A Misconception Removed — Page 13
A Misconception Removed 13 Since I am the Holy Prophets by way of Burūz, and all his perfections and excellences, including his Prophethood, are reflected in the mirror of my Zilliy- yat, where then is the person who claimed to be an independent Prophet? If you still do not accept me, then you should know that it is written in your own books of Hadith that the Promised Mahdi will be like the Holy Prophets, both in character and appearance. His name will corre- spond to the name of the Holy Prophetsa-which means that he will be given the name Muhammad and Ahmad; and that he will belong to the Holy Prophet'ssa household. 26 It is written in some Tradi- 26 It derives from my ancestral history that one of my great-grandmothers was from a noble Sayyed family and a descendant of Hadrat Fatima. This was confirmed by the Holy Prophets, who said to me in a dream: سَلْمَانُ مِنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ عَلَى مَشْرَبِ الْحَسَنِ He named me Salman which means two Silms. Silm in Arabic denotes rec- onciliation. This means that it is decreed that two kinds of reconciliation would be brought about through me: The first is internal reconciliation, by means of which the internal malice and rancour would be removed; and the second is external reconciliation, which will put an end to all the causes of external enmity, and, by manifesting the excellence and greatness of Islam, will attract people of other religions towards it. It appears that the one who has been referred to in the Hadith as Salmanb is also none other than my- self, because the prophecy of two reconciliations cannot be applied to . . . . contd on next page. . . a Salmān is from the people of my household on the disposition of Hasana. [Publishers] b Al-Mustadrak 'Alaş-Şahīhain, Kitāb Ma'rifatus-Şahāba, Dhikr-e-Salman Fārsī. [Publishers]