Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page 28
N UBUWWAT AND K HIL A FAT 28 that his sayings would be as sacred as those of the Promised Messiah as. Finally, the statements, up to the establishment of the second khil a fat, of those who did not take the pledge also point towards the right path. Sayings of the Promised Messiah as In this respect, I will present two types of sayings from the Promised Messiah as : (I) sayings of a general nature in which there are promises of the establishment of khil a fat among the Muslims on a permanent basis after the Holy Prophet sa and (II) specific sayings in which it is pointed out clearly that there would be khil a fat after the Promised Messiah as. Sayings of a General Nature 1) In his book Shah a dat-ul-Qur’ a n , the Promised Messiah as writes: Some people deny the general application to all Muslims of the verse: Allah has promised to those among you who believe and do good works that He shall surely make them Succes- sors in the earth, as He made Successors from among those who were before them. . . (al-N u r, 24:56) They contend that “those among you” here means only the Companions ( ra d i-Allaho ‘anhum ) and that khil a fat came to an end with them; that it would not re-appear among the Muslims up to the Day of Judgment. In other words, the khil a fat appeared only as a dream or fancy for a brief period of thirty years; after that period. . .