Sixteenth Argument: Word Rasul also used for Muhaddas & Mujaddid
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Mirza had indeed claimed to be a prophet, he could not
have written, regarding the use of these terms for him,
that the word rasul (messenger or apostle) is a
general term used not only for prophets but also for
saints (muhaddas) and Divine reformers (mujaddid),
and that the word nabi too is applied to saints.
He wrote: ``The word rasul is a general term and includes the messenger, the prophet (nabi), and the saint (muhaddas).'' (Ainah Kamalat Islam, p. 322) ``By rasul are meant those persons who are sent by God, whether a prophet (nabi), or messenger (rasul), or saint (muhaddas), or Divine Reformer ( mujaddid).'' (Ayyam as-Sulh, footnote, p. 171) ``By rusul [plural of rasul] are meant those who are sent, whether a messenger, or prophet, or saint.'' (Shahadat al-Quran,p. 23) ``In terms of being sent by God (mursal), the prophet and the saint are on a par. And just as God has named prophets as mursal [`sent ones'], so has He also named the saints as mursal.'' (Shahadat al-Quran, p. 27) ``My intention from the beginning, which God knows well, is that this word nabi does not mean real prophethood, but denotes only a saint (muhaddas).'' (Majmu`a Ishtiharat, vol. i, p. 97) |