Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 383
30 MAY 1906 383 mentioned in the noble ahādīth that the coming Messiah would be a Prophet as well as an Ummati. ¹ An Ummati is the one who attains all excellence by receiving grace from the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. But how would a person who has already achieved the status of a Prophet become an Ummatī? He is already a Prophet. The questioner asked that if there can be such a Prophet in Islam, then who has been a Prophet before him? The Promised Messiahas said: This question was not for me, but for the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. He gave the title Prophet to only one man. No man before him was named Prophet. This is the reason that I am not the one responsible for giving the answer to this question. 2 1. Şahih al-Bukhari, Kitāb Ahādīth al-Anbiyā', Bāb Nazūl Īsā ibn Maryam, Hadith 3449; Şahih al-Muslim, Kitāb al-Fitan wa Ashrāt as-Sa'ah, Bābu Dhikri ad-Dajjal wa Şifatihi wa Mā Maahu, Hadith 7373 [Publisher] 2. Badr, vol. 2, no. 23, p. 3, 4, dated 7 June 1906