Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 106
•r~. . ;JI• the law-bearing Prophethood peculiar to the Holy Prophet ha~ been specifically particularized and not prophethood in general as borne out by the exposition made by Allama lbne Hajar, the pre-eminent ,. ,uthori\y on traditions (see _Fathalbari vol. 12 page 305), The closing words of this tradition, \s-/'Y. J ~. la. I J_,. . . J')\. i' point out as an added factor, to the similarity of diction in the _ early tradition about •~. la. I ~i ":/ 1 • In any case there has been raised in this tradition no issue in addition to the points covered by the pre<'eding traditions. 1'he points that it raises are the same as hav~ be~n raised in the traditions'~. 1. afy-:i":/' and •-~~I _,. :. _I uil' namely that in the appearance of the Holy Prophet the door of law-bearing and of_ independent prophet hood has been closed and not that of reflex-prophethood which is but a part of the Holy Prophet's prophethood and its reflection and not something extraneous to it. This is the. self-same construction which all the eminent divines and reformers of Islam have been advocating. Hairat Shaikh Akbar Muhayyuddin lbne Arabi (died in A. H. 688) says :- ~ WI ~. J ~. uilJ. -. uilJ,-. J. )~~ ~ii ~. i. JI o,i,JI 1)1 iJ--' '-::~ ~IJ,. , 4J_,i i. i-- ll•. J. . . . . . 1+,U. . ~ ~. ,. . :. :JI o~I ~":/~I~ ";l_, ~. la. I Jy. -J '_)\j. ::. . alwl. Ai. ,-::. 11. :, :Ul-. ,JI 1)1 - ~J. t; ~. . ::. ~ C:,_,~ i)t(_ l~I J1 ~~ j&- IJ~ ~~ ( ,. . . . 4&. r. b. . "-,. ·lo:"'~ ,. . u~ ~ ol. . _,:i) "The prophethood that terminated with the person of the Prophet of Allah (peace be on him and His blessings) was no other than the law-bearing p r o p h e t h o o d not pro_phet- bood itself and this is the meaning of his (peace be on him and His blessings) words •verily Apostleship and Prophethood ceased with me therefore there shall be after me neither an 106