Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 137
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I WISE COUNSELLOR 137 Allah in respect of believing in them (2:286). You are seeking to make a distinction between those who do not believe in a law-bearing Prophet and those who do not believe in a non- law-bearing one. I do not appreciate the reason for the distinction. We have been persuaded to believe in the Promised Messiah as by the same process of reasoning as the one whereby we are persuaded to believe in the Holy Quran. To reject the reasoning would be tantamount to rejecting Islam. Do reflect on: When it is said to them: Believe ye in that which Allah has sent down; they retort: We do believe in that which has been sent down to us; and saying that they reject that which has been sent down after that: yet it has been proved to be the truth by fulfilling that which is with them (2:92). Why does not parity of reasoning entail the same result in both cases? 2. The Holy Prophet sa has described the Messiah who was to come as a Prophet of Allah. The Promised Messiah as has been so addressed in the revelations vouchsafed to him by Allah. The Ah a d i th make a distinction between the general and the particular. Consider the following which are examples of the general, which do not exclude the particular: "He who lacks integrity lacks faith, and he who fails in his promise lacks religion; S al a t is not performed without recitation of the F a ti h ah ; there can be no marriage without the consent of the guardian; there is no room for envy except in respect of two persons.