Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 230
230 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH (Abraham). One was in the near period and the other in remote period in which M u sa as (Moses), Jesus as and Hadrat Muhammad sa , and Promised Messiah as were included. In His wisdom, Allah, the Almighty decreed that the leaders of the near period of the Holy Prophet’s ummah should be leader Khulaf a ’, and that of the remote period be Prophet Khalifah, so that Khulaf a ’-e-R a shid i n would bear great resemblance in light of the Holy Prophet’s sa statement that, 50 “The Ulema of my ummah will be like the Prophets of Ban i Isr a ’ i l,” even though they were not Prophets. The last Khalifah is an ummati in one respect and a Prophet in another respect, so that no deficiency may be left in order of resemblance. Observe how under the training of the Holy Prophet sa , these four Khulaf a ’ glorified their religion more than those Prophets (of Ban i Isr ai l); this is another great proof of the spiritual grace of the Holy Prophet sa. The words of the Promised Messiah as also remove any confusion. He mentions in Al-Wa s iyyat that: 50 Al-Mau du ‘ a tul Kab i r, p. 82, by Nuruddin Ali bin Sultan Al-Haraw i known as Mulla Ali Al-Q a r i. Publisher, N u r Muhammad, A ss a h ul Mat a bi‘ wa K a rkh a nah Tij a rat Kutub, A r a m B a gh, Karachi. Published by Educational Press, Karachi.