The reason for this lies in his essential
perfection and the nature of his Prophethood. First of all, Prophet Muhammad
was expected for a long time, and his coming was promised through many signs.
Given this, there are numerous proofs of his Prophethood. Although elaborated
in previous chapters, we briefly list the signs showing his perfection and the
proofs of his Prophethood to show that he was the most worthy to make the
Ascension.
First:
Despite the great corruption in the Torah, Gospels,
and Psalms, Husain al-Jisri's Risala al-Hamidiya presents 110 signs
found in them that indicate Muhammad's Prophethood.
Second:
History also records the words of many pre-Islamic
soothsayers, such as Shiq and Satih, who foretold his Prophethood and that he
was the Last Prophet.
Third:
Many extraordinary events (irhasat) before his
Prophethood foretold the coming of a Prophet. For example, on the night he was
born, the Ka'ba's idols toppled over, and the pinnacles of the famous
palace of the Persian ruler Chosroes broke.
Fourth:
Muhammad was distinguished with approximately 1,000
miracles, all of which have been related by historians and biographers. To cite
only a few examples, he satisfied an army's thirst with water flowing from his
fingers and split the moon (54:1), and the dry wooden pole against which he
leaned while preaching in the mosque moaned like a camel in front of many
people when it was separated from him.
Fifth:
Friend and foe agree that all good qualities were
found in him to the highest degree, and that, as shown by his conduct, all
attributes and character of the highest excellence were apparent in the way he
performed his mission. In accordance with Islam's moral principles,
praiseworthy virtues of the highest order are found in the law
that he brought.
Sixth:
Wisdom requires that Divinity be shown because of
Its
perfection. Prophet Muhammad manifested God's Divinity at the
highest level and in the most brilliant fashion through the most perfect and
comprehensive way of worship contained in the religion that he brought. Due to
the wisdom in the universe's creation, the Creator of the world wills to
display His most perfect Beauty and Grace through the most appropriate means.
Clearly, Prophet Muhammad showed and described His Beauty and Grace most
perfectly. The Maker of the world wills to exhibit and draw attentive gazes
towards His perfect art of infinite Beauty; Muhammad proclaimed that art with
the clearest voice.
In response to the Lord of the worlds' will to
proclaim His Oneness in the realms of multiplicity, Muhammad announced His
Unity with all of Its aspects most perfectly. Due to His Wisdom, the Owner
of the world wills to see and show His infinite essential Beauty and Grace,
with all of their manifestations, in the mirrors of all beings; Muhammad
reflected them most brightly and made others love them. In response to the will
of the Builder of the palace of the world to describe His perfections by
showing His unseen treasuries of priceless gems, Muhammad displayed and
described them most perfectly.
The Maker of the universe has decorated the
universe with the
most beautiful and exquisite embellishments, and has included therein
His conscious creatures so that they may travel to receive enjoyment and
reflect. Due to His Wisdom, He wills to communicate the meaning and value
expressed by the works of His art to people who observe and reflect. Muhammad
guided humanity, jinn, and angels most comprehensively, in this respect,
through the Qur'an. The All-Wise Ruler of the universe wills to use
an envoy to reveal the purpose of the changes and transformations in
existence, as well as to answer three perplexing questions asked by all
conscious beings:
Where do we come from? Where are we going? What are
we? Through the Qur'an's truths, Muhammad revealed this purpose and the answers
most clearly and perfectly. The Maker of this world wills to make Himself known
to conscious beings through His exquisite works and to be loved by them through
the precious bounties He bestows on them. Thus, He wills to communicate to
them, by means of an envoy, what He wants them to do and how they may obtain
His approval in return for those bounties.
By means of the Qur'an, Muhammad communicated
the things that please God in the most exalted and perfect way. The Lord of the
worlds has endowed humanity, the fruit of the Tree of Creation, with a
comprehensive disposition that can encompass the universe, and with a
corresponding ability—and even need—to perform a universal worship. But
humanity, due to its feelings, inclines to the world and its attractions. So
God wills, by means of a guide, to turn humanity's attention from worldly
multiplicity to Divine Unity, from transience to eternity. In response to this
will and by means of the Qur'an, Muhammad guided humanity to this
goal in the most desirable fashion and performed the duty of
Messenger ship most perfectly. Thus, creation's most superior members are
living beings, the most superior living beings are conscious beings, the most
superior conscious beings are true human beings.
That true human being who carries
out all duties mentioned, most perfectly and comprehensively, would rise
through an all-embracing Ascension to the nearness of two
bow-strings (the station nearest to God), knock at the door of eternal
happiness, and open the treasury of Mercy. Thus the most superior
members of creation are living beings, the most superior living beings are
conscious beings, the most superior conscious beings are true human beings, and
the true human being who carried out all of the duties mentioned most perfectly
and comprehensively naturally would rise through an all-embracing Ascension to
the nearness of two bows' lengt the station nearest to God, to knock
at the door of eternal happiness, open Mercy's treasury, and witness belief' sun
seen truths directly.
Seventh:
Moreover, everything displays the most pleasing instances of beauty and the utmost degree of adornment, thereby demonstrating that their Maker wills to make things beautiful and adorn them. In turn, this shows that
the Maker has a strong inclination and sacred love toward His art. Therefore, the person with the most comprehensive disposition to display this art's
wonders in himself, one who knows them, makes them known, and thus makes
himself lovable, and who deeply
appreciates the beauties manifested in other beings in full appreciation of their
coming from the Maker, will be the most beloved in the Maker's sight, as the
Maker greatly loves His art. This same being, in full awareness of the exquisite
qualities adorning all beings and of the perfections illuminating them, makes
the heavens echo: "Glory be to God! What wonders God has willed"
and "All these are from God! God is the greatest!"
This same being causes the universe to reverberate with the sounds of the Qur'an, and enraptures the land and the sea
with his appreciative reflections and glorification as well as with his
proclamation and demonstration of Divine Unity. Such a being, according to the
principle of "The cause is like the doer," receives a reward
equivalent to his community's good deeds. His spiritual perfections draw
strength from the blessings invoked upon him by his community, and the duties he performed during his Messengership cause him to receive an immaterial recompense and infinite emanations of Divine Mercy
and Love. Given this, the result of pure truth and absolute wisdom is that
this being should advance by means of Ascension as far as Paradise,
Sidrat al-Muntaha
—the lote tree, contingency's farthest limit—the
Divine Throne, and to the
nearness of the two bows' length.
Posted By: Albakr Allatifi
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