The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 245
The Holy Prophetsa قد يعِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى انْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَّحْمَةِ اللَّهِ لان اللهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا 145 245. Say: O my servants who have committed excesses against your souls, (i. e. , committed grave sins) despair not of the mercy of Allāh. Allāh will forgive all sins. . Now it is obvious that mankind are not the servants of the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] and indeed all Prophets and non-Prophets are the servants of God Almighty, but as the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] was closest to. God, this idiom was employed in his case. In the same way, God Almighty has bestowed names upon the Holy. Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] which are Divine attributes. The Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] was named Muḥammad, which means greatly praised. Great praise in reality belongs to. God Almighty, but was bestowed upon the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] by way of reflection. In the same way, the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] has been named 'Light' in the Holy Qur'ān, which illumines the world, the Mercy which safeguards the universe against decline, and 'Compassionate' and 'Merciful,' which are the names of. God. In many places in the Holy Qur'an it has been indicated and also expressly mentioned that the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] is the perfect manifestation of the Divine and that his word is the word of God and his advent is the advent of God. In this context one of the verses of the Holy Qur'ān is: 145 al-Zumar, 39:54 [Publisher]