Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 460
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 460 they strive and struggle to win the pleasure of God Almighty— they will not be apportioned any share, and God’s inevitable reply to them is: ‘No more! A seal has been affixed for you. ’ Apart from this, what would be greater insolence in the pres- ence of Almighty Allah and thinking ill of Him, and [greater] degradation of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and [greater] disgrace upon Islam? This is verily the powerful and unparalleled weapon in our hand to rebuke other nations, and this is precisely what you are giving up. Similarities between the Mosaic Dispensation and the Muhammadan Dispensation There is yet another thing worth pondering over. Almighty Allah established two dispensations. The first dispensation was the Mosaic dispensation. The second dispensation is the dispensation of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him; that is, the Muhammadan s as dispensation. And this second dispensation was designated as the like of the first one as the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him was also called ‘the like of Moses’. This is indeed what was written in the Torah’s Book of Deuteronomy that I will raise up a Prophet like you from among your brethren, and it was said in the Holy Quran: 1 ۤاَّنِا ۤاَنْلَسْرَا ْمُكْيَلِا اًلْوُسَر اًدِهاَش ْمُكْيَلَع ۤاَمَك ۤاَنْلَسْرَا ىٰلِا َنْوَعْرِف اًلْوُسَر ۤاَّنِا ۤاَنْلَسْرَا ْمُكْيَلِا اًلْوُسَر اًدِهاَش ْمُكْيَلَع ۤاَمَك ۤاَنْلَسْرَا ىٰلِا َنْوَعْرِف اًلْوُسَر Meaning that, indeed, We have sent to you a Messenger who is a witness over you. This Messenger has been sent just as a Messenger was sent to Pharaoh (i. e. , like Moses). 1. S u rah al-Muzzammil, 73:16 [Publisher]