Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 453
26 September 1905 453 Messiah should be from this Ummah and that he should be blessed and taught by the Holy Prophet, may peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him, and receive illumination from his grace and guidance. The Essence of an Ummat i I have noticed that our adversaries cleverly say at this juncture that the coming Jesus will be an Ummat i [belonging to the Ummah of the Holy Prophet s as ]. This dilemma confronted them from [ S a hih a l- ] Bukh a r i and [ S a hih ] Muslim because it is written therein: 1 ْ م ُ ك ِْنْ م ْ م ُ ك ُ م َا م ِ ا ْ م ُ ك ِْنْ م ْ م ُ ك ُ م َا م ِ ا [ Im a mukum minkum — your Imam from among you] and 2 ْ م ُ ك ِْنْ م ْ م ُ مَك َ ا ْ م ُ ك ِْنْ م ْ م ُ مَك َ ا [ Ammakum minkum — He will lead you from among you]. This is why they make Jesus an Ummat i , but they fail to realize that an Ummat i is the one who was astray without the guidance of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Whatever guidance and blessing he attained, he attained by following the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his teaching. However, they fail to admit that Jesus, peace be on him, was misguided earlier and is still misguided. Whatever time he comes, at that time he will receive all that status and glory by acting upon the guidance and teachings of the Holy Prophet s as. In such a case, the meaning of ْ م ُ ك ِْنْ م ْ م ُ ك ُ م َا م ِ ا ْ م ُ ك ِْنْ م ْ م ُ ك ُ م َا م ِ ا [ Im a mukum minkum ] is not correct. It is a pity that these people have stopped pondering over the Holy Quran and the sayings of the Holy Prophet, may 1. S a hih al-Bukh a r i , Kit a b A ha d i th al-Anbiy a ’, B a b Nuz u l ‘ I s a ibn Maryam ‘alay- hima as-Sal a m, Hadith 3449 [Publisher] 2. S a hih Muslim, Kit a b al-Im a n, B a b Nuz u l ‘ I s a ibn Maryam H akiman bi Shar’iati Nabiyyina Mu h ammadin s as , Hadith 155 [Publisher]