Scattered Pearls — Page 53
52. Muhammad the last law-giving Prophet, being the greatest of this holy group, represented more the Majesty and awe of the Divine Being, of which the strong and dazzling light cleared the Arabian peninsula of idolatory in the twinkling of an eye, so as to enthrone the Unity of Allah in the heart of man over a large area. But the Last Successor of the. Holy Prophet Muhammad, and the Khatamul Khulafaa in his Dispensation-i. e. the Messiah of Muhammadan dispensation came dressed in a mantle of beauty and gentleness of manner. In a famous poem by the Promised Messiah, where he dwells on Divine love, he wrote: "That Messiah, of whom it is said. That he resides on the heavens,. By thy blessings thou hast. Raised even him from this lowly dust. ”. He meant to say that the people think that the Messiah is living somewhere on the heavens, and they are waiting eagerly for his second advent. But what a wonderful a. Miracle thou hast performed, O Divine Love, that even particle of dust "like myself" thou hast raised from this lowly earth, and elevated it to the position of the Messiah. . It is in fact true that with the Promised Messiah the entire Philosophy of Progress for the human soul revolves solely round this central point of Love. Love for Allah, love for His Apostle; love for all humanity; love for one's kith and kin; love for one's friends; love for one's neighbours; love for the stranger; and love even for the enemy-in fact love being the only path for reaching the Divine Being. . Moreover, the process of the cleansing of one's own soul, too, is equally embedded in and impossible without, love. . In the poem referred to above, the Promised Messiah says further: "O love, indeed what marvels. Hast thou shown that in the way. Of the Heavenly Friend the pain. Of the throbbing wound,. And the balm that soothes the pain,. Thou hast made all the same,