With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 80
80 With Love to Muhammad sa the Kh ā tam-un-Nabiyy ī n categorically testify that this belief is totally false. I myself am strongly averse to such beliefs and I resolutely believe in the verse: ْ وَﻟٰـﻜِﻦ َّٖ اﻟﻨَّﺒِني ََ وَﺧَﺎمت ِّٰ اهلل َ رَّﺳُﻮْل 67 This verse contains a prophecy of which our opponents do not have the least idea. In this prophecy God Almighty says that, after the Holy Prophet sa , the door of prophecies has been closed until the Day of Judgement, and that it is no longer possible for a Hindu, a Jew, a Christian or a nominal Muslim to assume the title of prophet ; and that all the doors leading to prophethood have been closed except the door of s ī rat-e-sidd ī q ī 68 , i. e. , losing oneself in the Holy Prophet sa. Thus he who comes to God through this door is clad, by way of zill 69 , in the same mantle of prophethood which is the mantle of the prophethood of Muhammad sa. As such, his being a prophet is not a matter for jealousy, for he does not derive this status from himself but from the fountain of the Holy Prophet sa ; and, that too, not for his own glory but for 66 There is no Prophet after me. ( Bukh ā r ī , Kit ā bul Faz ā ’il, B ā bu Faz ā ’ili ‘Al ī bin Ab ī T ā lib ra ; Muslim , Kit ā bul Fad ā ’il, B ā bu Min Fad ā ’ili ‘Al ī bin Ab ī T ā lib ra ) [Publishers] 67 But he is the Messenger of All ā h and the Seal of the Prophets. —Al-Ahz ā b, 33:41 [Publishers] 68 Complete devotion to the Holy Prophet sa , such as was shown by Hazrat Ab ū Bakr Sidd ī q ra. [Publishers] 69 Z ill or Z illiyyat signifies such complete devotion to the Holy Prophet sa , and such self-effacement that a person begins to reflect the image of his Master sa. [Publishers]