An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 300
300 Background On November 5, 1901, the Promised Messiah as issued a leaflet to correct a mistake. One of his followers was asked whether the Promised Messiah as himself was a prophet of God or not, and he replied in the negative. So the Promised Messiah as explained in this leaflet that the mere negative answer was not correct because God had addressed him as a prophet and called him as such in hundreds of revelations. The Book The Promised Messiah as , sensing the danger that a serious misunderstanding may be caused, wrote a book entitled Eik Ghala ti K a Iz a lah. It threw a new light on the concept of the prophethood. The Promised Messiah as writes: Wherever I have denied being a prophet or a messenger of God, I have denied only in the sense that I have not brought an independent Law, nor am I an independent prophet; but I am a messenger and a prophet of God in the sense that, by acquiring spiritual blessings in following in the footsteps of the Holy Prophet sa and getting his name, I have been granted by God, through Him abundant knowledge of the future, without any new law. I have never denied being called such a prophet. God has indeed called me a prophet and a messenger in the same sense. ( Eik Ghala ti K a Iz a lah , pp. 6-7, R uhani Khaz a’ in , v. 18 p. 210-211) Life of Ahmad by A. R. Dard ra , edition of 2008, page 823, describes: He claimed that he was the true and perfect image of the Holy Prophet sa and, therefore, there was no question of breaking the seal of his prophethood.