Truth Prevails — Page 33
( 33 ) After putting down the Hadith in question, Mr. Faruqi writes: “It is obvious that this prophecy contains simile and metaphor. Herein the name Jesus, son of Mary, is used but most of the Muslim savants of old did accept the coming of Jesus Christ again into this world but not as a full-fledged prophet , as there could be no Prophet after Mohammad (peace and the blessings of Allah be upon him). In view of Khatm-i-Nabuwwat , the meaning would be that he would not come as a Prophet)”. (Truth Triumphs, page 12 & 13) On page 13 of his book, Mr. Faruqi concedes that the reference here is to the Promised Isa of the Ummat of Mohammad. He is quite right in this view but this Isa has been called a Nabi as many as four times. Since the Nabuwwat of the Promised Messiah could be squarely established on the basis of this reference, Mr. Faruqi has tried to throw a blanket over this truth, by bringing in an unwarranted statement attributed to righteous people of the past, that they hold a belief in regard to the Hazrat Isa expected to appear in the Ummat of the Holy Prophet, that he would not return to this world in the capacity of a Prophet although these righteous people have held the view, and no other, he would certainly be a Prophet; that his advent would not be bereft of the Nabuwwat which undoubtedly belonged to him, for the view has not been acceptable to them that a man who has once been a Nabi , can be deprived of it. To mention one instance, Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan of Bhopal, writes on the basis of views held by righteous people of the past: “Where a man says that the Prophethood of Hazrat Isa would be snatched away from him (at the time of his advent) is a confirmed Kafir , as clearly stated by Imam Jalal-ud-Din Sayuti. ” (Hojajil Kiramah, page 131) Similarly, an eminent Imam of the Hanafia School, Imam Ali Qari writes: “In Hazrat Isa being a Nabi , and at the same time being an Ummati of the Holy Prophet, to serve and consolidate the Sharia , there is no obstacle involved, even irrespective of the fact that he might render this service to Islam on the basis of wahyi which might come to descend on him. ” (Mirqat Sharha Mishkat, Vol. V, page 564) In other words, the view has been that at one and the same time, he would be a Nabi as well as an Ummati ; and his Nabuwwat shall not come to be snatched away from him. Hazrat Muhy-ud-Din Ibni ‘Arabi writes: “Hazrat Isa would be an arbitor among us, without a new Sharia ; without doubt he would be a Nabi. ” It is also to be carefully borne in mind that this saint and scholar holds that in this advent the Nabuwwat of Hazrat Isa would be a Nabuwwat an Image and Reflection, called buruzi Nabuwwat. He writes: