Jesus as is dead. No one can achieve nearness to All a h to the point of having communication with Him by following Jesus as. Neither his religion nor religious law is alive today and has no spiritual benefits. On the other hand, the spiritual benefits of the Holy Prophet sa and his powers of purification are continuing. People are benefiting from it today. His religion is alive, his book is alive, and his law is alive. Therefore, it is only the Holy Prophet sa who can be considered and declared as being the only living prophet. Upon hearing all of this he said this is all new to him. Then he discussed a little while longer and left.