Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 780
780 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION not God, but only a Prophet and nothing more than that. I call God to witness that I bear such love for him as you cannot. You can never recognize him with the enlighten- ment with which I recognize him. There is no doubt that he was a beloved and exalted Prophet of God and was one of those who are particularly blessed by Him and purified by His hand. However, he was neither God nor the son of God. I do not say this on my own. Indeed, God, who is the Creator of heaven and earth, appeared to me and has made me the Promised Messiah for this latter age. He has revealed to me that Yasu' 'Isa Ibn-e-Maryamas [Jesus, 'Īsā, son of Mary] was not God or the son of God. God has informed me by addressing me that the Prophet who brought the Quran and called people to Islam is a true Prophets and that he is the one under whose feet lies sal- vation, and no one can ever achieve any light without fol- lowing him. When my God disclosed to me the high status and greatness of this Prophets, I trembled and my body was shaken. People have exaggerated their praise of Hadrat ‘Īsā the Messiah so much as to deify him, but they have not recognized the true status of the Holy Prophets in the manner worthy of his recognition and they do not real- ize his greatness as he deserves. He is the one Prophet who sowed the seed of Tauhid [the Oneness of God] in such a that it has not withered to waste even to this very day. way He is the one Prophets who appeared during the time when the whole world had been corrupted and he departed at a time when he had spread the Oneness of God all over the world like an ocean. And he is the one Prophet for whom God has been exhibiting His jealousy throughout