Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 95
:Ayesha, May Allah be pleased with her) i. e. a disciple and· a reflector-prophet , who, bearing the seal of the Holy Prophet, attains to prophethood. The other tradition that our opponents advance is the one based on the saying of the Holy Prophet •l:-:i'>'l. ,. :. T uil ("'I am the la,t of the Prophets" This tradition is cited as the Holy Prophet's personal decision that he is the last prophet and that after his judgment, the matter must be treated as closed. In this connection it must be borne in mind that as, we believe that there is no prophet after the Holy Prophet's term of Prophethood, similarly do we whole-heartedly subscribe our faith to th. e belief that he is in the true sense of the word the last Prophet. It is· indeed very painful to note that our opponents at times without caring to understand our viewpoint aild at others. unfortunately deliberat- ely attribute to us the totally erroneous view that we do not accept the Holy Prophet as the final Prophet. The truth of ~he matter is that we do believe the Holy Prophet to be the last prophet in the sense in which he has so declared himself to be. This misunderstanding has originated, in fact, with the failure on the part of our opponents, to ponder over the nature of prophethood we claim for the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement. The mere word 'prophet', used in respect of his claim, causes such an uproar that a hue and cry is raised, 'Lo, here the prophet's seal has been violated, another one has been assigned the place of the prophet and declared to be the last of the line" Would that our misguided friends gave a moment's cool and patient consideration and try to understand the question in a dispassionate manner. What is prophethood? Which stream has the Holy Prophet stopped and which one has he caused to flow ? To refresh the memory of our readers, I will here 91