8-Belief and Islam - Hakikat Kitabevi

Muhammad (’alaihimu ’s-salâtu wa ’s-salâm).
Only the names of twenty-eight of them are written in the
Qur’ân al-kerîm. Shît, Khidir, Yûshâ’, Sham’un and Ishmoil are
not written. Among the twenty-eight, it is not certain whether
Dhu ’l-qarnain, Luqmân and ’Uzair were prophets or not. It is
written in the thirty-sixth letter of the second volume of
Maktûbât-i-Ma’thûmiyya that there are authentic reports
stating that Khidir ‘alaihis-salâm’ was a prophet. And it is written
as follows in the hundred and eighty-second letter: “That Khidir
‘alaihis-salâm’ appears in a human form (from time to time), and
does some things, too, does not show that he is alive. Allâhu
ta’âlâ has given his soul, as well as the souls of many other
Prophets and Walîs, the permission to appear in a human form.
Seeing them does not prove that they are alive.” Dhu ’l-kifl
(’alaihi ’s-salâm) was also called Harqil, who was also said to be
Ilyâs, Idrîs or Zakariyyâ.
Ibrâhîm (’alaihi ’s-salâm) is Khalîl-Allah, because there was
no love for creatures and there was only love for Allâhu ta’âlâ in
his heart. Mûsâ (’alaihi ’s-salâm) is Kalîm-Allâh, because he
spoke with Allâhu ta’âlâ. ’Îsâ (’alaihi ’s-salâm) is Kalimat-Allâh,
for he did not have a father and was born only upon al-Kalimat
al-ilâhiyya (the Divine Word) ‘Be!’ Furthermore, he preached
Allâhu ta’âlâ’s words, which were full of Divine Wisdom, and
communicated them to the ears of people.
Muhammad (’alaihi ’s-salâm), who is the reason for the
creation of all creatures and the highest, the most prominent,
the most honourable of mankind, is Habîb-Allâh (Allâhu ta’âlâ’s
Darling). There were many evidences proving his greatness and
superiority and that he was Habîb-Allâh. For this reason, such
words as ‘was overcome’ or ‘was defeated’ cannot be said
about him. At Resurrection, he will rise from his grave before
everybody. He will go to the place of Judgement first. He will go
to Paradise before everybody. Though the beautiful traits in his
character cannot be concluded by counting, nor would human
energy suffice to count them, we will ornament our book by
writing down some of them:
One of his miracles was his ascent to the Mi’râj: while he
was in bed in al-Mekkat al-Mukarrama, he was awakened and
his blessed body was taken to the Aqsâ Mosque in Jerusalem
(Quds), thence to the heavens, and after the seventh heaven,
to the places which Allâhu ta’âlâ determined. We have to
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