Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 93
Therefore i:t is imperative that you should be act- uated by a God-fearing sense of honesty and abst- ain from confusing the issue. For, we are not con- cerned here with the beliefs of Imam Shirani. The subject under discussion is limited only to the con- • struction he put upon the tradition (~. AA! u-:J ':l) It is evident from his above-quoted reference that bi~ interpretation conveys the one and only mean- ing, namely that there is no law-giving Prophet after the Holy Prophet. If, however, (I am qualifying this statement with a big 'if') Imam Shirani held the pers·onal belief that a Prophet invariably brought a new law, his view is in no way a correct one. For, says the Quran, ~i>lJ I ""'t"' ('jj= 1 " _l:. . •\l. ,. ~••J • ,:,-_ihJf ,,. _. ,-:-,::1-~-:. f. . , ~ :-'l. ,,. -. . . . . -. . , •• J ~. ,_ uw,,. ~ "'-&JJ "And verily we gave Moses the Book and followed him up with Prophets" And again, ~. . -=L. ;. :t;. . -r,. . . l'. i~;L•. . ~,,t:J~-. t!, :,. . . . JYJCS~ -, '. . ),-. ,- , _,. . ~~~,. ~~. l,;. i-:''\,tl,-;;. '11 J':> (t. . , _. . l. l ~, c. ,. . ,. ,,,. A. . . . . . ,_. . . . , Cr'•~I '""'" ,;,,1. rl. , ""~ly!•. 1'1'J "We granted the Torah wherein was guidance and light, thereby the Prophets who conformed thereto, did adjudicate for the Jews. "l This is too clear and evident a verse to admit of any doubt. Many other verses of the Quran further confirm this and so do the tradltions. As, for instance, a tradition states that there have been l,H,000 l. "-1-Baqara, Y. BB and. lfl-Malda, Y. 41. 98