Truth Prevails — Page 48
( 48 ) already quoted a clear and pure knowledge of things in the domain of the pure Unknown, demands Nabuwwat and Risalat , to which direct access is not now possible for anyone, so we have therefore, to hold that for this endowment, it is essential now that one should get to that stage, that point, of a great prominence only through buruziat , zilliat , and through self-effacement in, loyalty and love for the Holy Prophet Mohammad. ” This passage clears the following points: 1. The verse, “He does not reveal His ghaib to anyone. ” according to this verse, for access to this ghaib , Nabuwwat is essential. 2. The verse “Thou hast rained down Thy blessings on them. ” bears witness that the Ummat of the Holy Prophet Mohammad has not been deprived of this clear and pure knowledge of the ghaib. 3. This clear and pure knowledge of ghaib , in accord with the sense and meaning of the verse ‘He does not reveal’ i. e. , which embraces a clear and ample knowledge of things in the domains of the hidden and unknown, demands Nabuwwat and Risalat in the man who attains it. 4. This clear and pure knowledge, for the attainment of which it is necessary that one should be a Nabi , and which forms a basis on which the earlier Prophets came to be designated as such this knowledge cannot now be acquired directly. In other words, Nabuwwat cannot now be obtained directly, 5. Now, to obtain this gift of grace called Nabuwwat , which came to the earlier Prophets directly, the only way open was in the manner of buruz , of zilliat , and self-effacement in loyalty and love of the Holy Prophet possible only in the case of one who had the honour of being a member of his Ummat. This means to say that the Nabuwwat of a Prophet who obtained this gift directly, and the perfect zilli Nabuwwat of an Ummati , in point of its content, is Nabuwwat itself. The only difference between the two lay in the manner it came to the recipient. 6. The position of buruz , zilliat , and self-efacement in love and loyalty is not the extreme and the highest point in the progress possible for an Ummati ; it is rather the door for attainment of the position of Nabuwwat. Through this door, Allah can extend the gift of grace called Nabuwwat to whomsoever He pleases – the self-same gift which went to the earlier Prophets directly. In short, it is quite clear from this passage that, at the time when the Promised Messiah wrote the pamphlet entitled Ek Ghalati ka Izala , he did not think that, for obtaining this gift of grace of Nabuwwat , which former Prophets obtained directly, it was not binding that he should not be a follower