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prophet who would be out of the pale of his own followers. On the other hand, whosoever is blessed with verbal communion with God acquires it through his magnanimity only and he is also one of his followers and is not an independent prophet. ' (Titamma Chashma. Ma'arafat, p. 9). Fakhrud Din Razi (d. 544 AH), the renowned interpreter and commentator of the Holy Quran, says: 'Wisdom is the Khatam of all and for Khatam it is essential to be supreme. Remember that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings upon him, when he was raised to the status of KhatamanNabiyyeen, was confirmed to be supreme among all the prophets. ' (Tafsir Kabeer: Razi, v. 6, p. 31). Allama Abdul Raham bin Khaldun, the very renowned and acknowledged authority in history (d. 808 AH/1406 AD), holds that Khatami Wilayat should also be taken in the same sense as. Khatami Nubuwwat and he explains: said: 'It is admitted that the grades of Wilayat are similar to that of the prophethood. Only a most perfect saint could be called Khatam al. Auliya, i. e. a particular saint has reached the highest possible grade that a saint could have attained. This is exactly as the Khatamal. Anbiya had attained the grade of perfection that a prophet could possibly reach. ' (Muqaddama Ibn Khaldun, pp. 271–272, Egypt edition). Qutbul Ahraar, Shah Badee'ud Din Madar (d. 851 AH), has 'From among the saints that appeared after the companions of the. Holy Prophet, none except three ever reached the highly aspired spiritual eminence: (1) Khwaja Awais Qarani; (2) Bahlol Rana; and (3) the saint elect Hazrat Mohiyud Din who was supreme and peerless. To him was granted this distinction among the saints as was granted the status of Khatamal Anbiya which is the highest grade among the prophets. Similarly, Khilafat culminated during the time of the Holy Prophet's companions as was sainthood perfected for Ali and martyrdom on Hassan and Hussain, peace of. God be with them. ' (Qiratul 'Ain Fi Mahamid Ghaus Saqalain, p. 18) 15