Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 145
~ot of the Holy Prophet's ( Allah bless him) follow. mg and has not received the rank of prophet. hood through his grace and as a result of owing allegi- ance to him, in the· spirit of a disciple, is a smsshing challenge to the very organization of Islamic dispensation, leaving intact neither the Seal of Prophethood nor the finality of the Holy Prophet ( Allah bless him ). In contra-distinction to the above belief, the elevation to the rank of prophet- hood •of a pupil and spiritual son of the Holy Prophet ( Allah bless him ), through the favour of his grace and with a lighi from his light, constitutes no breach but redounds to the eminence of his glory as a testimony of the fact that the sun of his spiritual effulgence is capable 'of producing a moon of sph:itual reflection for _the illumination of the world in a period •of darkn~ss. May Allah bless the Holy Prophet Muhammad and bis people I A Rational Treatment t>f the Question After dealing with the testimony furnished by the early Divines and the· mass_ of Muslims I now come to the closing p!lrt of my discussion. As I said at the outset, human reason, in • spite of its possible lapses which are· sometimes prompted by environmental darkness is the natural light. par excellence, granted to man by Heaven, to help him discriminate truth from falsehood. · Most of the questions confronting man in life are decided in. the light of reason. In this ·connection, it must therefore. be borne in mind, - as a basic· fact, corroborated by the evidence of history, that it is an eternal law of God that Be invariably raises chose. n men of holy nature for the guidance and reformation of mankind whenever degenerate views and vicious deeds hold _ the fiel~ in the. world. This efol'matoryr action is determined by the prevalent 145