Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 75
. saints)l In short the hadith under discussion:. (ol~I °'ii o~I ~ ~ ,J) refers to the particular prophethood of the Holy Prophet (peace of Allah be on him and His choicest blessings ever and evermore) and does not apply to prophet- hood: in general. Even if it is differently construed, it does not •negate prophethood in principle and is applici:ble only to law-bearing and independent prophethood. ; the purport of the tradition being that the advent of the Holy' Prophet (peace of Allah be on him and· His choicest blessings) bars the door to law-bearing and independent prophethood and does not so bar the door to mubashirat and munzirat as this is but a reftt>ction of his own prophethood and not an original gift nor independent of him. Besides, the above tradition contains a subtle reference to the coming of the Promised Messiah in the latter days. 'l'o elaborate this point, suffice it to sav, that, as our readers are aware, Ha:z. i-at Isa was· gifted with lnjil which literally means Basharat (vide Aqrabulwawarid). In other words the non-law-bearing prophethood of Hazrat Isa was termed Baaharat by GQ(l; the Holy Prophet (peace of Allah be •on him and His choicest blesaings ever and evermore) in his observation under discussion, in a subtle ma. nner pointed out that while he was about to depart, the people should remain on the lookout for a Messiah bearing Mubaaluhirat like the Mosaic Messiah bearing the lnjil (Basharat) 1 this l\luhammadan Messiah beiftg a follower in his steps and a recipient of his (the Prophet's) light. What a beautiful expression that fell from the august lips of our Master, the Holy Prophet. (peace Sharah Sunani lbne Maja edited by Imam. Chui Hasan Page 448. • 'IS