The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 148
148. Essence of Islam-III. In short, I alone have been honoured with so great a share of Divine revelation and of knowledge of the unseen as has not been bestowed on any of the Auliyā' and. Abdal and Aqṭāb among the Muslims before me. For this reason I alone have been bestowed the title of Prophet and no one else has deserved it because it implies frequency of revelation and repeated disclosure of the unseen, a condition which was not fulfilled by any of them. [Ḥaqiqat-ul-Waḥi, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 406-407]. My critic has further objected that God Almighty has said: اليَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي 110. Therefore no reformer or Prophet is now needed. In so thinking the critic has raised an objection against the. Holy Qur'an itself, inasmuch as the Holy Qur'ān has promised the appointment of successors from among the. Muslims and has said that through them faith would be strengthened, doubts would be set at rest and security would be restored after a state of fear. Thus if nothing is permissible after the perfection of the faith, then, according to the critic, the Khilafat that continued for thirty years after the Holy Prophets would also be rendered unnecessary, as the faith had been perfected and nothing more was needed. 117 by the اليومَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ 7. The citation of the verse critic is out of place. We do not allege that a reformer or a Muḥaddath detracts anything from the faith or adds anything to it. What we say is that when, after the lapse 116 This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed. My favour upon you. '-Al-Ma'idah, 5:4, [Publisher] 117 Ibid.