The PROPHET is the human norm in respect both of his individual and of his collective functions, or again in respect of his spiritual and earthly functions. Essentially he is equilibrium and extinction: equilibrium from the human point of view and extinction in relation to God. (GTUFS: UIslam, The PROPHET)
As a spiritual principle, the PROPHET is not only the Totality of which we are separate parts or fragments, he is also the Origin in relation to which we are so many deviations; in other words, the PROPHET as Norm is not only the “Whole Man” (al-Insan al-Kamil) but also the “Ancient Man” (al-Insan al-Qadim). (GTUFS: UIslam, The PROPHET)