The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 148
148 Essence of Islam-III In short, I alone have been honoured with so great a share of Divine revelation and of knowledge of the un- seen as has not been bestowed on any of the Auliya' and Abdal and Aqtab among the Muslims before me. For this reason I alone have been bestowed the title of Prophet and no one else has deserved it because it implies fre- quency of revelation and repeated disclosure of the un- seen, a condition which was not fulfilled by any of them. [Haqiqat-ul-Waļī, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 406-407] My critic has further objected that God Almighty has said: الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي 116 Therefore no reformer or Prophet is now needed. In so thinking the critic has raised an objection against the Holy Qur'an itself, inasmuch as the Holy Qur'an has promised the appointment of successors from among the Muslims and has said that through them faith would be strengthened, doubts would be set at rest and security would be restored after a state of fear. Thus if nothing is permissible after the perfection of the faith, then, accord- ing to the critic, the Khilafat that continued for thirty years after the Holy Prophetsa would also be rendered unnecessary, as the faith had been perfected and nothing more was needed. The citation of the verse 117 الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِيْكُمْ by the critic is out of place. We do not allege that a reformer or a Muhaddath detracts anything from the faith or adds anything to it. What we say is that when, after the lapse 116 This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed My favour upon you. '-Al-Ma'idah, 5:4, [Publisher] 117 Ibid.