Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 122
_,_. . . ,, I 4 •• _, J. , a, ). ; ,,; ' ~ \ ~~~c,;t. . ~ 11 They shall enter Islam, hosts of them" set in, a section of the converts, being little acquainted with the true concept of these terms, began to express divergent views in the exposition of these express- ions. They used to hear these significant expressions •c. S~ ,. s-:i ~• and ••~°YI. ,. :. T ~I' and some of them used to ponder their meaning. They had not yet become acquainted with the basic truth of the pro- found spiritual philosophy that underlay the conce- pt in ·which the Holy Prophet (Allah bless him) has indicated his person as the central junction of the former and succeeding lines of spiritual comm- unication. Since the central point of Islamic faith is the Holy Kalima •There is no God but Allah and Mohammad is His Prophet" and it does not contain any reference to'O,-:. i ~• nor does ·the Hadith relating to five pillars of faith mention anything about •o_,. ; ~• they therefore looked at it al an academic question, It must be borne in mind, in this connection, that the outward criteria of faith in Islam as the Holy Prophet (Allah bless him) emphasized on manv occasions, is merely pronouncement of the Holy Kalima -~lt};!; il f ~t. ,:u,fl 6. . !H~ - , ~~ ••There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet. " Whoever therefore believes in the Kalima, and in the Onene1s of God and the prophethood of Muhammad the Apostle of Allah (May peare be on him) according to the formula concept of Islam. becomes entitled to be termed as a ?tluslim and a member of the following of the Prophet (Allah bless him). Other matters concern 122