Bounties of the Gracious God — Page 59
Our Beliefs in Brief 59 established in his faith and religion can any act of worship or righteous deed be acceptable. Anyone who forsakes the Prophet and does not follow his example to the best of his ability will surely perish. There is no Shariah after him, and there is no one who can abrogate his Book and his Law, nor can anyone change his creed. There is no droplet of rain comparable to his down- pour. Anyone who steps even an iota away from the Quran, steps away from faith. No one can be truly successful until he follows everything that is authentically attributed to our Prophet, the Chosen One, and whosoever forsakes even an iota of his teachings is ruined. He who claims prophethood in this Ummah, but does not believe that he has been taught and educated by the Best of Creation our Chief Mu h ammad, he is nothing without following the example of the Holy Prophet and Kh a tamush-Shar i ‘ah [the Perfect Shariah] which is the Quran, such a person will surely per- ish and he has chosen to be counted among the disbelieving and sinful people. And whoever claims to be a prophet and then does not hold the belief that he is of the Ummah of the Holy Prophet, and that whatever he has found is from the fruit of the Prophet’s orchard, which is a mere drop from his downpour and is a ray of his brilliance, such a person is accursed, and the curse of Allah is upon him, upon his helpers, upon his followers and upon all those who accompany him. For us there is no prophet under the canopy of the heavens other than our Prophet, the Chosen One (Mu h ammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and there is no Book for us other than the Quran. Whosoever opposes this, he drags himself towards the flames of hell. Whosoever rejects such traditions of our Prophet that meet the standard of authen- ticity and are not contradictory to the Quran, such a person is