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124 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
This is the essence and core of prophethood. It is the base or the
very foundation of prophethood. The truth is that glad tidings
and warnings are not an ordinary phenomenon. When these
glad tidings and warnings are granted to someone in abundance
and excellence in quantity and quality, that person is called a
prophet. Certainly, in low quantities, these can be found in most
believers. Just as the owner of a few dollars cannot be called
rich, the one who receives these glad tidings and warnings in a
small quantity cannot be called a prophet. Only that person can
be called a prophet whom Allāh, the Exalted, blesses with
unmatched abundance and unparalleled excellence just as He
says in the Holy Qur’ān:
عٰلمِ‏ ُ الْغَيْبِ‏ فَلاَ‏ يُظْ‏ هِرُ‏ عَلىٰ‏ غَيْبِهٖ‏ اِلاَّ‏ مَنِ‏ ارْتَضىٰ‏ ۤ اَحَدًاۙ‏
رَّسُ‏ وْلٍ‏ فَاِنَّهٗ‏ يَسْ‏ كلُ‏ ُ ۢ مِنْ‏ بَينْ‏ ِ يَدَيْهِ‏ وَمِنْ‏ خَلْفِهٖ‏ رَصَ‏ دًاۙ‏
مِنْ‏
۝
۝
He is the Knower of the unseen; and He reveals not
His secrets to any one, except to him whom He
chooses, namely a Messenger of His. And then He
causes an escort of guarding angels to go before him
and behind him. 116
Hence, in reality, the difference lies in the scale of abundance.
Prophets are defined as those blessed with an abundance of
glad tidings and warnings.
All other things such as the bringing of a law or sharī‘ah
are additional features, which are not necessarily present in
every prophet. They are found in some prophets, yet not in
others. Therefore, the Promised Messiah as says:
116
Sūrah Al-Jinn, 72:27-28