The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 149
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. For the last 1400 years there is a consensus among eminent and learned scholars of Islam that 'Khataman Nabiyyeen' means that the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be on him, is absolutely the last prophet. The Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement has given a novel and a new interpretation. . ANSWER:. This claim is not true. Many past eminent and learned scholars of Islam have given the same interpretation of Khataman. Nabiyyeen as given by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. Many eminent past scholars and saints have stated that Khataman. Nabiyyeen means that the Holy Prophet was the most excellent and perfect prophet and that it was law giving prophethood which had ended and not prophethood as such. Some state the possibility of prophethood among followers of the Holy Prophet. . Views of Hadhrat Ayesha Ummul Momineen and the highly distinguished commentator from Spain, the great Sheikh Hadhrat. Mohiud Din Ibni Arabi, have already been given. We quote below from some of the great past scholars and saints of Islam. They include such eminent persons like Ibni Arabi, Ibni Khaldun, Maulana Jalalud. Din Rumi, Hadhrat Shah Waliullah of Dehli, the Reformer of twelfth century of Islam and Fakhrud Din Raazi. 1. The most renowned and distinguished commentator of the. Holy Quran and a leader of the Sufi school of thought, Hadhrat. Mohyiud Din Ibni Arabi, has said: "From the study and contemplation of the Darud we have arrived at the definite conclusion that there shall, from among the. Muslims, certainly be persons whose status, in the matter of prophethood, shall advance to the level of the prophets, if Allah pleases. But they shall not be given any book of Law. " (Fatuhati. Makiyya, Vol. I, p. 545) 2. A very renowned Sufi and a very famous writer and speaker, Hadhrat Imam Abdul Wahab Sh'erani (d. 976AH/1568AD) says: 149