Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 61
27 October 1905 61 Revelation will Continue in Ummat-e-Mu h ammadiyyah Student— So you receive revelation? But revelation comes only to Prophets. The Promised Messiah as — God Almighty says in the Holy Quran that even the mother of Moses received revelation. Has this Ummah become worse than women? This would be a back-breaking thing for the enlightened. Have all the doors been closed for us? Does a worldly person not need to advance? God does not desire to keep this Ummah imperfect. I cannot accept that the earlier peoples attained so many blessings, and this Ummah was kept wholly deprived. The Status of the Promised Messiah as Student— Then this is the status of a wal i. The Promised Messiah as — When did I say that my status is that of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him? However, you are unaware that the status of a wal i is no less. On the contrary, some are of the opinion that the status of wil a yat is greater because wil a yat is the means of [attaining] love, nearness, and Divine cognizance, while prophethood is an official duty. The Jews believe that Hadrat Ibr a h i m was a wal i and superior to all the Prophets. However, I believe that tak- ing even one step away from the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is kufr [disbelief ]. I have received the revelation that: ٍ د َّ ـحَم ُّ ن ْ م ِّ َۃ ٍ م ك َ بَر ُّ ُل ك ٍ د َّ ـحَم ُّ ن ْ م ِّ َۃ ٍ م ك َ بَر ُّ ُل ك [Every blessing is from Mu h ammad. ]