True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 20
[ 20 ] grace from him. ( Chashma-e-Ma‘rifat , R uha n i Khaz a ’in , vol. 23, p. 340) Elsewhere, the Promised Messiah as has elaborated that all other Prophets are indebted to the Holy Prophet sa in that through his seal of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat he has testified to the truth of all previous Prophets. Had he not done so, we could not have believed in their truthfulness. This is a unique and great favour of the Holy Prophet sa that he has testified to the truth of not only all the previous Prophets but also to the Prophets sent anywhere in the world. In other words, the benefits of his Kh a tamiyyat transcend time and space. In this connection, I would place before you a passage from the writings of the well known Mujaddid Alf-e-Th a n i , Hadrat Sheikh Ahmad Far u q i Sirhind i (died 1034 AH), who is a recognized authority among the different sects of Ahle-Sunnat ( H anaf i , Deoband i , Barelav i ). In his Makt u- b a t , he states: Following the advent of Hadrat Mu h ammad, the Chosen One, the Seal of the Prophets sa , the attain- ment of the attributes of prophethood by his follow- ers as subordinate or by way of inheritance, will in no way conflict with his status as the Seal of the Proph-