The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 142
142. Essence of Islam-III. Prophethood by a person who is designated Muḥammad and Ahmad, by way of reflection, our lord and master. Muḥammad would still be the Seal of the Prophets inasmuch as this second Muhammad is his reflection and bears his name. But Jesus cannot come without breaking that Seal, since his Prophethood is distinct from the. Prophethood of the Holy Prophetsa. If no one can be a. Prophet or a Messenger, even by way of reflection, then what is the purpose of the prayer: 112 اهدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ انْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ 2. I do not deny being a Prophet and a Messenger in this connotation. It is for the same reason that the Promised. Messiah has been designated a Prophet in Ṣahih Muslim. . If one who is bestowed knowledge of the unseen by God. Almighty cannot bear the title of 'Nabi', how then should he be designated? If you say that such a one should be called Muḥaddath, I would counter that no lexicon attributes to the word 'Taḥdith' the meaning 'disclosure of the unseen', but Prophethood has this connotation. The word 'Nabi' [Prophet] is common to Arabic and Hebrew. In. Hebrew it is called Nabi and is derived from the root. Nābā meaning to prophesize on the basis of knowledge derived from God. Nabi is not necessarily law-bearing. . This is a Divine gift which carries with it knowledge of the unseen. [Eik Ghalaţi kā Izālah, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 18, pp. 207-210]. All doors are closed except the one which has been opened by the Holy Qur'an. Now there is no need to follow the Prophets and Books of the past, inasmuch as the 112 'Guide us in the right path-the path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed Thy blessings. '-Al-Fātiḥah, 1:6-7 [Publisher]