True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 62
[ 62 ] A Prophet of the Grandeur of the Holy Prophet sa Cannot Appear There is a h ad i th which sheds more light on the word ba‘d. The book Al-Fut uha tul-Makkiyyah also contains a com- mentary on this h ad i th. The h ad i th reads: Hadrat J a bir bin Samrah reports: ‘The Holy Prophet sa said when this Caesar will die, there will be no Caesar after him. When this Chosroes will die, there will be no Chosroes after him. ’ ( S a hih al-Bukh ari Kit a bul- I m a n Wan-Nudh u r ) That is to say, their pomp and glory will be destroyed by the Muslims. In this h ad i th the Holy Prophet sa , in his unique wisdom, has clearly explained the meaning of expression word ‘ Fal a ba‘adah u ’ by saying ‘ Fal a Qaisara ba‘adah u ’ and ‘Fal a Kisr a ba‘adah u ’ [That is, there would be no Caesar after him (after this Caesar) and there would be no Chosroes after him (after this Chosroes)]. He makes it clear that ‘ l a ’ used in this context does not signify the exclusion of an entire genus. Rather, it is used to emphasize that there would be no one who would attain their power and grandeur. Accordingly, we had Caesar succeeding a Caesar and Chosroes succeeding a Chosroes for a thousand years after :