Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page 71
Belief of the Promised Messiah 71 Real Definition 4) He who manifests the knowledge of the unseen from God will, by definition, be truly called a Nab i in accordance with the following verse: …He does not grant anyone ascendency over his domain of the unseen…. [except him whom He chooses as His Messenger. ] (al-Jinn, 72:27) ( Eik Ghalat i k a Iz a lah, Ruhani Khaz a ’in , vol. 18, p. 208) Islamic Terminology 5) In Islamic terminology, a Nab i is one who receives converse from God which contains knowledge of the unseen, mighty prophecies, and conveys them to Allah’s creatures. (Speech of the Promised Messiah as , al- H akm , May 6, 1908) 6) If one who is bestowed knowledge of the unseen by God Almighty cannot bear the title of Nab i then how should he be designated? If you should say that such a one should be called Mu h addath , I would counter that no lexicon attributes to ta h d i th [appointment by God of someone as Mu h addath ] the connotation of disclosure of the unseen, but nubuwwat has this connotation. ( Eik Ghalat i k a Iz a lah, R uhani Khaz a ’in , vol. 18, p. 207) Linguistic Term 7) I am called a Nab i because both in Arabic and in Hebrew Nab i means one who receives revelations from God and makes prophecies in abundance. (Letter to Akhb a r-e-‘ A m , May 23, 1908). . .