The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 247
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI and witness these signs, whether he is a Christian or a Jew or an Arya. . All these are the blessings of our the Holy Prophet, peace be on him. (Kitabul-Bariyyah, pp. 155-157, footnote Essence of Islam, Vol. 1, pp. 150-151) 5. Besides him, there is no Prophet who possesses the seal of. Prophethood. It is only by testimony of his seal that a prophethood can be bestowed for which it is a condition that the recipient must be a follower of the Holy Prophet. His high courage and sympathy did not wish to leave his people in a condition of deficiency and were not reconciled to the door of revelation, which is at the root of all understanding, being closed. Yet, in order to preserve the sign of the closing of Prophethood, he desired that the grace of revelation should be bestowed through obedience to him and that this door should be closed to any one who was not his follower. God appointed him. Khatamal Anbiya in this sense. Thus it was established till the Day of. Judgement, that a person who does not prove being his follower through true obedience and who does not devote his full being to obeying him, cannot become the recipient of perfect revelation. Direct. Prophethood has been ended with the Holy Prophet, peace be on him; but Prophethood by way of reflection, which means the receipt of revelation through the grace of Muhammad, will continue till the Day of Judgement, so that the door of perfection of mankind should not be closest and this sign should not disappear from the world that the high resolve of the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, desired that the doors of converse with the Divine should remain open till Judgment Day and the understanding of the Divine, which is the basis of salvation, should not disappear. (Haqiqatul Wahi, pp. 27-28 - Essence of Islam,. Vol. 1, pp. 176-177). Asian 247