True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 55
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 55 ] If Ibr a h i m had lived and become a Prophet and if ‘Umar had become one too, both of them would have been followers of the Holy Prophet sa and subordinate Prophets like ‘ I s a , Khi d r and Ily a s. Their prophethood would not have run counter to the Holy Prophet’s title Kh a tamun-Nabiyy i n. This is because Kh a tamun-Nabiyy i n simply implies that after the Holy Prophet s a there cannot be any Prophet who brings a new Shar i ‘ah and is not from his ummah and his follower. ( Al- Asr a rul-Marfu’atu fil Akhb a ril-Mau du ‘ah , by Mull a ‘Al i Q a r i , p. 192) What a clear and unambiguous interpretation it is, and how he repudiates the argument being put forward by today’s so called scholars. Bear in mind that he is a top scholar among the Ahle-Sunnat. The ‘White Paper’ of the Pakistani Government contends, that the ulema from the past, without exception, held the same erroneous belief that the present day ulema hold, namely, that Kh a tamun- Nabiyy i n does not have any meaning other that complete cessation of prophethood. It is obvious that this assertion is a blatant lie. The top scholars have given L a Nabiyya ba‘d i the same interpretation as we give. Although I have presented extensive evidence to repudi- ate the claim of our opponents that Kh a tamun-Nabiyy i n means the end of prophethood, some may suggest that these holy men and eminent scholars (God forbid) were