With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 162
162 With Love to Muhammad sa the Kh ā tam-un-Nabiyy ī n Defining his personal view of a Nab ī , he writes, “In my view, a Nab ī is one upon whom the words of God descend in a manner that is unambiguous, definite, in abundance, and it contains knowledge of the unseen. That is why God has granted me the title of Nab ī ”. 161 These quotations simplify the matter tremendously. The Promised Messiah as has clearly rejected the common understanding of the term Nab ī to be applied to him. Nabuwwah of Awliy ā ’ All ā h and the Promised Messiah as In order to try to prove that Hazrat Ibn ‘Arab ī rh has rejected the continuation of prophethood after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , Farhan Khan presents two quotations from his book, F ū t ū h ā tul Makkiyyah. The main points of the quotations are as follows: 1. All ā h, the Exalted, crushed the backs of the Awliy ā ’ by cutting off nubuwwah and ris ā lah after the passing of Hazrat Muhammad sa. 2. Only a part of nubuwwah remains with the Awliy ā ’ , that is, true visions 3. Only a share of the name ris ā lah can now be applied to the followers of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 4. Only those who transmit the revelation of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa in its original wording can share the name of ris ā lah 5. In this sense, the sahaba ra became the messengers of the messenger of All ā h and the tabi‘ ī n became the messengers of the sahaba ra , and so on 161 Tajalliy ā te Il ā hiyah , R ū h ā n ī Khaz ā ’in, Volume 20, Page 412