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If Hazrat
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)
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