Life of Ahmad — Page 821
821 CHAPTER 77 REMOVES A MISCONCEPTION On Nov. 5, 1901, Ahmad as issued a leaflet to correct a mistake. A follower of his was asked as to whether Ahmad as was a Prophet of God or not, and he replied in the negative. So Ahmad as explained in this leaflet that the negative answer was not correct, because God had addressed him as a Prophet and called him as such in hundreds of his revelations (see Tadhkirah ). It is true, he said, that there could be no Prophet after Muhammad sa who might bring a new shariah, nor could any one attain to this honour independently of the Holy Prophet sa ; but by following in his footsteps and becoming an image of Muhammad sa one could cartainly become a true Prophet of God. The Quranic prayer (Al-F a ti h ah 1:6) clearly indicates that it is possible to attain to the various stages of spiritual perfection including that of prophethood (see Al-Nis a ’ 4:70). In this sense Ahmad as had never denied being a Prophet, so he was a Prophet of God though he had brought no