With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 165
Statements of Hazrat Muhy-ud-d ī n Ibn ‘Arab ī rh 165 his law. And this is the meaning of his statement, “Verily, apostleship and prophethood have ceased. Hence, there will be no messenger after me and no prophet”. That means, “There can be no prophet after me upon a law in opposition to my law. Instead, whenever there will be (a prophet), he shall be subject to my law. And, “there can be no Ras ū l (after me)” means “no Ras ū l can come after me for anyone in the creation of All ā h with a (new) law towards which he calls others”. Hence, this is what has been terminated and its door has been shut; not the maq ā m an-Nubuwwah (the status of nubuwwah ). Therefore, this is not against the fact that ‘ Ī s ā as shall be a Nab ī and Ras ū l. And surely, it is not against the fact that he shall descend in the latter days as a just and fair judge, (who shall judge) with our law; not any other (new) law, nor with a law according to which the Israelites worship All ā h from where it descended. Instead, what is manifested from it is (only) what has been decided (or established) by the law of Hazrat Muhammad (peace and blessings of All ā h be upon him). And the prophethood of Hazrat ‘ Ī s ā as is firmly established and proven … 163 The following points can be clearly understood from the above quotation: 1. Hazrat ‘ Ī s ā as , who shall descend in the latter days in this ummah , shall be a Nab ī and Ras ū l 163 Fut ū h ā tul Makkiyyah , Volume 2, Chapter 73, Page 899