The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 147
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. Regarding the subject of Khataman Nabiyyeen, we should emphasize the point that the excellence does not lie in being just the last prophet in time but in being the greatest and most perfect. Thus the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be on him, was the Seal of. Prophets, the greatest and most perfect. By his Seal, he attested to truth of all previous prophets, as they are mentioned in the Holy. Quran. And in future no one can be granted prophethood except one who is attested by his Seal and is his follower and is totally obedient to him. The Promised Messiah was attested by the Holy Prophet. Muhammad (peace be on him), the Seal of Prophets, as he prophesied about him. He was his follower and most obedient servant. . Regarding this subject, we quote below from writings of. Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Founder of the Ahmadiyya. Movement. 1. "In my address I proclaimed, and do so again, that the charge preferred against me as if I claim to be a prophet of a type who has no relationship with Islam, and that I consider myself a prophet who is not bound by the Holy Quran, and that I have instituted a new credo and have appointed a new Qibla, and that I claim to have abrogated the law of Islam, and that I do not follow and obey the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, is entirely false. I consider a claim of such prophethood as amounting to disbelief and I have set forth throughout, in all my books, that I do not claim any such prophethood, and that it is a calumny to attribute such a claim to me. . The basis on which I call myself a prophet is that I am honoured with the converse of God Almighty, that He speaks to me frequently, and responds to me, and discloses many hidden things to me, and informs me about future events, in a manner that He adopts only towards one who enjoys special nearness to Him, and that on account of the multiplicity of these matters He has designated me a prophet. Thus, I am a prophet in accordance with divine command and it would be a sin on my part to deny it, and I shall continue to be firmly established on it till I pass away from the world. I am not a prophet in the sense that I separate myself from Islam, or abrogate any commandment of. Islam. I bear the yolk of the Holy Quran and no one dare abrogate a 147