Khilafat and Mujaddidiyyat — Page 28
28 Hadhrat Hafiz Mirza Nasir Ahmad on his own, can achieve any Khair (goodness) from God the Exalted. In other words, it is impossible for a person who has no connection or link with the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him) to have any glad tidings from God or acquire any spiritual position or rank. He said whoever thinks that he does not need the spiritual beneficence of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him), and can achieve any position, however inferior it may be, without his (the Holy Prophet’s) spiritual beneficence, is of devil’s progeny. Hence, when this reality dawned on us that after the advent of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, (as a matter of fact it was the same in the past also but it is a complex issue and we need not discuss it at this juncture at any rate) any Khair (goodness) could be achieved only through the blessings of the Holy Prophet’s spiritual beneficence, then to whatever extent we get Khair , and make others benefit from it, we would be undoubtedly benefitting them in the vicegerency of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him). This means that whoever is gaining benefit from us what we are giving to them, it in reality is being done in the vicegerency of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him), and this very vicegerent is called Khalifah. These are the general meanings and accordingly, each person of the Ummati Muhammadiyya who achieved any Khair (goodness) or obtained any good and conveyed it to the people, he is in his limited sphere the Khalifah and vicegerent of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him). It is the entire Ummati Muhammadiyya that is achieving blessings from the Holy Prophet, of course with the exception of the hypocrites who are attached with us since the time of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of God be