Even as He saith: "Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but He is the Messenger of God." Viewed in this light, they are all but Messengers of that ideal King, that unchangeable Essence.

And were they all to proclaim: "I am the Seal of Prophets," they verily utter but the truth, beyond the faintest shadow of doubt.

For they are all but one person, one soul, one spirit, one being, one revelation.

They are all the manifestation of the "Beginning" and the "End," the "First" and the "Last," the "Seen" and "Hidden"-- all of which pertain to Him Who is the innermost Spirit of Spirits and eternal Essence of Essences.

And were they to say: "We are the servants of God," [Qur'an 33:40] this also is a manifest and indisputable fact.