True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 10
[ 10 ] that was granted to the Promised Messiah as by Allah. The Promised Messiah as further writes:. . . Our Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, embodies in himself all the excel- lences. God says in the Holy Qur’an: 4 ‘Follow all the teachings that were given to all the Prophets. ’ The person who embodies all these teach- ings will, of course, become a compendium of all excellences and be greater than all the Prophets. . . ( Chashma-e-Mas ihi , R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 20, p. 381) Here the concept of Kh a tamiyyat has been addressed with reference to divine guidance. Out of every past teaching that appeared in the world, every good teaching is incorpo- rated in the teachings of the Holy Prophet sa. The Promised Messiah as further states: All prophethoods and all Books of the past are no longer required to be followed independently, because the prophethood of Muhammad sa comprises and encompasses them all. And except for it [the prophethood of Muhammad sa ] all routes to God are closed. Each and every truth which leads to God is in it [the Holy Qur’an] alone. Neither will any truth come after this, nor is there any earlier truth which is not present in it. It is for this reason that all 4. S u rah al-An‘ a m , 6:91 [Publisher]