Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 60
! ! 60 After God, do n ot Grant A nyone a Higher S tatus than t he Holy Prophet sa I advise you once again to believe in all the prophets of Allah. The greatest of all the prophets is the Holy Prophet sa. Do not rank any prophet higher than him. O ut of ignorance , the Muslims in our country have conferred Ha z rat Jesus as a greater status. They claim that Ha z rat Jesus as is still alive , while the Holy Prophet sa has passed away. They go on to state that Ha z rat Jesus as could revive the dead, but the Holy Prophet sa did not revive anyone. Further more , they believe Ha z rat Jesus as is alive, waiting in Heaven whereas the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa is buried in the ground. Their claims concerning Haz rat Jesus as are wrong , for the greatest of all the messengers is Muhammad sa. If there was a prophet in the Heavens who could revive the dead , it would have been the Holy Prophet sa. B ut some Muslims in their ignorance a scribe such attributes to Hazrat Jesus as , and by doing so, they accord him a higher status than the Holy Prophet sa. You must not make the same mistake. H old the Holy Prophet sa above all other prophets. He has conferred a great deal of beneficence upon you, so believe in him and do not deem another superior to him in any regard. Invoke Durud on him sa. Durud is a prayer which means, ‘ O Allah ! The Holy Prophet sa has shown us such benevolence that we cannot repay him. [Please] r eward him Yourself. ’ Belief in Life a fter Death Another aspect I wish to inform you about is that you must believe in the life after death. Those who do not believe in this incline towards committing greater and greater sins. For example, crying and wailing over a person’s death suggests that those who wail for their deceased do not believe they will meet them again after death. Therefore, it is very important to believe in life after death for God Almighty has enjoined it essential that we do believe in it. The Prophet of t his Age Remember that God Almighty has sent the Promised Messiah as for the reformati on of the world in this age. However, he was not an independent prophet , but was subservient to the Holy Prophet sa. For