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82 Mahzarnama become a Prophet of Allah is an infidel and a faithless one. And, most likely, such a person will invent his own, new, Kalima (statement of basic creed), innovate in the rituals of worship, and modify or change the injunctions. So he is, without a doubt, a fraternal associate of Mosailemah Kazzaab and there is no doubt about his being a kaafir. How can one say about such an evil one that he believes in the Holy Quran?" [Anjaam-e-Aatham, Roohaani Khazaa’in, vol. 11, pp. 27-28, footnote] "I am a Prophet and a Messenger—though without a new law ( Shariah )—in the sense that I have received inner munificence from my Prophet, my Leader, and by receiving the appellation of his name, and by his instrumentality received knowledge of the unseen from God. I have never disallowed being addressed as a Prophet of this particular kind; as a matter of fact, it is in this very sense that God has proclaimed me to be a Prophet and Messenger. Therefore, even at this moment I do not deny being Prophet and Messenger in this sense. As to my statement: 12 It only means that I am not law-bearing. And, of course, another point must also be remembered, and must never be forgotten, that despite being proclaimed as Prophet ( Nabi ) and Messenger ( Rasool ), I have been informed by God that all these favours on me are not direct in nature; rather, there is a holy personage in heaven whose spiritual grace has blessed me viz Muhammad, the chosen one. Keeping in view my relationship with the Holy Prophet sa , and being part and parcel of his being, and after being figuratively named Muhmmad and Ahmad, I happen to be a messenger and prophet. I have not only been sent by God but am also the recipient, through God’s grace, of the news of the unknown. And in this way the Seal of Khaatamun Nabiyyeen 12 I am not a Messenger and I have not brought a book.