Allamah Sa'duddin Taftazani, reasoning with the divine statement…
"Ye are the best community that hath been raised up for mankind," (III:110)
…states that this ummah's being better than all other ummahs is due to the Holy Prophet's perfection in religion, and the excellence of this ummah is subject to its prophet's excellence, whom the ummah follows and conforms to. So, had he not been (God forbid!) superior to all other prophets, then his ummah too would not have been the best of all the communities.
And this verse of the Holy Quran is clearly showing that this ummah is superior to all other ummahs, and hence the Prophet , who is of this ummah too, is superior to all other prophets, because correlation between these two is quite evident. In short, he is superior too and greater than all the eminent prophets in each quality of perfection.
It is for this reason that while Allah Most Glorious has addressed other great prophets with their names, He has not addressed our Lord and Master, the Holy Prophet by his name; he has rather been addressed with any one of his high qualities like ‘Ya Ayyahun-Nabio’ (O Prophet), ‘Ya ayyahur-Rasulo’ (O messenger), 'Ya ayyhul- Muzzammilo’ (O the Enshrouded One), ‘Ya ayyhaul-Mudath-thiro’ (O the Cloaked One), etc.
"Ye are the best community that hath been raised up for mankind," (III:110)
…states that this ummah's being better than all other ummahs is due to the Holy Prophet's perfection in religion, and the excellence of this ummah is subject to its prophet's excellence, whom the ummah follows and conforms to. So, had he not been (God forbid!) superior to all other prophets, then his ummah too would not have been the best of all the communities.
And this verse of the Holy Quran is clearly showing that this ummah is superior to all other ummahs, and hence the Prophet , who is of this ummah too, is superior to all other prophets, because correlation between these two is quite evident. In short, he is superior too and greater than all the eminent prophets in each quality of perfection.
It is for this reason that while Allah Most Glorious has addressed other great prophets with their names, He has not addressed our Lord and Master, the Holy Prophet by his name; he has rather been addressed with any one of his high qualities like ‘Ya Ayyahun-Nabio’ (O Prophet), ‘Ya ayyahur-Rasulo’ (O messenger), 'Ya ayyhul- Muzzammilo’ (O the Enshrouded One), ‘Ya ayyhaul-Mudath-thiro’ (O the Cloaked One), etc.
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