THE WAY GUIDING TO ALLÂHU TA'ÂLÂ

Question: How can that statement ever be made about the ‘Mujaddid’? For, Hadrat Îsâ (Jesus) ‘’alâ nebiyyinâ wa ’alaihissalât-u-wa-s-salâm’ shall descend from heaven with the mission of a mujaddid. Another great person who will appear as a mujaddid is Hadrat Mehdî (or Mahdî) ‘’alaihi-r-ridwân’. Can these persons ever be imagined to be receiving the fayz they are to broadcast from someone else? 

Answer: Being a means for fayz can be the case only in the second one of the aforesaid two paths. In the first path, i.e. in the path termed qurb-i-nubuwwat, fayz and hidâyat do not come through a means. A person who makes progress in this path gains spiritual height without the means and curtains in between. Being a means or a curtain is the case only in the path termed qurb-i-wilâyat. The two paths should not be mistaken for each other. Hadrat Îsâ ‘’alâ nebiyyinâ wa ’alaihis-salât-u-wa-s-salâm’ and Hadrat Mehdî ‘’alaihi-r-ridwân’ will attain through the path of nubuwwa(t). Also the Shaikhayn, i.e. Hadrat Abû Bakr and Hadrat ’Umar ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhumâ’ attained through the path of nubuwwa. They are under the protection of Rasûlullah ‘’alaihi wa ’alâ âlihi-s-salât-u-wa-s-salâm’. So high is their honour.

A note:It is jâiz (possible) for a Walî to attain the path termed qurb-i-nubuwwat by making progress in the path termed qurb-i-wilâyat and thereby to receive fayz through both paths. A Walî in that capacity will be made to attain remnants from the special benefits that the Prophets have been blessed with. They will make him attain through the path of nubuwwat. They will make him a means for giving fayz to others. They will bless him with the lot of guiding their disciples through both paths. A Persian line in English:

He will make a slave of His a means for guiding all.

This is such a blessing from Allâhu ta’âlâ, and He bestows it upon whomever He likes. Allâhu ta’âlâ has so many blessings. [Imâm Rabbânî ‘quddisa sirruh’ is one of those Walîs. He attained maturity through the path of nubuwwat. He has been giving fayz by way of wilâyat as well.]