With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 61
Last Law-bearing Prophet sa 61 When confronted with this dilemma, they dismiss it with a mere wave of their hand as though it were no dilemma at all. The reappearance of Jesus as as a Prophet after Prophet Muhammad sa , they argue, does not contradict his absolute finality on the following counts: • Jesus would be brought back from a stock of prophets who had already been commissioned before the advent of Prophet Muhammad sa. Thus his finality will not be violated. It can only be violated if a Prophet is raised after his advent even if that Prophet brings no new law and is selected by God from within his own ummah (people). • Jesus’ prophethood would be the one granted to him during his advent prior to Isl ā m. • Moreover because during his second advent he would be subordinated to the Holy Prophet sa , he would no longer be held as independent. Hence by being an older Prophet and by becoming subordinated, he would not violate the seal of prophethood. As such, their concept of finality only means that new prophets cannot be commissioned while old prophets can be brought back; but this is sheer absurdity. What manner of an All-Wise God would He be who would pass the verdict of absolute finality in favour of anyone despite His knowledge that a Prophet would certainly be needed after him? The question of old or new is irrelevant. Central to the issue is the question of need.