The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 42
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. In this Hadith, the Holy Prophet has explained the meaning of his second advent mentioned in the above quoted verses, will be fulfilled by a person of Persian descent. This is a clear prophecy about. Hadhrat Ahmad -- the Promised Messiah who was of Persian descent. . He claimed that he fulfilled the prophecy contained in Sura AlJumuah. . We maintain that the Holy Prophet gave the meaning of. Khataman Nabiyyeen (Seal of Prophets) the same as we understand. . This should be clear from the following Hadith. 1. On the death of his son Ibrahim, the Holy Prophet said, "Had. Ibrahim lived, he would have certainly been a righteous Prophet (Ibne Maja Kitabul Janaiz). 2. . The Holy Prophet is reported to have said, "Abu Bakr is the best of my followers except anyone who might be a prophet". (Dalmy. Quoted by Kanazul Haqaiq of Iman Monadi). These sayings indicate that the Holy Prophet regarded. Prophethood as a possible attainment of his followers. We shall now briefly examine a few traditions of the Holy Prophet which are usually presented as evidence that there cannot be any prophet after the Holy Prophet. . First of these is a saying of the Holy Prophet, "There is no prophet after me". . This saying only means that there is no prophet immediately after the time of the Holy Prophet. He is reported to have remarked this to Ali in this context. The other probability is that the Holy. Prophet was referring to a law bearing prophet. The Holy Prophet simply could not have contradicted the Holy Quran. There is a well known tradition attributed to Hadhrat Ayesha ( a wife of the prophet) which clarifies the meanings. . She admonishes some of the companions of the Holy Prophet in these words, "Say by all means that he is Khataman Nabiyyeen (Seal of Prophets) but do not say that there will be no prophet after him" (Tukmila Majma ul-Bihar, P. 85). Hadhrat Ayesha was a very learned person who knew the teachings of the Holy Prophet, her husband, very closely. 42