The Verdict of the Quran and Sunnah — Page 21
The Verdict of the Holy Quran and Sunnah 21 the Holy Prophet sa. Ordinary people aside, not even Hadrat Ibr a h i m as , M u s a as and ‘ I s a as [Abraham, Moses and Jesus] could demonstrate that ability. Elaborating further on the same topic, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra states: If someone asks me whether anybody can achieve a status higher than the Holy Prophet sa , I tell them that All a h has not closed that door. But show me a man who can move faster than the Holy Prophet sa on the path of achieving nearness to God. Something hypothetically happening is clearly different than it actually happening. All a h tells the Holy Prophet sa in the Holy Quran to say to the Christians that if God had a son, he [i. e. Muhammad sa ] would be the first one to worship him. But this does not mean that God has a son. Similarly, we do not say that there is anyone in the world who has surpassed the status of the Holy Prophet sa. We say that if anyone wants to exceed his status he may try, for God has not closed that door; but the reality is that never has any mother ever given birth to a child, nor will a child ever be born until the Day of Judgment, who can be greater than Muhammad sa , Messenger of All a h. ( Ibid. ) Thus, in addition to stating the logical possibility of surpassing the status of the Holy Prophet sa , it has been clearly stated that in reality this will never happen up to the Day of Judgement. All men (whether in the past, present or future) are in a race for attaining nearness to God Almighty, and no one has been prevented from