With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 151
“I am the Last Brick and I am the Last of the prophets” 151 All ā h. This is because he sees matters in their original state. And it is necessary to see the Kh ā tam-ul-Awliy ā ’ in this way. With this, in regard to the inner self , he is the successor of the gold brick because he benefits (spiritually) from the same source from which Gabriel as brought revelation to the Holy Prophet sa. 150 We can see from this quotation how beautifully has Hazrat Ibn ‘Arab ī rh expounded on the analogy of the had ī th and discussed the position of the Promised Messiah and Im ā m Mahd ī as in relation to the analogy. Eighth, the explanation of Ibn ‘Arab ī rh has striking similarities with the statements of Ibn Khald ū n quoted by Farhan Khan on Page 14 of his book: In his Kit ā b ‘Anqa’ Mughrib, Ibn Al-Arabi Al-Hatimi called (the Mahd ī ) the “Seal of the Saints”. He is known under the name of the “silver brick”, with reference to a tradition reported by Al-Bukh ā r ī in the chapter on the Seal of the prophets. . . In the case of Prophecy (or prophethood), the brick is gold. In the case of sainthood, the brick is silver. . . . “Gold brick” is used as a name for the Prophet, and “silver brick” as a name for the expected Fatimid saint (or the Promised Messiah of the latter days). . . This explanation is similar to Ibn Al-‘Arab ī ’s explanation as it discusses the position of the Promised Messiah as in relation to the analogy discussed by the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa in the had ī th under discussion. These scholars have given the Promised Messiah as the position of the ‘silver brick’ and the 150 Fus ū s Al-Hikam, Pages 16-17