The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam — Page 399
398 Α'ΙΝΑ-Ε-ΚΑMĀLĀT-E-ISLAM-DAFI UL-WASĀWIS Muhammad, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, points precisely to this, for Muhammadsas means 'the most highly praised' and such praises can be conceived of only when all the different excellences of the Prophets and their distinc- tive qualities should be found in the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Many verses of the Holy Quran, the reproduction of which here would lengthen this statement, indicate and indeed clearly point out that the personality of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was an amalgamation of the personalities of all the Prophets in spiritual merits and spiritual excellences. Every Prophet, finding that he bore a resemblance with him [the Holy Prophetsas], anticipated that he would indeed come in his name. The Noble Quran says in one place that the Prophet who most resembles Abraham is this Prophet, and there is a hadith in Şahih al-Bukhārī in which the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, says that he has such a striking resemblance to the Messiah as if his being and mine are joined together. Hence, this hadith corroborates that sentence of the Messiah [Jesusas] where he says that that Prophet [i. e. Muhammadsas] would come in his name. And that is exactly what happened so that when our Messiah [the Holy Prophet], may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, came, he completed all the tasks that the Messiah of Nazareth had left incomplete. He bore witness to his truth and declared him innocent of the charges which the Jews and the Christians had heaped upon him and thus he became the cause for sending joy to the spirit of the Messiah. This was the first zealous outpouring of the soul of Jesus of Nazareth which achieved its purpose through the advent of our Lord and Master, our Messiah, the Seal of the Prophets, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. So all praise belongs to Allah.