The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 105
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI highly of themselves out of arrogance, and shall protect you spiritually. Peace, is the word from the Merciful Lord. Peace be on you, you are pure. Step forward today. O ye guilty ones. I shall stand with my Messenger and shall observe a fast and shall break the fast, and shall rebuke him who rebukes you and shall bestow upon you that which shall endure. I shall bestow upon you, the light of My manifestation, I shall not depart from the land till the expiry of the fixed term. I am the Lightning and I am the Gracious One, the Lord of bounty and forgiveness. (Tadhkirah pp. 281-283). . Note: some of above revelations are a repetition of verses of the Holy. Quran. Their purpose is to emphasize some aspects of connotation of the verses and their applicability to a particular set of circumstances. . The revelation of a Quranic verse does not mean any addition to the. Holy Quran. This type of revelation does not substitute for Quranic revelation. 3. Revelation (Arabic): "Call down blessings on Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, Chief of mankind and Seal of the. Prophets. ". This indicates that all these bounties and exaltations are on account of the Holy Prophet and a reward for loving him. In the same way the direction to call down blessings on the family of the Holy. Prophet means that in acquiring divine light, love for the members of the household of the Holy Prophet plays a great part and that a person who attains nearness to God does so by virtue of spiritual inheritance from those holy ones and becomes their heir in respect of all his knowledge and spiritual insight (Tadhkirah p. 51). 4. Revelation (Arabic): "I am thy Helper, I shall protect thee. . I shall make thee a leader of men. Do the people wonder at this? Tell them: Allah is wonderful, He chooses whom He likes from among His servants. He is not questioned about that which He does and they are questioned. We revolve these days among the people. ". The last part of the revelation means that everything happens. by turn and that divine favours continue to be bestowed upon individuals from among the Muslims turn by turn (Tadhkirah p. 53). 105