Elucidation of Objectives — Page 24
Tau di h-e-Mar a m 24 is beyond human ken, imagination, or fancy. This super-condition was vouchsafed to the one and only person in the entire world—namely the Perfect Man. He alone is the culmination and apex of human excellence. It is in his person that the evolutionary cycle of human potentiality reached absolute perfection. Indeed he is the last point on the higher scale of the extended line of God’s creation and constitutes the absolute pinnacle of all spiritual heights. Divine wisdom initiated the evolu- tionary process at the lowest level of creation with the meanest of creatures and caused it to attain the highest point, the other name of which is Mu h ammad—peace and blessings of God be upon him. The name Mu h am- mad sa signifies the most praised one or the one who is the supreme embodiment of all perfection and excel- lence. Just as the Holy Prophet’s sa innate spiritual station was extremely exalted and so high and lofty, the quality of revelation vouchsafed to him was also very high. It is too exalted a station for me or the Messiah to attain. It is known as the Meeting Point or the point of Absolute Union. The earlier Prophets who foretold the coming of the Holy Prophet sa envisaged the same station and its hallmark. Indeed it was to this unique station that they chose to refer. Furthermore, the spiritual station the Messiah and I share, could figuratively be described as that of being the spiritual son of the Holy Prophet. sa His spiritual station is in fact so lofty that the earlier Prophets