Mahzarnama (The Memorandum) — Page 100
100 Mahzarnama yourselves, rehearsing My Signs unto you, then whoso shall fear God and do good deeds, on them shall come no fear nor shall they grieve. (7:36) This verse clearly states that Messengers shall continue to appear in the ummah of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. Similarly, Allah says in the Holy Quran: And when the Messengers are made to appear at the appointed time. (77:12) This signifies that, in the latter days, Allah will cause, in a figurative sense, the re-advent of all prophets. The Shiites argue on this basis that during the time of Imam Mahdi all the Prophets shall be made to reappear and they will obey him. For instance, it is stated in Tafseer Qummi : [ Tafseer Al-Qummi , under the verse “Iz Akhadha Allaho Meethaaq-an-Nabiyyeen. ] viz. All the Prophets whom Allah has sent, from Adam onwards, will certainly return to this world and will help the Ameer-ul- Mo'mineen (Imam Mahdi). This implies that, according to the Shiites, after the Holy Prophet sa , all the Prophets will reappear, but the Holy Prophet's "Khatme Nubuwwat" will still not be undermined! We have quoted some verses of the Holy Quran, for illustrative purposes, to demonstrate that Follower-Prophets can come within the Holy Prophet's ummah —in complete subservience and submission to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa —and they constitute an eternal and decisive proof of the truth that the Holy Prophet is a Living Prophet, the Holy Quran is a Living Book, and Islam is a Living Religion.