Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 61
27 OCTOBER 1905 61 Revelation will Continue in Ummat-e-Muhammadiyyah STUDENT-So you receive revelation? But revelation comes only to Prophets. THE PROMISED MESSIAH^s—God Almighty says in the Holy Quran that even the mother of Moses received revelation. Has this Ummah become worse than women? This would be a back-breaking thing for the enlightened. Have all the doors been closed for us? Does a worldly person not need to advance? God does not desire to keep this Ummah imperfect. I cannot accept that the earlier peoples attained so many blessings, and this Ummah was kept wholly deprived. The Status of the Promised Messiahas STUDENT-Then this is the status of a wali. THE PROMISED MESSIAH AS-When did I say that my status is that of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him? However, you are unaware that the status of a walī is no less. On the contrary, some are of the opinion that the status of wilāyat is greater because wilāyat is the means of [attaining] love, nearness, and Divine cognizance, while prophethood is an official duty. The Jews believe that Hadrat Ibrāhīm was a walī and superior to all the Prophets. However, I believe that tak- ing even one step away from the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is kufr [disbelief]. I have received the revelation that: كُلُّ بَرَكَةٍ مِّنْ مُّحَمَّدٍ [Every blessing is from Muhammad. ]