Truth Prevails — Page 22
( 22 ) Brief Solution of Ahadith which seem to Indicate a break in Nabuwwat On page 10 to 12, Mr. Faruqi has quoted three reports from the Hadith, wherefrom he seeks to prove the validity of a break, a cessation in Prophethood. We accept all the three reports as valid. In these reports, however, what is under reference is in the advent of Prophets, alone, in an unqualified sense not the advent of an Ummati Nabi. These reports cannot stand in the way of the Promised Messiah, barring his claim that he is a Nabi from one angle and an Ummati from another. In other words, even Mr. Faruqi concedes that he is a zilli Nabi , a Prophet reflected in an image. Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II, and we people as well, hold the Promised Messiah to be a zilli and an Ummati Nabi only that alone, nothing more; we do not take him as an unqualified, independent Nabi , bearing a new Sharia of his own. The question whether an Ummati and a zilli Nabi is really a Nabi , or not; is a different question altogether. When the Promised Messiah is not an unqualified Nabi , in any unqualified sense, to confront us with reports in Hadith, where the possibility of the advent of an unqualified Nabi has been barred, is neither reasonable, nor relevant. Says the Promised Messiah: “But his perfect follower (meaning perfect follower of the Holy Prophet Mohammad) cannot be called a Nabi in an unqualified sense, because that would involve a derogation of the perfect and complete Prophethood of the Holy Prophet Mohammad, though, of course, the application to him of both words, namely, Ummati and Nabi , collectively remains valid and justified, because in this view, no derogation is implied, in any way, of the complete and perfect Nabuwwat of the Holy Prophet Mohammad. Rather, we can justifiably say that this view adds a greater lustre, to a higher degree, to the blessings of his Nabuwwat. ” ( Al-Wasiyyat , page 16) Further on, the Promised Messiah writes: “This kind and quality of Nabuwwat is nothing separate from the Nabuwwat of the Holy Prophet Mohammad. In fact when you come to look at it more closely, you find it is the Nabuwwat of the Holy Prophet himself, manifesting itself in a new way and style of manifestation. This is the meaning of the sentence used by the Holy Prophet Mohammad in regard to the Promised Messiah, where he said: “Prophet of God, and your Imam, from amongst yourselves” meaning that he is a Nabi , also an Ummati. Otherwise no outsider can dare to set his foot here. And blessed, indeed, is he who obtains a proper grasp of this point, and thereby works out his salvation, saving himself from destruction. ” ( Al-Wasiyyat , pages 18 and 19) Again the Promised Messiah writes: “Repeatedly, in wahyi to me, Allah has called me an Ummati , as well as a Nabi. Hearing these two names applied to me, gives me a most exquisite joy of the mind; and most humbly I render thanks to the