The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 73
Status of the Promised Messiahas 73 God, as the Holy Qur'an and the Torah are the word of God, and I am a Prophet of God by way of reflec- tion. Every Muslim is bound to obey me in religious matters, and is bound to accept me as the Promised Messiah. Everyone whom my call has reached and does not accept me as Hakam³ and does not believe in me as the Promised Messiah and does not esteem the revelation that is vouchsafed to me as coming from God, is accountable in heaven-even if he is a Muslim for he has rejected that which he had to accept at its time. I do not say merely that had I been an impostor I would have been destroyed, but I also affirm that I am true in my claim like Mosesas, Je- susas, Davidas and the Holy Prophetsa. God has exhibited more than ten thousand signs in my sup- port. The Holy Qur'an bears witness for me and so does the Holy Prophetsa. [Tohfat-un-Nadwah, Rūņānī Khazā'in, vol. 19, pp. 95-96] Triumph of Islam Since the period of the Prophethood of the Holy Prophetsa extends to the Day of Judgement and he is Khatam-ul-Anbiyā '40, God did not so design that mankind should be united in one faith during his lifetime, for this would have marked the end of his era, and one could be led to think that since the task that had been assigned to the Holy Prophetsa had been completed, his Prophethood had also come to 39 The Arbiter [Translator] 40 Seal of Prophets [Publisher]