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to nothing besides it. Borrowing a current phrase from political terminology, the tradition described every prophet as representing a single unit and thus. if all law-giver prophets represent a unit. each, the Holy Prophet in his august person, is as a unit, the stone that was affixed in the fulne. ss of time, in its prt>per place, thus completing the mansion of Law for all times. The words "why has not the c9rner-stone yet been affixed" represents in a beautiful way, a q u e st ion and a thirst that humafi nature was feeling-the time had come for an everlasting and. global law so as to· perfect the edifice of values. Had it been a matter of prophethood in the absoulte sense, this reference to· a natural want and a natural thirst Wf!. S uncalled for. Thili is unques~ion- able therefore that the Holy. Prephet ( Allah bless him ) has been comparl"d here to a unit among the other law-giver prophets and as is well- known, as units all unit-members' have equal figure value, whether big or small. This example further makes it clear that as units, only law-gi1rcr a11d independent prophets are to be taken into account as the subordinate and reflex- prophet is but like a branch and not an independent tree and therefore out of the question. l\Ioreover our Master the Holy Prophet (peace be on him) has by adding the words~Jl·~l. . . attheend, disposed of the ci)tirc controversy. . He has warned the l\luslims against construing this tradition in a sense contrary to the spirit of the Quranic term v-:Jl~l;. In ~ manner of speaking the Holy Prophet has said that "com- pared to precedidg Prophets I am no doubt the last brick. in the mansion of law but in the future scheme as ~ll~l. . . I am the foundation stone and hencefo1·ward my currency and my seal are the legal tender and rightlabel. •• 110