Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 332
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 332 purpose of messengership. He does not deserve to be called a true Muslim, or one who is truly obedient and dutiful to God and His Messenger. Just as Allah the Exalted has given other injunctions in the Holy Quran through the Holy Prophet s as , similarly He has most emphatically proclaimed the prophecy of the coming of the last Khalifah in the Latter Days and has called those who do not accept him and turn away from him as transgressors. The only difference in the words of the Holy Quran and the Hadith—which is not a difference [per se] but can be said, in other words, to be the interpretation of the words of the Holy Quran—is that in the Quran the word ‘Khalifah’ has been used, whereas in the Hadith this same last Khalifah has been referred to by the title ‘Promised Messiah’. Thus, what kind of a Muslim would he be who asks what need there is for us to believe in him concerning that person about whose coming the Holy Quran uses the word promise and has, thereby, in a way bestowed upon the raising of this person a sort of grandeur? Allah the Exalted has extended the time span for the com- ing of Khulafa [Successors] to the Day of Judgement. Moreover, Islam holds this honour and distinction that for its defence and revival, Mujaddids [Reformers] have come at the head of every century and will continue coming. You see, Allah the Exalted has likened the Holy Prophet s as with Moses as as is proven by the word كَمَا [ kama— similar to]. Jesus as was the last Khalifah in the Mosaic dispensation as he himself said that he was the last brick. Similarly, Khulafa always came and will continue to come for its service and reformation in the dispensation of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, till the Day of Judgement. And in this way, the last Khalifah [of the dispensation of Muhammad] was named the Promised Messiah by way of similitude [to the Mosaic dis- pensation] and because of the service he was tasked to carry out.