Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page 76
N UBUWWAT AND K HIL A FAT 76 e. I declare in the name of God Who controls my life that He has sent me and He has granted me the title Nab i. He has called me the Promised Messiah, and He has shown signs for my truthfulness which number about three hundred thousand. ( Ibid. , p. 503) f. The Promised Messiah as writes in commenting upon the verse: And among others from among them who have not yet joined them. . . . (al-Jumu‘ah, 62:4) This means that there is one group of the Companions of the Holy Prophet sa which had not yet appeared. Obviously, the Companions are those who appear during the lifetime of the Nab i and partake of his companionship in the state of being true believers, and benefit from his teaching and training. This proves that there will be a Nab i in the future generations, who would represent the reappearance of the Holy Prophet sa by way of reflection. Therefore, his Companions will be the Compan- ions of the Holy Prophet sa. They will render services in the way of Allah for their faith just like the Companions. In any event, this verse is a prophecy about the appearance of a Nab i in the Latter Days. Otherwise, there was no reason for calling the people who were to be born after the Holy Prophet sa as the Companions of the Prophet. ( Ibid. , p. 502) g. Moreover, the Promised Messiah as writes: In short I alone have been honoured with so great a share of Divine revelation and of knowledge of the unseen as has not been bestowed on any of the auliy a’ , abd a l, and aqt a b among the Muslims before me. For this reason I alone have been bestowed the title of Nab i and no one else has deserved it because it imports frequency of revelation and large disclosure. . .