Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 39
CHAPTER III 39 Even if a thousand explanations and interpretations were given in its justification, it remains utterly illogical that after the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, such a prophet is to come who will run to church when people will flock to the mosques for prayers, who will read the Gospel when people will recite the Holy Quran, who will turn his face to Baitul-Muqaddas when people will face the House of God at the time of worship, and who will drink wine and eat pork and will have no regard for the ordinances of Islam. Can any intellect opine that such a terrible day still awaits Islam when, after the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, such a prophet will appear who will, because of his independent prophethood, break his seal of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat [the Finality of Prophethood] and will snatch away his distinction of being Khātamul- Anbiya' [the Seal of the Prophets], and who would have the status of prophethood directly and not through submission to him, and whose practices will be contrary to the Shariah of Muḥammad, and who will put people in a trial by blatantly defying the Holy Quran, and who will be the cause of defiling Islam? Rest assured that God will never do this. No doubt in the aḥadīth the designation nabi [prophet] is present with [the mention of] the Promised Messiah, but the term ummati is present along with it as well. Even if it were not present, in view of the aforementioned consequences, one would have to admit that it is absolutely impossible to believe that an independent Prophet 1 ☆ 1. It is utterly slanderous to suggest that the return of Ḥaḍrat ‘Īsā to this world is a unanimous belief. The consensus of the Companions, Allah be مَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ pleased with them, was only about the verse [Muḥammad is only a Messenger. Verily, all Messengers have passed away be- fore him, (Surah Al-e-Imrān, 3:145)]. After them, many sects emerged within the Ummah. For example, the Mu'tazilah are still convinced of the death of Haḍrat 'Isā, and some eminent sufis are also convinced of his death. Even if some from within the Ummah believed, prior to the advent of the Promised Messiah, that Haḍrat ‘Īsā would return to this world, there is no blame upon them. It is only an error of interpretation like that made by the Israelite Prophets in interpreting some prophecies. (Author)