The Essence of Islam – Volume III

by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

Page 127 of 487

The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 127

Prophethood in Islam 127 is not contrary to the Holy Qur'ān, inasmuch as such. Prophethood is a reflection of the Prophethood of the. Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and is not independent Prophethood. [Brāhīn-e-Ahmadiyyah, part V, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 21, pp. 351-352]. Excellence of the Holy Prophetsa. The charge advanced against me and my Jamā‘at, that we do not believe in the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as the Seal of Prophets, is altogether false. The strength, certainty, comprehension and insight with which we acknowledge and believe in the. Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as the Seal of the Prophets, cannot even be dreamed of by the other Muslims; they do not have the capacity to comprehend the reality and the mystery comprised in the. Seal of Prophethood. They have merely heard an expression from their ancestors but they are unaware of its import and do not know what it signifies and what is meant by believing in it. But we believe with full comprehension and God Almighty knows this well-that the Holy. Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is the Seal of the Prophets. God Almighty has disclosed the reality of the Seal of Prophethood in such a manner that we derive special delight from its contemplation which cannot be conceived of by anyone except those who have drunk deep at this fountain. . We can illustrate the Seal of Prophethood by the example of the moon, which begins as a crescent and arrives at its perfection on the fourteenth night when it is called the full moon. In the same manner the excellences of. Prophethood reached their climax in the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. ) Those who