The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 199
The Holy Prophetsa 199 recipients of the Holy Spirit and are favoured with the bounty of converse with God and witness heavenly signs. [Tiryāq-ul-Qulub, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 15, p. 141]. The man who in his being and his attributes and his actions and through his spiritual and holy faculties set an example of perfection, in knowledge and action and in sincerity and steadfastness, and was called the perfect man was Muḥammad [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him]. The man who was most perfect as man and as. Prophet, and came with full blessings, and who through a spiritual revival and resurrection manifested the first. Judgement in the world and revived the dead world, that blessed Prophet, the Seal of the Prophets, the leader of the righteous ones, the pride of the Prophets, was Muḥammad, the chosen one [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him]. . Our Lord, send down on that beloved Prophet that mercy and blessing that Thou hast not sent down on anyone since the beginning of the world. Had that grand Prophet not appeared in the world then we would have no proof of the truth of lesser Prophets like Jonah, Job, Jesus son of Mary, Malachi, John, Zechariah, etc. Though they were favourites and honoured and were beloved ones of. Almighty God, they are under obligation to this Prophet that they were accepted in the world as true Prophets. . O Allah, send down Thy blessings on him and on his people and on his companions, all of them. Our last word is that all praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds. [Itmām-ul-Hujjah, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 8, p. 308]. When we estimate justly, then out of the whole series of Prophets, we find one of high courage and alive and greatly dear to God, the Chief of the Prophets, the pride and the crown of the Messengers, whose name is