With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 95
Statements of Prophet Muhammad sa 95 the Czar told the prince that he disobeyed his order and ordered the doorman to whip his son. The prince pleaded, saying, “Your majesty, the law of the land does not permit an ordinary man to whip an officer. ” Hearing this, the Czar elevated the doorman to the post of a captain and ordered him to whip his son. The prince pleaded again, saying “Your majesty, the law of the land does not permit a junior officer to whip a senior officer. ” At this, the Czar made the doorman a general and ordered the punishment to be carried out. The son further pleaded, saying “Your majesty, the law of the land forbids a person, who is not a prince, from beating a prince. ” Thereupon, the Czar made the doorman a prince and ordered that the punishment be carried out. Thus, an ordinary soldier became a prince in a few moments and there was no one who could stop that. Would not our opponents concede as much authority to the Holy Prophet sa as was wielded by the Czar of Russia? The fact of the matter is that the Holy Prophet sa possessed immeasurable honour and status both in heaven and on earth. He calls the Messiah of the latter days the Prophet of God four times consecutively in one had ī th. Now, who is there to deprive him of this status? Who can close this door that has been opened by him? 82 82 The True Meaning of Khatme Nubuwwat , Pages 20 – 22 [This book is an English translation of the original Urdu book, ‘Irf ā ne Khatme Nubuwwat. All quotations from this book may have been edited by the authors in light of the original Urdu text. The original book is available at: http://www. alIsl ā m. org/urdu/zb/view. php?k=12 and the English translation is available at: http://www. alIsl ā m. org/holyProphet/Khatam_english. pdf]