The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 29
Status of the Promised Messiahas 29 blessed religion, the name of which is Islam, is the only faith that leads to God Almighty and is the only faith, which fulfils all the pure demands of human nature. . . The God of Islam does not shut the door of His grace upon anyone. He calls everyone to come to Him and the door is opened for those who eagerly run towards Him. Bounties and Titles I have, by the sheer grace of God, and not on ac- count of any merit of my own, been accorded a full measure of the bounty, which was bestowed before me on the Prophets and Messengersas and the Cho- sen ones of God. It would not have been possible for me to be granted this bounty had I not followed the ways of my lord and master, the Pride of the Proph- ets, the Best of Mankind, Muhammadsa. Whatever I have been given, I have been given due to this ad- herence and I know through my true and perfect knowledge that no man can reach God except through following the Holy Prophetsa nor can anyone arrive at a full understanding of God except through him. [Haqiqat-ul-Wahī, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 59-65] Some ignorant people wrongly imagine that I claim to be a recipient of revelation by way of imposture. In truth, this is the act of the Powerful God, Who created the heavens and earth and the universe. Whenever faith in God declines, someone like me is raised; God speaks to him and manifests His won-