Hazrat Mir Muhammad Ismail (ra) — Page 1
1 1: INTRODUCTION llah, the one true God, as introduced to us in the Holy Qur’ān , has been described as The Gracious and The Merciful. L ike He Himself, His Mercy too, is infinite ly vast. In fact, His Mercy , much like His Oneness, is a defining feature of His Divinity. And among all the beautiful m anifestations of His Mercy, as presented and explained to us by the Holy Qur’ān , the most enchanting and all - encompassing one of all , is the blessed being and person of His apostle, prophet and messenger, Muhammad s as. Muhammad s as the Messenger of God, acco rding to Islam, is the reason for all creation. According to the Holy Qur’ān , h e i s the Seal of the P rophets. He is God's mercy personified. He, according to the Word of God, is Divine Mercy itself - mercy that transcends all bounds of time and space. No l and or era confines the beneficence of Muhammad s as , or limits his blessings. His blessings are therefore, universal and timeless. The Holy Qur’ān , hence, crowns this unique messenger of God with the unique title of Ra h matun - lil - ‘ Ā lam ī n which means "Mercy f or all worlds". W hile indeed, the entire human race has been granted free access to the blessings of Muhammad s as , yet, according to the Qur’ān , there are two categories of humans in particular, that were , by God’s own scheme , destined to receive the grea test share of his spiritual radiance. In the 62 nd C hapter or S ū rah of the Holy Qur’ān , called S ū rah A