The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 77
Status of the Promised Messiahas 77 mirror of love. If a person is chagrined over this revelation in which God Almighty has called me Prophet and Messenger, it is foolish on his part, for my being Prophet and Messenger does not break the Divine seal. [Eik Ghalaţī Kā Izālah, Rūņānī Khazā'in, vol. 18, pp. 210-211] Twenty-six years ago, I was named Muhammad and Ahmad in Brāhīn-e-Ahmadiyyah and designated a spiritual reflection of the Holy Prophets. This is why in Brāhīn-e-Ahmadiyyah people were told: And it was also said: قل ان كنتم تحبون الله فاتبعوني يحببكم الله كل بركة من محمد صلى الله عليه و سلم فتبارك من علم و تعلم " If someone asks, how is it to be determined whether the Hadith لو كان الايمان معلقا بالثريا لناله رجل من فارس 4 refers to me, and why it might not have reference to someone else from among the Muslims, the answer is that, in Brāhīn-e-Ahmadiyyah, Divine revelation has repeatedly pronounced me as the person referred to in this Hadith, and I call God Almighty to witness that this is the word of God Almighty that descended upon me. 43 If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you. [Publisher] 44 Every blessing is from Muhammadsa, and thus blessed is he who taught and he who was taught. [Publisher] 45 Had faith ascended to the Pleiades, a man from among the Persians would have brought it down. [Publisher]