Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 157
So far as the Hadith is concerned, several tradi- tions confirm the. view that a non-law-giving prophet can appear after the Holy Prophet (Allah bless him). Even the traditions considered as doubtful, show on scrutiny that while the door to law-bearing and in- dependent prophethood is closed,· the door to reflex prophethood has not been closed. The term reflex prophethood is synonymous with elevation. to prophet- hood of a servant and devotee of the Holy Prophet (Allah bless ·him) through the· favour of· his grace and the radiation of tlie light of his reflection. · The prophethood as is so granted, along the path of Jana firasul. (self-oblteration in the love of the Holy P:rophet), is truly a part of his own prophetic pro- perties and not something extraneous thereto and therefore in spite of it the Holy Prophet (Allah bless him) remains the last prophet. After tradition come the pronouncements of the Leading Divines-in strict order of precedence. We have shown in the foregoing pages that from the erQ. of the Blessed companions to date there is no such period to be found when someone or the other leading Divine did not express views approximating our beliefs; This sacred chain. of evidence begins with the initial links furnished by the views of Hazrat Ali (Allah bless him) and Hazrat Ayesha (Allah bless her), is followed up by those of Hazrat Shaikh Mohayyμddin lbne Arabi, Hazrat SJ1aikh Ahmad Sirhandi Mujjaddad alfe sani and Bazrat Shah Wali- ullah, till it ends up with the last link, the opinion of Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi founder of the Deobad school. If therefore we are liable to be declafed llafirs, heretics, and outside the pale of Islam then whflt ,·erdict have our opponents reserved for these eminent luminaries who have expressed identical views. Last of all comes the approach of human reason. We have shown in this connection that our beliefs 157