The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 78
78 Essence of Islam-IV و من ينكر به فاليبارز للمباهلة و لعنة الله على 46 من كذب الحق او افترى على حضرة العزة " No one else from among the Muslims has ever made this claim that God Almighty has so named him and that he alone is entitled to make this claim on the ba- sis of Divine revelation. To charge me with having claimed to be a Prophet on my own is the height of folly and ignorance and is utterly opposed to the truth. O' ignorant people, my claim to Prophethood does not mean that, God forbid, I claim to be a Prophet as against the Holy Prophets, or that I claim to have brought a new Shariah. My Prophethood means the frequent experience of Divine converse and address that has been granted to me on account of my obedience to the Holy Prophets. You people also admit the possibility of Divine converse, so our difference is only over the interpretation of terms. What you regard as the Divine converse, I, in obedi- ence to the God's commandment, denote its frequency as Prophethood. 47 و لكل ان يصطلح " [Haqiqat-ul-Waļī, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 502-503] 46 He who denies this should be ready to come forth for Mubāhalah and may the curse of Allah overtake him who denies the truth or manufactures a lie against the Lord of Honour. [Publisher] 47 'Everyone is entitled to adopt an expression. ' [Translator]