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a. nee of a prophet was not called for in the hadith under reference. An apt illustration of it may well be pointed out in the Sura Juma of the Holy Quran. S8,fs 'the Book of Allah : ,,, " ,,:. , ,,,,. 41!,. . . . ,,. ,,,__,. --~- •. -: _,_," • "' -J '""". . !:It. ''···--~'-,~ ,~-~'-,S'J. Jr:,. . ~~ ;,,_,- ,. . ,,,,,,. ,. _. ,. ,. . . ,. . \l~:J. :, 1:0'i~ ,r,,. ~1. J. ',. . ,. ,. . . ) ~r !'t-. . . ~ , '' Allah raised a prophet o. mong the illiterate (the Arabs), from among them,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and a latter people from among them. who have not yet joined with them. "l Herein the lotter people have been simply treated upon a par with the early companions of the Holy Prophet whose appearance from among them has been clearly hinted at, impliedly in the form of a similitudf. In. an exactly identical manner, in reference to the latter epoch of Islam. the tradition in hand, omits the mention of prophethood in word only, sufficing with. a hint. implied in its reference to caliphate founded on the bastion of prophethbod, so thal the attention of the people may be drawn, as in the abve-mentioned Quranic verse, to the subtle truth that the prophet of latter day" is not an indepedent office-bearer but a servant and disciple and a reflection of the Holy Prophet Muhammad ( peace of Allah be on him and His choicest blessings ever and evermore); for, after the advent of the Seal of Prophets there is ·no room for another in the realm of faith. Truly henceforth, it is through and through the era of. Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah and. whosoever comes after him, even though he attained to the excellence • of prophet. hood, even J. Sura Juma, Verses 3 and 4.