Mahzarnama (The Memorandum) — Page 79
Mahzarnama 79 bestowed on anyone and that for the Ummah, the door of converse with the Divine would never be closed. Except him, there is no Prophet who possesses the Seal of Prophethood. It is only by the testimony of his seal that a Prophethood can be bestowed for which it is a condition precedent that the recipient must be a follower of the Holy Prophet. His courage and compassion did not wish to leave his people in a condition of deficiency and were not reconciled to the door of revelation, which is at the root of all understanding, being closed. But, in order to preserve the sign of the Seal of his Prophethood, he desired that the grace of revelation should be bestowed through obedience to him and that this door should be closed to any one who was not his follower. It was in this sense that God appointed him Khaatamal Anbiyaa’. Thus it was established till the Day of Judgment, that a person who does not prove to be his follower through true obedience and who does not devote his entire being to obeying him, can not receive perfect revelation. Since independent Prophethood has been ended with the Holy Prophet, peace be on him; but Prophethood by way of reflection, which means the receipt of revelation through the grace of Muhammad sa , will continue till the Day of Judgment, so that the door of human perfection should not be closed and this sign should not disappear from the world that the high resolve of the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, desired that the doors of converse with the Divine should remain open till the Judgment Day and the understanding of the Divine, which is the basis of salvation, should not disappear. " [Haqiqatul Wahi, Roohaani Khazaa’in vol. 22, pp. 31-32] "I affirm it with full confidence that the excellences of Prophethood attained their perfection in the Holy Prophet, peace be on him. The person who sets up a movement in opposition to him and puts forward some verity outside his Prophethood and withdraws from the fountain of Prophethood is false and an impostor. I say it plainly that a person who believes in any one as a Prophet after the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, and breaks