A Misconception Removed — Page 10
10 Eik Ghala ti K a Iz a la rent of God. But it was necessary, in accordance with the prophecies, that I should be denied. This is because those whose hearts are in veils do not accept the truth. I know that God will surely support me as He has al- ways supported His Messengers as. No one can stand against me, because Divine support is not with them. Wherever I have denied being a Prophet or Mes- senger, it has only been in the sense that I have not brought an independent law nor am I an independent Prophet. I am a Messenger and Prophet only in the sense that I have received spiritual grace from the Messenger sa whom I follow, and, having received his name for myself, and through him, I have received knowledge of the unseen from God. But I have not come with a new law. I have never denied being called a Nab i (Prophet) in this sense. Indeed it is in this very sense that God has addressed me as Nab i and Ras u l ; and it is in this sense that I do not deny be- ing a Nab i or Ras u l. As for my statement: 23 it only means that I am not a law-bearing Prophet. However, it must be borne in mind and should never be forgotten, that, despite being addressed as Nab i and Ras u l , I have been informed by God that this bounty 23 I am not a Messenger and have brought no book. [Publishers]