Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 516
! ! 516 does not signify that no other prophet will appear after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. Hazrat A’isha h ra sensed the possibility that people might fall into the danger of believing that no prophet could now appear after him sa. For s he knew that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa himself h ad prophesied the advent of a prophet after him and the Holy Qur’ān prophesied that there would be a second commencement of the prophethood of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. She also understood that the dead could not come back to life in this world , therefore a second coming indicated that a person in the likeness of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa would appear. Hazrat A’isha h ra understood this concept, but other illustrious C ompanions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa could not comprehend this. While Haz rat A’isha h ’s ra statement explains this well, it is Hazrat ‘ Ali ’s ra saying which is most powerful. A person tutored Ha z rat ‘Ali ’s ra sons , Haz rat Hassan ra and Haz rat Hussain ra. Once , Haz rat ‘Ali ra was passing by when he overheard the teacher teaching his children the concept of Khātimun - Nabiyyīn. Ha z rat ‘Ali ra interrupted and told him not to teach his children of Khātimun - Nabiyyīn , but rather teach them of Khātamun - Nabiyyīn. In other words , both are forms of pronunciations , but he preferred the latter one. For Khātamun - Nabiyyīn means seal of the prophets , but Khātimun - Nabiyyīn means the termination of all prophethood. T each my children the ta with a zabar [in Arabic, the punctuation mark fatah ]. Today, every Muslim, whether he be a scholar or illiterate, except for Ahmadi s , holds fast to the belief that after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , there can be no other prophet. However, 1300 years earlier, Haz rat A’isha h ra ensnared this error and refuted it with such compelling words. What a magnificent solution it was that she presented! Similarly, there are a many more examples and many more situations, where women have excelled over men. Once the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa sent a body of troops for battle and appointed Haz rat Zaid ra as their leader. He was the Holy Prophet Muhammad ’s sa slave whom the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa