Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 213
KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH 213 individuals. The answer is that there is no doubt that previous types of Prophethood have come to an end, as is the case with previous kings. But the end of these specific types of successors does not mean that better successors will not come. As the Holy Prophet sa is singular among all Prophets, so it is necessary that his system should be unique among all systems. Its uniqueness does not exclude it from the sphere of resemblance. However, it increases its elegance and excellence. As Hadrat Muhammad sa was the perfect Prophet and brought the perfect sharia, it was necessary that prophets appearing after him should have received the status of Prophethood by his grace. Similarly, his system was more perfect than all others, so it is necessary that there should be such Khulaf a ’ who are elected by public. In short, Allah, the Almighty moulded Prophethood and kingdom in a new shape and abolished the previous type of Prophethood and kingdom. The Khilafat of Previous Prophets—Both in the form of Prophethood and Kingship—was Imperfect It should be remembered that a Prophet Khalifah comes to support the previous Prophet, and a King Khalifah comes to protect the rights of believers, and to nurture their faculties. Now we can see that the Prophets who were assigned as the Khulaf a ’ of previous Prophets were