A Misconception Removed — Page 11
11 has not descended upon me directly. There is a holy being in heaven whose spiritual grace is with me and he is Muhammad, the Chosen One sa. It is on the basis of this relationship, and by merging myself in him, and by receiving his names—Muhammad and Ahmad sa — that I am a Ras u l as well as Nab i , which, in other words, means that I have been commissioned by God and I receive knowledge of the unseen from Him. Thus the Seal of Kh a tamun Nabiyy i n remains intact, for I have received his name by way of reflection and Z ill, through the mirror of love. If anyone takes offence as to why Divine revelation has addressed me as Nab i and Ras u l , it would be fool- ish of him to do so, for my being a Nab i and Ras u l does not break the Seal set by God. 24 It is evident that just as I say about myself that God has addressed me 24 What a wonderful arrangement! In this way, neither the Seal of the prophecy of Kh a tamun Nabiyy i n is broken, nor are the Muslims as a whole deprived of the fruits of Prophethood which are referred to in the verse: a But, on the other hand, nothing would be left of Islam if Jesus as —whose Prophethood was established six hundred years before Islam—was to come back again, in contravention of the verse Kh a tamun Nabiyy i n. In answer to this we can only expect abuse from our opponents, so let them abuse. b [Author] a He does not grant anyone ascendancy over His domain of the unseen… —Al-Jinn, 72:27 [Publishers] b And the wrongdoers will soon know to what place of return they shall return. —Al-Shu‘ar a ’, 26:228 [Publishers]