A Misconception Removed — Page 9
A Misconception Removed 9 disclosure of the unseen, while Nubuwwat means the disclosure of the unseen. Nabi is a word common to both Arabic and He- brew. In Hebrew it is pronounced Nābī and its root is Nāba, meaning to prophesy on the basis of knowledge received from God. A Prophet is not necessarily a law-bearer, but Prophethood is a Divine gift through which matters of the unseen are revealed. Since I have myself witnessed the clear fulfilment of about a hundred and fifty Divine prophecies, how can I deny for myself the title of Nabī or Rasul? Since God has Himself bestowed these titles upon me, why should I forsake them for fear of anyone else? I swear by God Who has sent me and cursed be those who fabricate lies about Him-that He has sent me as the Promised Messiah. Just as I believe in the verses of the Holy Quran, so do I believe without the least difference-in the manifest Revelation which has been revealed to me, and the truth of which God has demonstrated to me through repeated signs. I am ready to swear in the precincts of the Holy House of God [Baitullah] that the pure Revelation which de- scends upon me is the word of the same God Who spoke to Mosesas, to Jesusas, and to the Holy Prophetsa. The earth has borne witness to my truth as has the heavens. Both have proclaimed that I am the Vicege-