With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 342
342 With Love to Muhammad sa the Kh ā tam-un-Nabiyy ī n Nab ī ’ull ā h [ Prophet of God ], and in another aspect the Seal of prophethood should be safeguarded. [ Nuz ū l-ul-Mas ī h , R ū h ā n ī Khaz ā ’in, Volume 18, Pages 381-382, footnote] The charge advanced against me and my Jam ā ‘at, that we do not believe in the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of All ā h be upon him) as the Seal of Prophets , is altogether false. The strength, certainty, comprehension and insight with which we acknowledge and believe in the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of All ā h be upon him) as the Seal of the Prophets , cannot even be dreamed of by the other Muslims; they do not have the capacity to comprehend the reality and the mystery comprised in the Seal of prophethood. They have merely heard an expression from their ancestors but they are unaware of its import and do not know what it signifies and what is meant by believing in it. But we believe with full comprehension—and God Almighty knows this well—that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of All ā h be upon him) is the Seal of the prophets. God Almighty has disclosed the reality of the Seal of prophethood in such a manner that we derive special delight from its contemplation which cannot be conceived of by anyone except those who have drunk deep at this fountain. We can illustrate the Seal of prophethood by the example of the moon, which begins as a crescent and arrives at its perfection on the fourteenth night when it is called the full moon. In the same manner the excellences of prophethood reached their climax in the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of All ā h be upon him. ) Those who believe that prophethood has been closed compulsorily, and that the Holy Prophet (peace and