A Gift for Baghdad — Page 77
REPLY TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT & LETTER 77 falsehood was bound to vanish. Every blessing is from Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him; so, highly blessed is he who taught and he who has been The Mujaddid, Imam as-Sirhindi ash-Sheikh Ahmad, may Allah be pleased with him, stated in a letter in which he wrote some of his admo- nitions to his disciple, Muhammad Siddiq: Know, O Siddiq, that His discourse-Holy is He-with men can be oral and that it is bestowed upon some of the Prophets; it can also be bestowed upon some of their perfect followers. When this type of discourse with one of them is copious, he is desig- nated a Muhaddath. This discourse is different from revelation or the impression upon the mind and heart or speech, which is through the agency of an angel. This speech is addressed only to the Perfect Man, and Allah chooses for His mercy whomsoever He pleases. His words end here, but you can refer to his discourses if you are in doubt regarding what I have quoted. 1 Furthermore, consider the story of the one who said : وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَمْرِى . Yet he was not one of the Messengers. Consider also when Allah the Exalted said: فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا قَالَتْ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِالرَّحْمَنِ مِنْكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَقِيَّا قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلْمًا زَكِيَّا 2 1. . . . and I did it not of my own accord (Sūrah al-Kahf, 18:83). [Publisher] 2. . . . then We sent Our angel to her, and he appeared to her in the form of a perfect man. She said, 'I seek refuge with the Gracious God from you if indeed you do fear Him. He replied, 'I am only a Messenger of your Lord, that I may bestow on you a righteous son. (Sūrah Maryam, 19:18-20) [Publisher]