BELIEF IN THE PROPHETS Hadrat Imam-i Rabbani says in the 17th letter of the third volume of his Maktuba

t: Having mercy upon His born slaves, Allahu taala sent them prophets alaihim-us-s alawatu wa-t-taslimat. Through them He guided His born servants to the right way, to the way of endless bliss, and called His born servants to Himself. He invite d them to Paradise, the place for His consent and love. Man is so poor, but he w ill not accept the invitation of such a giver of favours, as He is. Man is very stupid and deprives himself of His blessings. All the information which those gr eat people communicated from Allahu taala is true. It is necessary to believe all of it. Though mind is a means for finding out the truth and what is good, it ca nnot find it alone, for it is insufficient. It has been completed with the comin g of prophets alaihim-us-salawatu wa-t-taslimat. There is no excuse, no pretext le ft for men. The first of the prophets is Hadrat[1] Adam, and the last one is had rat Muhammad Rasulullah alaihi wa alaihim-us-salawatu wa-t-taslimat. It is necessa ry to believe in all the prophets. All of them should be known as innocent (sinl ess) and true. To disbelieve one of them means to disbelieve all of them. For al l of them communicated the same iman. That is, the essentials, the bases of the things to be believed in, were the same in all of their religions. In contrast t o one of their wrong credal tenets, Hadrat Isa (Jesus) did not die. When Jews wa nted to kill him, Allahu taala raised him alive up to Heaven. At a time towards t he end of the world he will descend to Damascus from Heaven and will follow the Shariat[2] of Muhammad (alaihissalam). Hadrat Khwaja Muhammad Parisa, one of the great Awliya educated by Hadrat Bahaaddin-i Naqshibandi Bukhari, a great Awliya[ 3], a diver into the ocean of tasawwuf[4], says in his book Fusul-i sitta, "Hadr at Isa will descend from Heaven, will act according to the madhhab[5] of Imam-i Abu Hanifa, will say halal[6] about what he said was halal, and will say haram[7 ] about what he said was haram." GLOSSARY [1] Hadrat: title of respect used before the names of great people like and Isla mic scholars. [2] Shariat: (pl. of Sharia) i) rules and commandments as a whole of the religion. ii) religion. [3] awliya: (pl. of Wali) a person loved by Allahu taala. [4] tasawwuf: (Islamic sufism as defined by Islam) knowledge and (after adapting oneself to fiqh) practice of the manners of the Prophet (alaihi s-salam) which st rengthens iman, makes the practice of fiqh easy and provides one to attain marifa ; ilm at-tasawwuf. [See the book Maktubat by Ahmad al-Faruqi as-Sirhindi (rahmatu llahi taala alaih)]. [5] madhhab: all of what a profound alim of (especially) Fiqh (usually one of the four-Hanafi, Shafii, Maliki, Hanbali) or iman (one of the two, namely Ash-ari, M aturidi) communicated. [6] halal: (act, thing) permitted in Islam. [7] haram: an action, word or thought prohibited by Allahu taala. ===================== SEARCH BY MOHAMMED ABDUL HAFEEZ TRANSLATOR OF TADHKIRTAL AULIYA HYDERABAD, INDIA =============== Read more: http://ashraf786.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=sufi&action=display&th read=30437#ixzz1qlp2XcV6