Belief and Islam

Dâwûd, Sulaimân, Luqmân, Zakariyyâ, Yahyâ, ’Uzair, ’Îsâ ibn
Mariam, Dhu-l-qarnain and Muhammad ‘’alaihimu-s-salâtu wa-ssalâm’.
The names of only 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 Maktûbâti-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-Allah (Allâhu ta’âlâ’s
Darling). There were many evidences proving his greatness and
superiority and that he was Habîb-Allah. For this reason, such
words as ‘was overcome’ or ‘was defeated’ cannot be said about
him. On the Rising Day, he will rise from his grave before
everybody. He will be first to go to the place of Judgment. He will
go to Paradise before everybody. Although the beautiful traits in
his character cannot be tallied, nor would human energy suffice
to count them, we will ornament our book by writing 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 believe in the Mi’râj
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