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beneficiary, having receh•ed grace through subservience to pim and in his disciple-ship. His advent is thus, eve·n as a single case, to the credit of the excellence of the l\luhammadan Ummat. Answering the same objection, the Promised Messiah (peace of Allah be on him) said : "Naturally the question arises here that in the Ummat of Hazrat 1\foses many prophets appeared and in the Ummat-e-Muhammadiyya only one prophet has come so far, thus in the circum- stances Moses holds the palm is an inevitable C'onclusion. The answer thereto being that the _prophets coming among the Utr1ma• of Hazrat !\loses were all chosen by God directly without ·Hazrat Moses having any reference thereto. Hut in this Ummat there have been thousands who became saints through the grace attending their subservience to the Holy Prophet (pence of Allah be on him and His blessings) and also one / who is both a follower and a prophet. This is grace abounding and not to be found in any other Prophet. Leaving aside the Prophets of Isrrel, majority of the people of Mosaic dispensQ. tion were imperfect. 'l'heir prophets, as already stated, received nothing fl-om Hazrat Moses and were on the C'ontrary. chosen directly. But in the Ummat-e-Muhammadiyya thousands were made saints only because of having followed the Holy Prophet and also one became a prophet while at the same time remaining a follower. "1 The above-quoted explanation by Hazrat Promised Messiah is self-evident. Here I would. digress a little for the benefit of those who are not conversant with spiritual truths. The above~stated explanation of the Promised Messiah (peace of Allah be on him) is a truth which cannot be explained in terms of historical fact or even rational theory but pertains to the sphere of personal experience and initiation in the spiritual realm. --- 1. Vide Haqlqatul Wahi. 27