True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 23
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 23 ] all past pious ulema unanimously held the view that the only meaning of Kh a tamiyyat is ‘being the last in point of time. ’ When we study the writings of great scholars and saints we find that present day ‘ulema’ are ascribing to them exactly the opposite of what they had written. It is inconceivable that a major department of the gov- ernment entrusted with the task of research on this issue was comprised of such fools that they were unaware of the existence of the writings of the past pious ulema. Surely they knew, but they deliberately chose to deceive and lie. Let us see in what meaning the Promised Messiah as con- sidered the continuity of prophethood in the Muslim ummah. He writes: We cannot attain any heavenly grace or greatness, place of honour, and position of nearness to God, except by complete devotion and absolute obedience to the Holy Prophet sa. Everything is granted to us by way of reflection and his inheritance. ( Iz a la-e- Auh a m , R uha n i Khaz a ’in , vol. 3, p. 170) He also writes: But this honour was bestowed upon me solely because of my complete submission to the Holy Prophet Mu h ammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. If I had not been a part of the ummah of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and had not been his follower, then, even if my good deeds had matched all the mountains of