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no prophet of ,vhatever cattgory aft e r him whether from among his servants and devotees one with him in spirit, Against this one possible misconstruction the Holy Pro. phet placed a bright candlt of warniQg pointing out to his follo,vers so to say in so many words: Here •~~IJ"'"T~il means that I am the last prophet in • •the same sense as my tl}is mosque ( of Medina ) is the last mosque. " If the words ~\. . :. JI_,. ! cS~- ~I. J that this my mosque is the last mosque do· not ,nean that there shall not be built in the world another mosque in future and these words only mean that there shall be no mosque in place of mine· and that no mosque shall henceforth be built except as a copy of my mosque which will only serve and reflect it, for, my law is everlasting and there is no law after it; •~i~I. ,a,T ui• similarly therefore m e a n s that there is no prophet after me claiming· to have received grace independently of me. Only· my followers and disciples radiating my light shall be eligible to this favour. " How admirably eloqμent are these words and how penetrating is the glance of • our Holy Prophet that he so clearly _ foresaw the possibility of erroneous interpretation that lay in the words •~":ilJ"'"T ~I -and at once disposed of it by the word$' I am the last prop~et in the same sense as my this mosque is the last mosque. " Dear friends ! !\lay God OJICll your eyes, should you care to reflect and ponder that when inspite of lacs and crores of mosques having been built in. Muslim countries after the Holr, P1·ophet ( Allah bless him) the sense of the trad1tioQ : ~u,. . ,. . . :,ct~ i, "!\fy this mosque is the last mosque" Remains intact and breach proof, thenhow. the gtant 99