Hazrat Mir Muhammad Ismail (ra) — Page 101
101 How true were the prophetic words of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as in relation to the latter - day Jesus as - the Promised Messiah as - when he declar ed that " Jesus [t he awaited ] the prophet of Allah and his Companions would ever remain inclined towards Allah " 65 , implying that the Promised Messiah as and his Companions ra would, in all circumstances, remain wholly committed to God. The app earance of the Prom ised Messiah as came in an age when the human race was largely engrossed in worldly pursuits. Materialism and A theism w ere on the rise. If man kind exhibited any proclivity, it was towards material gains and the appeasement of material desires. In such a cli mate, we observe that the Promised Messiah as and his Companions ra immersed themselves wholly in the state of Raghbat - ilall ā h or "Devotion to Allah". These were the Ākharīn , or the "latter ones", whose mention God had made prophetically in Sūrah al - Jumu ‘ ah of the Holy Qur’ān. These were the blessed souls, who in spite of the barrier of time and space that separated them from the S a ha ba h ra of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s a s , did inherit their spiritual blessings , through the medium of the Awaited Mahdī and Mess iah. And these indeed, were the fortunate ones who se mention is found in the Hadith of Sahih Muslim, as the Aṣḥāb 66 of the Foretold Messiah. Undoubtedly, this grand prophecy made by the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as was fulfilled in a glorious way. The blessed life of Ḥaḍrat Mir Muhammad Ismail ra stands as a testimony to the veracity of the prophetic words of Muhammad s as the Messenger of God.