With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 103
Statements of Prophet Muhammad sa 103 after him) by saying “ ب]دہ a YiCر a B ” (There would be no Caesar after him) and “ ب]دہ a ٰ WDری a B ” (There would be no Khosroe after him). He makes it clear that ‘ ﻻ ’ used in this context does not signify the exclusion of an entire genus. Rather, it is used to emphasize that there would be no one who would attain their majesty and their magnificence. Accordingly, we had Caesar succeeding a Caesar and a Khosroe succeeding a Khosroe for a thousand years after the Holy Prophet sa but they never attained the glory and grandeur of the Caesar and Khosroe of the time of the Holy Prophet sa. Hazrat Ibn ‘Arab ī rh elaborates this had ī th when he says: a اdHا a ecCا a gFذا a و a باicaFتہ a اeFبوۃ a ارت_]ت a dBا Hب a ﻻ a e]G a gBذا a اFتXرM ع a Hبوۃ a ارت_]ت a a ب]دہ ). . . . . . ( CوFہ a ان a اedc]B a GتXرع a ﻻ a ای a ب]دہ a Hب a ﻻ a اذا a CوFہ a Gثل a gBذا a Hب a ب]دہ a aMون a ﻻ a ﻻHہ a خاۃ a YiCر a cKک a اذا a و a ب]دہ a ٰ WDری a B a ٰ WDری a cKک a ب]دہ. a YiCر a B ) a جcد a iaGہ. a Bتوحات ۲ a باب a. ۷۳ a :وال a. ۲۵ a _حہ a. ۸۵ a YGری ( Prophethood has not been totally abolished. That is why we had said that only prophethood bringing a new law (or shar ī ‘ah ) has come to an end. This is the meaning of the words “ ب]د a Hب a ﻻ ہ ” (there is no prophet after him). Hence, we have learned that the saying of the Holy Prophet sa that there is no prophet after him actually