The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 137
Prophethood in Islam وَ أَوَيْنَهُمَا إِلَى رَبْوَةٍ ذَاتِ قَرَارٍ وَ مَعِينٍ 106 137 That is: 'We delivered Jesus and his mother from the hands of the Jews and conveyed them to a region of high mountains which was a place of security and was wa- tered with clear springs. ' This was Kashmir. And this is why Mary's tomb is not to be found in Palestine, and the Christians claim that she too disappeared like Jesus. How unjust it is of the igno- rant Muslims to believe that the followers of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) are deprived of converse with God while at the same time they repeat the sayings of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that among his people there will be those who will resemble the Prophets of Is- rael, and there will also be one who will be a Prophet in one aspect and the follower of the Holy Prophetsa in an- other. He would be the one who will be called the Prom- ised Messiah. [Haqiqat-ul-Wahī, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 99-104, footnote] I tell you truly that Islām is so patently true that if all the disbelievers of the world were to stand in prayer on one side, and I were to stand alone on the other, in supplica- tion before God for a particular purpose, God will sup- port me, not because I am better than all others, but because I believe sincerely in His Messenger and know that all Prophethood ended with him and that all law is comprised in his law. Yet one type of Prophethood has not ended, that is to say, the Prophethood which is granted in consequence of complete obedience to the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 106 Al-Mu'minun, 23:51 [Publisher]