Reply to a Mockery — Page 55
Response to the booklet entitled Ilh a m i Girgit 55 I am Moses and Joshua. And if anyone wants to see Jesus and Simon, then know that I am Jesus and Simon. And if you want to see Muhammad and Am i rul-Mu’min i n [lit. ‘Leader of the Faithful’, here referring to Hadrat Ali ra], peace and blessings of Allah be upon them, then know that I am Muhammad s as and Ali as. ( Bi h arul-Anw a r, Muhammad B a qir al-Majlisi, vol. 53, p. 9, First Printing, Matba‘ al-Am i r a tu lit-Taba‘ah wan-Nashr wat-Tauzi‘, Beirut, 2008) Similarly, Hadrat Sh a h Wali yy ull a h writes: َزْعُم ُ الْعَامَّۃ ُ اَنَّہ ٗ اِذَا نَزَل َ فِی ي َ ْن َ ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص و ي ِّد ِ الْمُرْسَلِ ي َ ْہ ِ اَنْوَار ُ س ي َّنْعَكِس َ فِ ي ْ ٌ حُق َّ لَہ ٗ اَن ُو َ شَرْح ٌ لِلِْسْم ِ الْجَامِع ِ الْمُحَمَّدِی ِّ وَنُسْخَۃ ه ْ مَّۃِ. ك ََّ بَل ُْ َان َ وَاحِدًا مِّن َ ال ک ِ الَْرْض مَّۃِ. ُْ ْن َ اَحَد ٍ مِّن َ ال ي مُّنَسَّخَۃ ٌ مِّنْہ ُ فَشَتَّان َ بَیْنَہ ٗ وَبَ The Promised One, who is to appear in the future, has the right to reflect in his person the light of the Chief of Prophets, Muhammad s as. The average person believes that the Promised One will be just an ordinary follower of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as. Not at all! In fact, he will be a full exposition of the name ‘Muhammad’ and he will be a true copy of the Holy Prophet’s light and virtues. Thus there is a difference between him and the common mem- bers of the Ummah. ( Al-Khairul-Kath i r, Hadrat Sh a h Wali yy ull a h Mu h addith Dehlav i , translated by Maul a n a ‘ A bidur-Ra h m a n Sidd i q i p. 236–237, Matba‘ Sa‘ i d i , Karachi)