The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 132
132 يَا أَحْمَدُ جُعِلْتَ مُرْسَلًا Essence of Islam-III 'O Ahmad, you have been made a Messenger'; i. e. , as you were held worthy of the name of Ahmad, by way of burūz [second coming], while your name was Ghulām Ahmad, in the same way you have been held worthy of the title of a Prophet by way of buruz, inasmuch as Ahmad is the Prophet and Prophethood cannot be sepa- rated from him. [Tadhkirat-ush-Shahādatain, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 20, pp. 45-46] If anyone should ask how there can be a Prophet among the Muslims when God has put an end to Prophethood, the answer would be that God, the Lord of Honour and Glory, has named me Prophet only as proof of the perfec- tion of the Prophethood of the best of mankind. The per- fection of the Holy Prophetsa would be established only by the proof of the perfection of his followers, for, in the absence of such proof, the claim of the perfection of the Holy Prophets would not be substantiated in the eyes of the wise. The only meaning of the Seal of Prophethood is that all the excellences of Prophethood achieved their climax in the person of the Holy Prophetsa. Of the great excellences of Prophethood, is the perfection of the Holy Prophetsa in respect of the conveyance of spiritual grace to his followers, which cannot be established without its manifestation among them. Besides, I have mentioned several times that in the design of God, Prophethood in my case means only the frequency of converse with God and this concept is accepted by the leaders of the Ahl-e- Sunnah. Thus the controversy is purely verbal. Therefore, O you who possess wisdom and understanding, do not hasten towards denial. Allah's curse and the curse of