The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 72
72. Essence of Islam-IV. God promises that through perfect obedience to the. Holy Prophets you can acquire all the various excellences of the Prophetsas, and you think that to acquire the excellences of just one Prophet is heresy! [Chashma-e-Masīḥī, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 20, pp. 353-355]. I swear in the name of God that as He spoke to. Abrahamas and to Isaacas and to Ishmaelas and to. Jacobs and to Josephas and to Moses as and to Jesus son of Maryas and, last of all, to our Holy Prophetsa in such manner that He vouchsafed to him the most luminous and holy revelation, in the same way He has also honoured me with His converse. This honour has been bestowed upon me only on account of my obedience to the Holy Prophetsa. Had I not been one of his followers and had I not obeyed him, I would never have been honoured with such Divine converse even if my good deeds had piled up as high as the mountains. All Prophethood has now come to an end except the Prophethood of Muḥammadsa. No law-bearing Prophet can now come, but a non-lawbearing Prophet can come, provided he is a follower of the Holy Prophets. In this way I am both a follower and a Prophet. My Prophethood-i. e. , converse with God-is a reflection of the. Prophethood of the Holy Prophets and nothing more. It is the same Prophethood of Muḥammadsa that has manifested itself in me. [Tajalliyat-e-Ilāhiyah, Rūḥānī Khaza'in, vol. 20, pp. 411-412]. I have repeatedly affirmed that the revelation which. I put forth is certainly and absolutely the word of