Tadhkirah — Page 514
514 September 7, 1900 Maul a n a ‘Abdul-Kar i m ra writes in a letter: While he was suffering from headache yesterday, the Promised Messiah [as] repeatedly received the revelation: 537 [From the Letter of Maulav i ‘Abdul-Kar i m ra , September 8, 1900, reproduced in al- H akam, vol. 10, no. 35, October 10, 1906, p. 10] 1900 While I was engaged upon the compilation of this book, Allah the Almighty addressed me and said: [Urdu] Yal a sh is the name of God Himself. This is a revealed new word which is not found in this form in the Qur’an or h ad i th or in any dictionary. It has been disclosed to me that it connotes [ y a l a shar i k ] [O You without an associate]. The purpose of this revelation is that no human being possesses a quality or a name or performs any action which is peculiar to Him and is not to be found in any other. That is why the qualities and the miracles of every Prophet are displayed, by way of reflection, by some of his selected followers who have a perfect spiritual relationship with him, lest the ignorant ones should hold a Prophet to be without an associate because of some uniqueness. To call a Prophet Yal a sh would amount to utter disbelief. [Tu h fah-e-Golarhviyyah, p. 69 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 17, pp. 203–204, footnote] 537 [Arabic] I shall come to you suddenly with the leaders. [Publishers]