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T HE W IL L—AL-WA T HE W IL L—AL-WA S S IY YAT IY YAT 14 His Attributes, in His Actions and in His Powers. All doors to reach Him are closed except the one, which the Noble Quran has opened. And all Prophethoods and all Books of the past are no longer required to be followed independently, because the Prophethood of Muhammad s as comprises and encompasses them all. And except for it [the Prophethood of Muhammad s as ] all routes to God are closed. Each and every truth which leads to God is in it [the Holy Quran] alone. Neither will any truth come after this, nor is there any earlier truth which is not pres- ent in it. It is for this reason that all Prophethoods have ended with [the coming of ] this Prophethood. And so it should have been: for a thing which has a beginning must also have an end. But this Prophethood of Muhammad s as in its intrinsic beneficence suffers from no handicap. Indeed, its beneficence far surpasses the beneficence of other Prophethoods. Following the Prophethood of Muhammad s as is the easiest route through which one can reach God. Obedience to it wins the gift of Divine love and communion greater and more than ever before. However, a perfect follower of it [the Prophethood of Muhammad s as ] cannot be called a prophet per se, for that would be an affront to the perfect and absolute Prophethood of Muhammad s as. Yet, with regard to him [the fol- lower of the Holy Prophet s as ], the two expressions Ummat i 1 and Nab i [Prophet] can be applied in conjunction. Because by doing so no disrespect is implied to the perfect and final Prophethood of Muhammad s as. Rather because of this beneficence of the Holy Prophet s as , the light of his Prophethood becomes all the more 1. The true follower of Muhammad s as who is blessed with his benefi- cence and, through this, can attain each and every spiritual station. [Publisher]