Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 49
from outside his follower&. "I A hasty-minded person might raise the point that Hazrat Mulla Ali Qari at heart personally subscribed to the view that there wou)d be no prophet after the Ho)y Prophet, (peace of AIJah be on him and His choicest blessings) and that the above view is a purely hypothetic one. It must be primarily home in mind in this connection, tha\ the expression and language employed by Hnzrat ),Iulla Ali Qari, are so clear and conclush. -e, that it is incomprehensible to attribute to him a duality of opinion and belief, without a decisive supporting evidence. 'l'he truth of the matter is that his personal belief was identical with his above-quoted opinion, as wou)d be evident from the content-matter of \he words he has prefixed to the above observation. The full t. ext of his. statement is a1 under: c,,e~\. s. J \:a;~. ;\-J ~\r. ' I J. ,~ _,. ) \. ;. . ,. C:-, ~ 9'1. . . -: ~,l~\. ;. _-'I~~. . _;·. ~;\. :. . i)IJ. . . ,. . ct. . . 5W\ -~,- ~ :,- ~ •• I • "I say (the words "l say") are note-worthy that. inspite of all this had Ibrahim lived and become a prophet he would be of the follower11 of the Holy Prophet. It does not contradict the dh·ine word • Khatamannabiyyeen (which means that there shaU not be a prophet abrogating his law nor one who was not of his followers. " 2 Who would now dispute the personal belief of Hazrat Mulla Ali Qari in face of his own aftirmati. on'I Assuming, however, that Hazrat Mullah Ali Qari's above view waa a purely hypothetical one, J. Mauz1111t, POI• 27. 2. MouzuM, pare 67.