The Will — Page 15
H H A A D D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD as 15 clear and resplendent. 1 ٭ When this communion and converse reaches the highest stage of perfection from the point of view of both quality and quantity and is free from all impurities and deficiencies, and when it openly and explicitly reveals matters per- taining to the unknown, then such a Revelation is in other terms designated as Prophethood. All the Prophets as are in agreement concerning this. Thus it is not possible that a people about whom it is said: 2 ْمُتْنُك َرْيَخ ٍةَّمُا ْتَجِرْخُا ِساَّنلِل And who are taught the prayer, 3 اَنِدْهِا َطاَرِّصلا َمْيِقَتْسُمْلا۰۰َطاَرِص َنْيِذَّلا َتْمَعْنَا ْمِهْيَلَع۰۰ should have been deprived of attaining this high station and not a single one of them could attain it. Were it so, this would not have been the only flaw, namely that Ummat - e - Mu h ammadiyya [the followers of Muhammad s as ] would have remained imperfect and inadequate and all those belonging to it would have remained 1. ٭ In spite of this, it should be remembered that after Mu h ammad, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, the door for law-bearing Prophethood has been firmly closed. And after the Holy Quran there is no book [scripture], which teaches new injunctions, or abrogates the authority of the Holy Quran or suspends it. For the ministry of the Quran remains effective until the Day of Judgment. — Author 2. You are the best people raised for the good of mankind. ( S u rah A l-e- ‘Imr a n, 3:111). [Publisher] 3. Guide us in the right path—The path of those upon whom You have bestowed Your blessings. ( S u rah al-F a ti h ah, 1:6–7). [Publisher]