Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 264
! ! 264 world. Despite all their intellect and intelligence, they were unable to attain such astuteness and wisdom [as her]. There is a verse [in the Holy Qur’ān ]: َﺧ ﺎ َﺗ َﻢ َو ا ِّٰﷲ َّر ُﺳ ۡﻮ َل ٰﻟ ِﻜ ۡﻦ َو ِّر َﺟ ﺎ ِﻟ ُﻜ ۡﻢ ِّﻣ ۡﻦ َا َﺣ ٍﺪ َا َﺑ ۤﺎ ُﻣ َﺤ َّﻤ ٌﺪ َﻛ ﺎ َن َﻣ ﺎ ا ﻟ َّﻨ ِﺒ َّٖني n [ “ Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah , and the seal of the Prophets. ” ] (Holy Qur’ān , Ch. 33: V. 41) Muhammad sa is not the father of any man amongst you. Surely , he is Allah ’ s Messenger and the seal of the prophets. The people understood [this to mean] that there would be no prophets after him. This is because the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa had also said : َﻻ َﻧ uzِ ﱠ 3َ ْﻌ ِﺪ ْى [There is no Prophet after me] ( B y this the Holy Prophet sa meant that there will come no prophet who will invalidat e his Shariah ). T his saying gave addit ional support to people of that particular viewpoint and so they deduced that there could never be a prophet after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. Muslims spread throughout the world and they propagated this idea. Once, this topic was being discussed in a gathering and Haz rat A’isha h ra passed by. On hearing this , she said : ُﻗ ْﻮ ﻟ t ْﻮ ا ِا ﻧ ﱠ ٗﻪ َﺧ ﺎ َﺗ ُﻢ ا َْﻻ ْﻧ ~ِ ' ﺎ ` ِء َو َﻻ َﺗ ُﻘ ْﻮ ﻟ t ْﻮ ا َﻻ َﻧ uzِ w ﱠ 3َ ْﻌ َﺪ ٗە [Certainly, do say, he (the Holy Prophet) is the Seal of all Prophets, but do not say, there is no Prophet after him. ] Behold , b y reflecting up on the Holy Qur’ān , Haz rat A’isha h ra came to the correct conclusion, granting even the Prophet of this age a great advantage. How neat ly did she remove the misconceptions which have misled Muslims for thirteen hundred years! Thus, the Promised Messiah as also benefited from Ha z rat A ’ isha h ’s contemplation of the Holy Qur’ān , and the Ahmadiyya Jama'at is indebted to her. She eased