Reply to a Mockery — Page 76
76 adoption of the way of Muhammad s as. and who will main- tain perfect balance at the highest level of every excel- lence. * ( Ins a n-e-K a mil, Sayyed ‘Abdul Kar i m bin Ibr a h i m J i l a n i , Translated by Fa d l Miran, p. 401, printed at Naf i s Academy, Karachi, 1980) Hadrat Khaw a jah Ghul a m Far i d rta says: The Holy Prophet is reflected in all Prophets from Adam S af iyy ull a h [the friend of Allah] to the Imam Mahdi. He was first reflected in Adam and then, one after the other, in the Prophethoods of great and noble men. He will continue to be reflected through the ages and will finally be reflected in the person of the Imam Mahdi. Hence all Prophets, Auliy a ’, and eminent saints from the time of Adam until the time of Imam Mahdi were manifestations of the spirit of Prophet Muhammad, may peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him. ( Maq a b i sul-Maj a lis Malf uza t Hadrat Khaw a jah Ghul a m Far i d rh Maul a n a Rukn-ud- D i n rh , Tarjumah al- Ha j Kaptan W ah id Bakhsh Siy a l, p. 419, Ma t ba‘ al-Fai s al N a shir a n wa T a jir a n Kutub, Urdu Bazar, Lahore, 2005) Michael Maulaw i Sahib takes the following excerpt from one of Hadrat Mirza Sahib’s books: