True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 33
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 33 ] But it is apparent to those endowed with insight that coming in a particular sequence holds no honour in itself. How then can the verse: 7 be interpreted to convey a compliment to the Holy Prophet sa. If one does not consider Kh a taman- Nabiyy i n to be a praiseworthy trait or a rank of honour, only then can Kh a tamiyyat be interpreted as the last. In other words, this interpretation cannot be held without, God forbid, dishonouring the Holy Prophet sa. He continues: But I know that this will be intolerable to every Mus- lim. ( Ta h dh i run-N a s , p. 4–5, by Muhammad Q a sim N a notaw i ) Who are the Muslims then, we or the mull a hs of Pakistan? Your top scholar, who is the founding father of the Deoband Movement, says that anyone who considers the Holy Prophet sa to be last in time cannot be a Muslim. But you are presenting the same as a fundamental tenet of Islam. Let us turn to a Muslim scholar from the Barelav i sect, who are opposed to the Deoband i s. Barelav i s and other Sunn i s, who do not accept Deoband i s, allege that the 7. but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets ( S u rah al-A h z a b , 33:41)