Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 74
Sirhindi observes in his Maktubat ( letters ) that though there are among this Ummat (people) some who have been honoured with the wort! of God and His address and such ones shall continue to be till the doomsday, but only such a one as is graced with Divine word and Address in exceeding generous measure • and is g i v e n intelligence of hidden things in abundance, is designated as prophet. " • "Even if therefore the tradition under discussion is taken in a general sense, it will simply resolve itself into one basic concept that there can be no law-giver prophet in future and thnt only subordinate non-law-bearing prophet mt. y appear with a prophethood confined to only mubaahiral and -Munzirat. In connection with this tradition, it must be home in mind that this specific meaning of the term mubaahirat relates only to the mass of Muslims. It does not at all mean that the onlv portion that has been allocated to this,. the be;t people, consists • of mere dreams ( the personal testimony of thousands of saints and reformers who grare the pages of Islamic history is a co~firmatory pl"OOf ) and tha·t there shall not be one such as receives revelation. Imam Abul Hasan says in his commentary on. lbne Maja:•. . . w~u i b. . ie ,. . . . lt ~ ~:. ,. . ) w, =>\,,J, - ~,w=-. ,. . _; 't;J _, ~ CA :. ,c. , >I, "True dreams are meant here in reference to the mass of Muslims and revelatio!l and Divine word are still there for the righteous (the 74