With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 341
Appendix I 341 Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of All ā h be upon him) and is not a new prophethood. Its only purpose is to make manifest to the world the truth of Isl ā m and to display the righteousness of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of All ā h be upon him). [ Chashma-e-Ma‘rifat , R ū h ā n ī Khaz ā ’in, Volume 23, Pages 339- 341] Remember, I am not a messenger or prophet by virtue of a new law, a new claim or a new name; but I am a messenger and prophet by virtue of perfect reflection. I am the mirror in which the form and the prophethood of Muhammad are perfectly reflected. Had I been a claimant of distinct prophethood, God Almighty would not have named me Muhammad and Ahmad and Mustaf ā and Mujtab ā. Nor would I have been bestowed the title of Kh ā tam-ul-Auliy ā ’ [ Seal of the Elect of God ], resembling the title of the Seal of the prophets. In such a case, I would have been given a separate name. But God Almighty admitted me completely into the being of Muhammad, so much so that He did not desire that I should have a separate name or a separate tomb, for a reflection cannot be separated from its original. Why did this come about? It came about because God had appointed the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of All ā h be upon him) as Seal of Prophets , and, in order to maintain the parallel between the Mosaic dispensation and the Muhammad ī dispensation, it was necessary that the Muhammad ī Messiah should be bestowed the dignity of prophethood like the Mosaic Messiah, so that the Muhammad ī prophethood should not be considered deficient in any respect when compared to the Mosaic prophethood. Therefore, God Almighty created me as a perfect reflection, and invested me with the reflection of Muhammad ī prophethood, so that in one aspect I should bear the title of