True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 60
[ 60 ] Promised Messiah as. Yet, the Promised Messiah as is called a ‘ k a fir ’ [disbeliever] while these holy men are highly regarded and extolled. Even the White Paper of the Gov- ernment of Pakistan accepts them as top scholars and great thinkers in Islam. Amongst them is Hadrat Sh a h Waliyyul- l a h Mu h addith Dehlav i , who is universally acknowledged as the Mujaddid (reformer) of the 12th century and whom I have quoted earlier as well. He writes: From the words L a Nabiyya ba‘d i used by the Holy Prophet sa , we learn with certainty that there would be no Prophet after him who would bring a new Law or Shar i ‘ah. ( Qurratul-‘Ainain f i Taf di lish-Shaikhain , by Waliyyull a h Dehlav i, p. 319) Hadrat Ha fi z Barkhurd a r (died 1093 A. H. ), son of Hadrat Im a m Sheikh Naush a h Ganj, the leader of the Naush a h Q a diriyyah order, who is held in high esteem throughout the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent, writes: The words L a Nabiyya ba‘d i simply mean that there will be no law-bearing Prophet after the Holy Prophet sa. However, Allah may appoint a Prophet :