The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 245
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. ABOUT THE HOLY PROPHET 1. O all ye who dwell upon the earth, and O all human souls. that are in the east or in the west, I announce to you emphatically that the true reality in the earth is Islam alone, and the true God is the God who is described in the Quran, and the Prophet who has everlasting spiritual life and who is seated on the throne of glory and holiness, is. Muhammad, the chosen one, peace be on him. The proof of his spiritual life and holy majesty is that by following him and loving him we become recipients of the holy spirit and are favoured with the bounty of converse with God and witness heavenly signs. (TiryaqulQuloob, p. 11 Essence of Islam p. 136) 2. The man who in his being and his attributes and his actions and through his spiritual and holy faculties set an example of perfection, in knowledge and action and in sincerity and steadfastness, and was called the perfect man was Muhammad, peace be on him. The man who was most perfect as man and as Prophet, and came with full blessings, and who through a spiritual revival and resurrection manifested the first judgement in the world and revived the dead world, that blessed Prophet, the Seal of the Prophets, the leader of the righteous ones, the pride of the Prophets, was. Muhammad, the chosen one, peace be on him. . . . . O Allah, send down. . Thy blessings on him and on his people and on his companions, all of them. Our last word is that all praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the. Worlds. (Itmam-ul-Hujjat, p. 36 - Essence of Islam, Vol. 1, p. 137) 3. Now under heaven there is only one Prophet and only one. Book. The Prophet Muhammad, the chosen one, peace be on him, who is higher and more exalted than all Prophets and is the most perfect of Messengers and is the Khatamal Anbiya, and the best of men by following whom we find God Almighty and all the veils of darkness are lifted and the signs of true salvation are witnessed in this 245