Seerat-i-Tayyiba — Page 30
30 and bright than ever before, sending down a purer Revelation, in the same way He has blessed me with the favor of this communion with Him. But in my case this is a blessing which I have derived only through the Holy Prophet, and through my obedience and devotion to him. If I had not been in his Ummat, and if I had not followed him most implicitly in everything, this blessing would not have been extended to me even if my virtuous endeavor had piled up as high as a mountain. ” ( Tajalliat-i-Ilahiah) In the ecstasy of his love for the Holy Prophet, in another poem the Promised Messiah says: “The master From whom I receive All this light His name is Muhammad; And he is my sweetheart, No one else, Wholly and solely I am devoted to that light; I belong to him, him alone, He is everything, all important: He exists, while I am nothing; And this, indeed, Is the final truth. ” ( Qadian ke Arya aur Hum ) The way in which the Promised Messiah, in these verses, has made a total negation of himself, while emphasizing the exceptional qualities of the Holy Prophet, needs no comment. Attributing all the light, all the blessings to the Holy Prophet, the position he assigns himself is that of an electric wire which carries electric power from a great Power House, and spreads it out all over the world.