Islam Rediscovered
17. Prophetic Vision
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Do you claim that you are a Prophet of God in
the same sense in which Moses, Jesus and
Muhammad claimed to be Prophets of God?
A silence fell for a few seconds after my question,
then the guru replied quite clearly: “No, I make no
such claim.” Afterwards there was no need for
further questions on this topic. I talked to him about
his mission for some time, then took his leave after
receiving his special parshad—an orange.
To conclude, we may confidently assert that the
Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him, was
endowed with such divine vision as enabled him to
visualize the future very clearly. That is the secret
behind all his religious, social and political
achievements. It is no wonder then that, by the
virtue of this vision, he was also able to predict the
continuing
ideological
supremacy
of
his
prophethood—to the extent that the history itself
has refused, and will refuse credibility to any later
ideological counter claims, be they made in
prophetic or non-prophetic terms.
