Reply to a Mockery — Page 73
Response to the booklet entitled Ilh a m i Girgit 73 Hadrat Mirza Sahib considered it a sin to claim equality with the Holy Prophet s as. According to him, anyone claiming equality had to be false. He always ranked himself as a follower and servant and slave of the Holy Prophet s as : The Messenger, Muhammad of Arabia, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him […] is truthful, and indeed the Chief of the truthful. He was vehemently rejected, but in the end, it was this very Messenger who was bestowed the crown of honour. I am one of his serv- ants and subordinates. ( H aq i qatul-Wa hi, English transla- tion, p. 348; see also Haqiqatul-Wahi , Ru ha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, p. 286) He also says: تحنن و ّ برحمة ی ال انظر الغلمان احقر انا سيدي يا O my Master! Turn to me with mercy and compassion. I am the most humble of your slaves. Moreover, he has said: I also believe that without following our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) it is not possible to reach even the lowest stage of the straight path, not to mention the impossibility of attaining the higher stages of progress along the paths of righteousness without follow- ing this Leader of Messengers. We cannot achieve any sta- tion of eminence or excellence and no rank of honour or