Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 153
The other view is that of the Ahmadiyya Com- munity according to which the doors to every eategory of Divine grace are not only still open as before but that they have been opened wider and that because of the exalted station a,nd glorious position of the Holy Prophet (Allah bless him) the springs of Divine favour and spiritual light are flowmg in full stream, that the graces that flowed independent- ly before have now been aligned to allegiance to him (Allah bless him). • • The Pl'omised ME:ssiah, in an address, to shi soveriegn master the Holy Prophet (Allah bless him) says: (f') ;;. '-, "'. :. . Jr' UJ-~ (. . L (,k l,,J. L,r. . ;~ ~~~- ' (l~h. ;:, uu;li. , "We became the best of the people because of thee O best of Proph<·ts I We marched for- ward as thou went ahead. " Now which of the two views. is in conformity with the eminent status of the Holy Prophet (Allah bless him) will be clear after a dispassionate comparative appraisal of. the two statements. Whether it is to his (Allah bless him) credit that his advent should result in the termination of prophethood of every form and that the drying up of a current should be attributed to him or that his elevated rank mak. es his holy person the fountain-head of prophethood and that the grace that was granted before him in~ dependently shnll henceforth be attainable through subordination to him,· through devotion to him and J. AyinaiKamalati-Islam, urn