The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 146
146. Essence of Islam-III a new law, a new claim or a new name; but I am a Messenger and Prophet by virtue of perfect reflection. I am the mirror in which the form and the Prophethood of. Muḥammad are perfectly reflected. Had I been a claimant of distinct Prophethood, God Almighty would not have named me Muḥammad and Aḥmad and Mustafa and Mujtabā. Nor would I have been bestowed the title of Khatam-ul-Auliya' [Seal of the Elect of God], resembling the title of the Seal of the Prophets. In such a case, I would have been given a separate name. But God Almighty admitted me completely into the being of Muḥammad, so much so that He did not desire that I should have a separate name or a separate tomb, for a reflection cannot be separated from its original. Why did this come about? It came about because God had appointed the. Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as Seal of Prophets, and, in order to maintain the parallel between the Mosaic dispensation and the Muḥammadī dispensation, it was necessary that the Muḥammadi Messiah should be bestowed the dignity of Prophethood like the Mosaic Messiah, So that the Muḥammadi. Prophethood should not be considered deficient in any respect when compared to the Mosaic Prophethood. . Therefore, God Almighty created me as a perfect reflection, and invested me with the reflection of Muḥammadī. Prophethood, so that in one aspect I should bear the title of Nabi'ullah [Prophet of God], and in another aspect the. Seal of Prophethood should be safeguarded. [Nuzul-ul-Masiḥ, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 18, pp. 381-382, footnote]. Frequent Converse with God-the only. Claim of the Promised Messiah. In order to provoke the common people, my opponents allege that I lay claim to Prophethood. This is an utterly