The Verdict of the Quran and Sunnah — Page 16
16 A Review of the Booklet ‘ Fai s lah A p Kare in ’—Judge for Yourself The prophecy of the second advent of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa —destined to take place by way of reflection—was to be fulfilled in the person of the Promised Mahd i as , who was to bring the faith back to this world. It was he who was the one whom our sages called ‘the complete reflection of our lord and master, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. ’ He was his shadow, the reflection of his light, and to such a degree that his inner conscience became the same as that of Hadrat Muhammad sa. The following three examples prove this point clearly. First, Hadrat Im a m ‘Abdur-Razz a q K a sh a n i rh says: ( Shara h Fu sus il- H ikam, printed in Egypt, p. 52) That is, the Mahd i who will come in the latter days will be a follower of the Shariah of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. Except for the Holy Prophet sa , all the other Prophets and saints ( auliy a ’ ) would be followers of the Mahd i , because his inner self ( b at in ) is the inner self of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. Hadrat Im a m ‘Abdur-Razz a q K a sh a n i rh has declared the inner self of the Im a m Mahd i as to be the inner self of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa ; and in doing so, declares him to be the reflection, zill and bur u z of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. Second, Hadrat Shah Wali’ull a h Mu h addith Dehlvi rh , in his book, al-Khairul-Kath i r , writes: