The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 147
Prophethood in Islam 147 false accusation. I do not claim any Prophethood that is barred by the Holy Qur'ān. All I claim is that in one aspect I am a follower of the Holy Propheta and, in another, through the grace of the Prophethood of the Holy. Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), I am a Prophet. In my case Prophethood means only that I am frequently honoured with converse with God Almighty. . The truth is as the revered reformer of Sarhind has recorded in his Maktūbāt:. Though some individuals from among the Muslims are honoured with converse with the Divine and will continue to be so honoured, yet only he is called a. Prophet who is so honoured most frequently and to whom the unseen is frequently disclosed. . There is a prophecy in the Aḥādīth that there will appear among the Muslims one who will be called 'Īsā and Ibne-Maryam and will be designated a Prophet, that is to say, he will be so frequently honoured with converse with God and so much of the unseen will be disclosed to him as is not possible in the case of anyone except a. Prophet as God Almighty has said: 115 فَلا يُظْهِرُ عَلَى غَيْبِةٍ اَحَدًا إِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضَى مِن رَّسُولٍ. This means that: 'God does not grant anyone clear and consistent ascendancy over His domain of the unseen, except him whom He chooses as His Messenger. '. It has been established that the bounty of converse with. God and of disclosure of the unseen has been bestowed on me to a degree to which it has not been bestowed on anyone during the last thirteen hundred years. Should anyone challenge this, the onus of proof lies with him. 115 Al-Jinn, 72:27-28 [Publisher]