True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 114
[ 114 ] The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa said: There would be no Prophet or Messenger between me and the coming of Messiah. Verily, he is my Khalifah in my ummah after me [ min ba‘d i ]. ( Al-Mu’jam Al-Ausa t , by Ha fi z T ibr a n i ) By this statement, the Holy Prophet sa has resolved the issue of dajj a ls and L a Nabiyya ba‘d i [there is no Prophet after me]. He points out there will be impostors but do not con- sider the Messiah an impostor. He will be a Prophet. The Holy Prophet sa further emphasized: Remember, most surely, He (Jesus) will be my succes- sor and will be from my ummah. That is to say he was talking about a Messiah being raised from the ummah and not the Messiah from the Mosaic dis- pensation. Hadrat Mu hy- ud-D i n Ibn-e-‘Arab i , writes in Al-Fut u- ha tul-Makkiyyah , volume 1, page 545: Jesus as shall descend amongst the Muslim ummah as an arbitrator without a new law. Most surely, he will be a Prophet. There is no doubt about it.