Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 89
IR a word, we believe in the tradition ( there is no Prophet after me ) in the fullness of faith and declare openly that there • is no prophet after our Master the Holy Prophet. But we do not subscribe to the view that the water of his fountain has run dry ( God forbid I ) ; on the contrary we believe that his. prophethood is co- extensive with eternity and whosoever shall come henceforth, must come enwrapped in the mantle· of His prophethood and that his apostleship would thus be subordinate to and not independent of the Holy Prophet. For, there shall not be one, be he the Messiah of Nazareth or any other, who dare encroach upon the Holy Prophet's term of office _and put his foot on the pedestal of apostleship, in contravention of the Holy Prophet's seal of Prophethood till The Doomsday. Our Master is verily pre-eminent among all his predecessors and successors and the chief among the tribes of men. Those who preceded him prepared the ground for his advent as says he, ··• ~\1 \,_. t _,,. 1 \:::, Lj. # ':J -er. --, pwJ~. . . ,o>I-'. ~. ~ And those who succeed him shall do so a1 bis servants seeking his light and as his reflection. This is the true significan<'e of the verse u::~lr!jl. ,;. and the tradition ~;. \af ~ 'j What a pity therefore that the materialist t. hinkers of today prefer the superficial sense of the term to the lofty truths embodied therein. In recapitulation, we reiterate our faith in the tradition (~~ ~ ':l) and verify its truth and authenticity except that it means that (1) There shall not be a prophet, such as can declare the Law of Muhammad as abrogated, for, his Law is eternal and shall not be replaced with •nother dispensation. (2). There shall not be a prophet who 89