The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 138
138. Essence of Islam-III and which is illumined by his lamp. This Prophethood has not ended inasmuch as it is a reflection of his. Prophethood and is given through him and is his manifestation and receives grace from him. God is the enemy of whoever regards the Holy Qur'ān as abrogated and follows a law opposed to the law of Muḥammad and seeks to put his own law in practice and does not follow the Holy Prophets and seeks to set up himself in his place. But God loves him who makes the Holy Qur'ān his code and regards the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as the Seal of the Prophets and knows that he is dependent upon his grace. Such a man becomes the beloved of God Almighty. God's love pulls him towards Him and honours him with His converse and displays signs in his support. When such a person's obedience to the Holy Prophet sa arrives at its climax, God bestows a Prophethood upon him which is a reflection of the Prophethood of Muḥammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), so that Islām may continues to remain fresh and alive through such people and should remain supreme over its opponents. . A foolish one, who is in truth an enemy of the faith, does not desire that converse with God should continue as a characteristic of Islām. He rather wishes that Islām too should become a dead religion like all the others; but that is not what God desires. In the revelation vouchsafed to me, God Almighty has employed the expression Prophet and Messenger concerning me hundreds of times, but these expressions mean only frequent converse with God which comprises the unseen. Everyone is entitled to use an expression in a particular sense. God too designates frequent experience of converse with Him as. Prophethood, meaning that such converse comprises a