Khataman Nabiyyeen – Interpretations by Eminent Learned Scholars of Islam — Page 2
The saint among the saints, the Imam and the Reformer of the second millenium, Hazrat Sheikh Ahmad Farooqi of Sarhind (d. 1034 AH/1624 AD), has stated: 'The rising of a prophet after the Khatamar Rusul Hazrat. Muhammad, the Chosen One, peace and blessings be upon him, from among his own followers and as a heritage, does not in any way run counter to his status as the Katamar Rusul. Therefore, O ye reader, do not be among those who doubt. ' (Maktubat Imam. Rabbani Hazrat Mujaddid Alif Thani). The Promised Messiah, the Founder of the Ahmadiyya. Movement, says: 'This eminence has been granted to me because of following the. Holy Prophet, peace and blessings be on him. Had I not been one of his followers and had I not been following his teaching faithfully,. I could never have achieved this high status of communion with. Allah, even though my good deeds had piled up to the height of the mountains. This is because all prophethoods have now come to an end. Now no law-bearing prophet can ever be raised, but a nonlaw-bearing prophet can still appear. But he must always be a follower of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. I am, therefore, a follower as well as a prophet. ' (Tajalliyati Ilahiyya, p. 24). The most renowned and distinguished commentator of the. Holy Quran and a leader of the Sufi school of thought, Hazrat. Mohyiud Din Ibni Arabi, has said: 'From the study and contemplation of the Darud we have arrived at the definite conclusion that there shall, from among the Muslims, certainly be persons whose status, in the matter of prophethood, shall advance to the level of the prophets, if Allah pleases. But they shall not be given any book of Law. ' (Fatuhati Makiyya, Vol. I, p. 545). The Promised Messiah, in some of his Persian verses, has said: 2 ‘I have always adhered fast to the Prophet whose name is. Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. . He is the Chief among the Prophets and the Best of Mankind: All types of prophethoods have culminated in him. .