Thine!" (1) And also He saith: "In truth, they who
plighted fealty unto thee, really plighted that
fealty unto God." (2) And were any of them to voice
the utterance: "I am the Messenger of God," He
also speaketh the truth, the indubitable truth. Even
as He saith: "&Muhammad is not the father of any
man among you, but He is the Messenger of
God." (3) Viewed in this light, they are all but Messengers
of that ideal King, that unchangeable Essence.
And were they all to proclaim: "I am the
Seal of the Prophets," they verily utter but the
truth, beyond the faintest shadow of doubt. For
they are all but one person, one soul, one spirit,
one being, one revelation. They are all the manifestation
of the "Beginning" and the "End," the
"First" and the "Last," the "Seen" and "Hidden"
--all of which pertain to Him Who is the innermost
Spirit of Spirits and eternal Essence of Essences.
And were they to say: "We are the servants
of God," this also is a manifest and indisputable
fact. For they have been made manifest in the
uttermost state of servitude, a servitude the like of
which no man can possibly attain. Thus in moments
in which these Essences of being were deeply
1. Qur'án 8:17.
2. Qur'án 48:10.
3. Qur'án 33:40.