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44 view, would be the end of Islam because it would mean that the promises made by God to the Holy Prophet s as are untrue. At the same time, we can never accept anything that portrays the image of the Holy Prophet s as as someone who put a stop to all Divine blessings; who, instead of helping in the progress of the world, became a hindrance to it; who, rather than leading people towards God, placed barriers in His path—God forbid! Just as the first belief amounts to destroying Islam, so does the second one constitute an outrageous attack on the person of the Holy Prophet s as. We neither accept such beliefs nor tolerate them. It is our conviction that the Holy Prophet s as was sent as a mercy for mankind. We are certain that everyone who has eyes can see that, with his coming, he did not deprive the world of heavenly blessings but multiplied them. If these blessings had previously been like a stream, they now flow forth like a mighty river. This is because, prior to his coming, knowledge had not been completed, and spiritual wisdom cannot be attained without full knowledge. Knowledge has now reached its culmination and the Holy Quran has encompassed everything that was lacking in past scriptures. Through the blessing of the Holy Prophet s as , people have attained far greater Divine knowledge and can now attain higher spiritual stations than the followers of past Prophets. If we do not believe this, then how can we say that the Holy Prophet s as is superior to other Prophets? For this reason, we deny any prophethood that is attained independently of the Holy Prophet s as , and this is why we deny the concept of the coming of the Messiah of Nazareth after our Holy Prophet s as. We can, however, not deny the prophethood that glorifies the Holy Prophet s as. The only kind of prophethood that can put an end to the