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would, therefore, not contravene the finality or Khatamiyyat of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. . The learned Maulana says again: 'Prophets, as they are the message-bearers of God, are His vicegerents. It would, therefore, be necessary that they are endowed with Divine authority. From among the subordinate posts, the post of the governor or the minister is the highest and all other posts are subordinate to them and they can over-rule the decisions and rulings of their subordinates; similarly there is no position higher than the Khatam of the prophets. Every other prophet is undoubtedly subordinate to him. ' (Debate (Mubahitha) at Shahjahanpur, pp. 24-25). Qari Muhammad Tayyab, Manager, the Darul Uloom of. Deoband states: 10 'Just as there is from among the angels and satans a person par excellence who excels everyone of its kind in beneficence and cannot be surpassed-Gabriel in the case of the angels and Iblis the accursed in the case of satans apportions them evils and wickedness. . Similarly there is a Khatam for the prophets and a Khatam for. Dajjaals, and they are both supreme in their respective spheres. . From among the prophets there is he who is the acme of perfection and at the same time bestower of perfection to others. His name is. Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be on him. ' (Talimati Islam aur Masihi Aqwam, pp. 223–224). The Promised Messiah says: ‘○ ye ignorant people who are blind in sight, our Holy Prophet, peace and blessings be on him, has surpassed all the previous prophets in spiritual beneficence (we send him a thousand greetings). The beneficence of the other prophets, after a certain limit, had come to a stop. Those nations and those faiths are now practically dead and so are their followers dead spiritually. They have no life in them. But the spiritual beneficence of our Holy Prophet, peace and blessings be on him, shall continue to exist till the end of days. That is why the Muslims do not stand in need of a Messiah to come from outside their own people. Because even an ordinary person, through his beneficence, could rise to the status of the. Messiah exactly as he has raised me, his humble servant. ” (Chashma. Masihi)