The Guiding Light — Page 12
S u rah Ban i Isr a ’ i l, Chapter 17, Verses 79-85 12 The expression, it may be that thy Lord will raise thee to an exalted station , embodies a great prophecy. • The implied prophecy; Perhaps no other person has been so much maligned and abused as the Holy Prophet sa of Islam and certainly no other person has been the recipient of so much Divine praise and the object of invocation of so many Divine blessings and favours upon him as he. The implied prophecy was that whereas the sons of darkness would abuse and condemn the Prophet sa , the good, the noble and the righteous would invoke God's blessings upon him and God Himself would proclaim his praises from His Exalted Throne. Thus the Prophet’s praise by God and His Elect would far outweigh the undeserved abuse heaped upon him by the sons of darkness. • The expression ﻣﻘﺎم حمﻤﻮد ( maq a m-e-ma h m u d ) exalted station may also be understood to imply the special prerogative of ﺷﻔﺎﻋﺖ ( shaf a ‘at ) intercession which God bestowed upon the Holy Prophet sa. There is a well-known h ad i th that the followers of all other Prophets, having despaired of the intercession of