True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 100
[ 100 ] Muslim Community, however, staunchly believes in Khatm-e-Nubuwwat. The Promised Messiah as has repeat- edly asserted his firm belief in Khatm-e-Nubuwwat and that whoever rejected this doctrine was not a Muslim. We believe in this doctrine not because it is a fundamental of Islamic faith but because the Holy Qur’an says so. We believe that anyone who rejects a jot of the Holy Qur’an is a renegade and outside the pale of Islam. Belief in Khatm-e-Nubuwwat and its Impact on Civilization and Culture The verse with the phrase ‘ Kh a taman-Nabiyy i n ’ was revealed in the year 5 A. H. The major portion of the minis- try of the Holy Prophet sa had elapsed by that time. The nat- ural question that arises is what did the Muslims base their unity, culture and civilization on? What special factors came to play in the 5th year of Hijra to give the Muslims a distinct entity and a special culture and civilization? The statement that belief in ‘ Khatm-e-Nubuwwat ’ had a signifi- cant impact on Muslim culture and civilization is prepos- terous. What has happened to them now? Why are they so split and facing one crisis after another? This belief is of no help to them now. On the other hand, look at the Ahmad i s. ‘All a mah Iqb a l, the ‘Thinker of Islam,’ says: In the Punjab, the essentially Muslim type of charac- ter has found a powerful expression in the so-called