Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page 69
Belief of the Promised Messiah 69 After mentioning that Almighty Allah has raised him as a Mu h addath , the Promised Messiah as continues: And Mu h addath is also a Nab i in a sense, because he is honoured with converse with Almighty God, secrets of the unseen are revealed to him, and like the Prophets and Messen- gers, revelations granted to him are safeguarded from the touch of Satan. True secrets of the shar i ‘ah are opened to him, and he is appointed by God in exactly the same manner as A ñ biy a’. Just like the A ñ biy a’ , it is his duty to proclaim himself loudly; the one who refuses to respond to him is liable, up to a point, to be punished by God. Nubuwwat does not mean anything except that the above matters be found in him. ( Tau dihi h-e- Mar a m, Ruhani Khaz a ’in , vol. 3, p. 60) In other words, he interpreted the word Nab i in the sense of Mu h addath. However, since the Promised Messiah as was a Nab i in the sight of God, and He was repeatedly addressing the Promised Messiah as in the words of Nab i and Ras u l , the Promised Messiah as , could not continue that belief. He writes: Afterwards the revelation of Allah which descended upon me like a pouring rain, forced me to change my previous beliefs 24 and He granted me the title of “ Nab i ” in very clear words but in a manner of calling me “ Nab i ” from one aspect and “ Ummat i ” from another aspect. Afterwards he announced publicly that he was superior to Jesus Christ (may peace be on him) in every way. In short when the Promised Messiah as clearly recognised that the 24. Explanatory note: “That I am nothing in comparison with Messiah, son of Mary; he is a Prophet and is among the honoured ones in the sight of Allah, and if my superiority was manifested in some respect I regard it as a partial superiority. ” [Editor]