A Misconception Removed — Page 20
20 Eik Ghala ti K a Iz a la as a non-entity and presents the Holy Prophet sa in his place. The appearance of a Bur u z has similarly been promised in the verse: 35 It means that in his time Kauthar would be mani- fested, i. e. , springs of spiritual blessings will flow freely and a great number of people will become true adherents of Islam. This verse looks with disdain at the need of physical progeny and promises, instead, progeny by way of Bur u z. Although God Almighty has blessed me with the honour that I am both an Is- raelite and a Fatimite, and I partake of both bloods, I still give precedence to the spiritual relationship, which is that of Bur u z. The aim of this discourse is that while my ignorant opponents accuse me of claiming to be a Prophet or Messenger, I myself make no such claim. I am neither a Prophet nor a Messenger as they think. But I am a Prophet and a Messenger in the way that I have just explained. Therefore, false and evil is the thinking of the one who mischievously accuses me of claiming to be a Prophet and Messenger. It is only by way of Bu- r u z that I have been made a Prophet and a Messenger, and it is on this very basis that Allah has repeatedly 35 Surely We have given thee abundance of good. —Al-Kauthar, 108:2 [Publishers]