Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page 85
Belief of the Promised Messiah 85 He also writes: The kind of nubuwwat which can be attained in this ummah was certainly granted to Hadrat ‘Al i ra. ( An-Nubuwwat fil Islam , p. 115) This belief, which he announced after the split, is clearly at vari- ance with the clear and forthright statements of the Promised Messiah as : In short, I alone have been honoured with so great a share of Divine revelation and of knowledge of the unseen, as has not been bestowed on any of the auliy a’ , abd a l, and aqt a b among the Muslims before me. For this reason I alone have been bestowed the title of Nab i and no one else has deserved it because it imports frequency of revelation and large disclosure of the unseen, a condition which is not fulfilled by any of them. ( H aq i qat-ul-Wa hi , Ruhani Khaz a ’in , vol. 22, p. 406–407) Similarly, he writes: There have been hundreds of saints by obedience to the Holy Prophet sa and there is also one who is both an Ummat i and a Nab i. ( H aq i qat-ul-Wa hi , Ruhani Khaz a ’in , vol. 22, p. 30) Moreover, the Promised Messiah as has written: So many are the signs granted to me that even if they are distributed among one thousand A ñ biy a’ , they would suffice to prove their truthfulness. ( Chashma-e-Ma‘arifat, Ruhani Khaz a ’in , vol. 23, p. 323) The signs are so many that they suffice to prove the nubuwwat of more than a thousand A ñ biy a’ ; but it is strange indeed that according to those outside the pledge to khil a fat , they did not even prove his own nubuwwat.