Truth Prevails — Page 37
( 37 ) Commenting upon this verse, Allama Raghib has said: “Those who obey God and the Prophet, in point of rank and reward, they have been made equal to all those who have merited the blessings of Allah in the past. The Prophet raised in this Ummat has been made like the other Prophets; the Siddiq in this Ummat has been made equal to the Siddiqs in other dispensations; and so on, in the case of the Shohada , and the Salihin. ” Thus we find that the outcome of the discussion on the sense and meaning of these two verses under reference is this: Through obedience rendered to other Prophets of the Lord, the highest eminence one could reach, was to become a Siddiq which is only another title for a wali. But since the Holy Prophet Mohammad is Khataman Nabiyyin , ( ) the honour and distinction of Prophethood can now be extended only to one who is one of his followers, to one who is an Ummati , in relation to him. This is the reason why, in praise of the Holy Prophet, we find the Promised Messiah writing: “Our Prophet, peace be on him, is a Prophet of such eminence and rank, that even a follower of this Prophet can become a Prophet himself; and he can come to be called Isa, even though he is an Ummati. ” ( Zamima Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya , Part V, page 184) Further, while giving an exposition of Khataman Nabiyyin the Promised Messiah also wrote: “Obedience rendered to him, in the ways of life, favours with Kamalat of Nabuwwat and his spiritual concentration is capable of carving out a Prophet. This holy power has not been extended to any other Prophet. ” ( Haqiqatul Wahyi page 97) The Promised Messiah also wrote: “Apart from him, to no other Prophet has this seal been extended. He is the only one under whose seal a Prophethood can be obtained, for which a binding condition is that he should be his Ummati. ” ( Haqiqatul Wahyi , page 28) Then again, while commenting, in another place, on the verse in Sura Jomu’a, namely, the Promised Messiah writes: “This verse embraces a prophecy in regard to the appearance of a Prophet, towards the latter days. Otherwise there is no justification why people should be called Companions of the Apostle, born after the time of the Holy Prophet, who never saw him, or met him. ” ( Tatimma Haqiqatul Wahyi , page 67)