Yazma cildi 8 · Sayfa 85

لا تشريع ولا سيما وقد قال صلى الله عليه وسلم فيمن حفظ القرآن: «إن النبوة أدرجت بين جنبيه» أو كما قال صلى الله عليه وسلم وقال في المبشرات: إنها جزء من أجزاء النبوة فوصف بعض أمته بأنهم قد حصل لهم المقام وإن لم يكونوا على شرع يخالف شرعه.

وقد علمنا بما قال لنا صلى الله عليه وسلم إن عيسى عليه السلام ينزل فينا حكما مقسطا عدلا فيكسر الصليب ويقتل الخنزير ولا نشك قطعا أنه رسول الله ونبيه وهو ينزل فله عليه السلام مرتبة النبوة بلا شك عند الله وما له مرتبة التشريع عند نزوله.

فعلمنا بقوله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «إنه لا نبي بعدي ولا رسول» وأن النبوة قد انقطعت والرسالة إنما يريد بهما التشريع.

فلما كانت النبوة أشرف مرتبة وأكملها ينتهي إليها من اصطفاه الله من عباده، علمنا إن التشريع في النبوة أمر عارض بكون عيسى عليه السلام ينزل فينا حكما من غير تشريع وهو نبي بلا شك فخفيت مرتبة النبوة في الخلق بانقطاع التشريع.

ومعلوم أن آل إبراهيم من النبيين والرسل (هم) الذين كانوا بعده مثل إسحاق ويعقوب ويوسف ومن انتسل منهم من الأنبياء والرسل بالشرائع الظاهرة الدالة على إن لهم مرتبة النبوة

there is no lawgiving. He, may God bless him and grant him peace, said of someone who memorizes the Quran, “Prophethood has been enfolded between his sides,” or words to that effect, may God bless him and grant him peace. He said of glad tidings that they are a part of prophethood. He thus described some of his community as having attained the station, although they follow no law differing from his.

We know from what he, may God bless him and grant him peace, told us that Jesus, peace be upon him, descends among us as an equitable and just judge, breaking the cross and killing the swine. We have no doubt whatever that he is God’s messenger and prophet when he descends. He, peace be upon him, undoubtedly has the rank of prophethood with God, while at his descent he has no rank of lawgiving.

We therefore know that his saying, may God bless him and grant him peace, “There is no prophet or messenger after me,” and the statement that prophethood and messengerhood have ceased refer to lawgiving.

Prophethood is the noblest and most complete rank attained by those God chooses among His servants. We know that lawgiving is incidental to prophethood, since Jesus, peace be upon him, descends among us as a judge without bringing a law and is unquestionably a prophet. The rank of prophethood has thus become hidden among creatures through the cessation of lawgiving.

It is known that Abraham’s folk among the prophets and messengers were those who came after him, such as Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and the prophets and messengers descended from them, with manifest laws indicating that they had the rank of prophethood