Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 128
hood had gained some ground; for, it is more explicit and expansive than the statement of Hazrat Ali ( Allah be pleased with him ). It seems Hazrat Avesha the righteous ( Allah be pleased with her) got wind of the wrong tendency among some con- verts who hnd not been fully initiated in I he realities of faith, to interpret the tradition 'IS. >. ~ ~ -:J• as finally barring the appearance of any type of Prohet after the Holy Prophet ( Allah blei. s him ) and bolting for good the door of apostleship. like a conscientious teacher she was prompt in taking notice of this tendency and remonstrated that since there was apparently a lock of realization of the full significance of the tradition 'IS. la¾ ~ ')• she drew attention to' ti. le expression •lr. ,i~I ~l:. :. which stood for •the Seal of the Prophets'. The entire concept of the ~tati~n of the H~ly Prophet is fully covered by tlus simple expression and the misunderstanding which 'IS~ u:i":Y' gives rise to, in certain immature minds, is at once disposed of So explicit and illuminating- is the warning of Hazrat Ayesha the righteous ( Allah be pleased with her) that little room is left for any doubt or hesitation. Since this pronouncement of Hazrat Ayesha ( Alloh be pleased with her) has been dealt with at length in the foregoing pages, we need not add anything further to it, It. is clear that during the early days Hazrat Ayesha the righteous ( Allah be pleased with her ) noticed a wrong tendency in respect of the significa,,ce of 'IS~ ~ '1' and promptly attended to its rectification. After quoting the statements of Hazrat Ali ( Allah grace his face with honour) and Hazrat Ayesha the righteous ( Allah be pleased with her), I • would now refer to the pronouncement of Hazrat Shaikh-i-Akbar l\lohayyuddin Ibne Arabi ( died in A. H. 688) who was a great luminary of the middle ages of Islam. In his pronouncement he is very 128