Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page 66
N UBUWWAT AND K HIL A FAT 66 There is no Prophet between me and him. ” ( Sunan Abi Daud 23 ) That is: I am a Nab i , and he will be a Nab i. The Holy Prophet sa further said in describing the honour and stature of this grand personality that, “Ab u Bakr is the most honoured within my ummah , except if a Nab i should appear. ” II Fulfilment of the Prophecies Then the blessed moment arrived when the holy personage, whose advent had been awaited by thousands of pious Muslims, was raised in the holy town of Qadian. He was granted the status of a Nab i and a Ras u l in the sacred converse revealed to him by Almighty Allah. Br a h i n-e-Ahmadiyyah , published in 1882–1885, includes the revelation: He it is Who sent His Ras u l with guidance and the religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over every other religion. ( Br a h i n-e-Ahmadiyyah, Ruhani Khaz a ’in , vol. 1, p. 498) Another revelation from Allah follows in the same book, “Champion of God, in the mantle of A ñ biy a’. ” ( Ibid. , p. 504) In the same book, very close to the above, is the revelation from Allah, “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. And those who are with him are hard against the disbelievers and tender among themselves. ” ( Ibid. , p. 508) The Promised Messiah as writes that, “In this Divine revela- tion I have been named Muhammad and also a Ras u l. ” ( Eik 23. Book of traditions of the Holy Prophet sa.