The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 254
254. Essence of Islam-1. God. Thus, the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of. Allāh be on him] was honoured above everyone else. [Malfūzāt, Vol. 2, p. 136]. The journey of the Me'rāj was not with the physical body, but was a vision of the highest type, which in effect was experienced in complete wakefulness. In such a vision, a person according to the capacity of his soul, can journey through the heavens with a body of light. As the soul of the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] possessed the highest capacity, therefore, in his journey of Me'rāj, he arrived at the highest point of the universe, which is described as the Great Throne. This journey was the vision in a sort of wakefulness. I do not call it a dream, nor was it a vision of low status. This was a vision at the highest stage, which is clearer and brighter than wakefulness. I myself have experience of this type of vision. [Izāla-e-Auhām, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 3, p. 126, footnote]. Meaning and High Station of the Seal of Prophethood. The perfect man to whom the Holy Qur'ān was revealed, was not limited in his vision, nor was there any deficiency in his sympathy in the sharing of sorrows. Both from the point of view of the time and of the place, his soul was charged with perfect sympathy. He was, therefore, bestowed a full share of the manifestations of nature and he was made Khātam-ul-Anbiya', which did not mean that no one would from then on receive any spiritual grace from him, rather that he possessed the seal of. Prophethood and that without the attestation of that seal, no grace can reach anyone, and that for his people, the