A Misconception Removed — Page 20
20 Eik Ghalațī Kā Izāla as a non-entity and presents the Holy Prophetsa in his place. The appearance of a Burūz has similarly been promised in the verse: إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنُكَ الْكَوْثَرَة 35 It means that in his time Kauthar would be mani- fested, i. e. , springs of spiritual blessings will flow freely and a great number of people will become true adherents of Islam. This verse looks with disdain at the need of physical progeny and promises, instead, progeny by way of Burūz. Although God Almighty has blessed me with the honour that I am both an Is- raelite and a Fatimite, and I partake of both bloods, I still give precedence to the spiritual relationship, which is that of Burūz. The aim of this discourse is that while my ignorant opponents accuse me of claiming to be a Prophet or Messenger, I myself make no such claim. I am neither a Prophet nor a Messenger as they think. But I am a Prophet and a Messenger in the way that I have just explained. Therefore, false and evil is the thinking of the one who mischievously accuses me of claiming to be a Prophet and Messenger. It is only by way of Bu- rūz that I have been made a Prophet and a Messenger, and it is on this very basis that Allah has repeatedly 35 Surely We have given thee abundance of good. Al-Kauthar, 108:2 [Publishers]