True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 63
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 63 ] the Holy Prophet sa. Obviously, the words of the Holy Prophet sa cannot be false. Hadrat Mu hy- ud-D i n Ibn-e- ‘Arab i rta , elaborating on this h ad i th , says: Prophethood has not been totally abolished. That is why I had said that only prophethood bringing a new Shar i ‘ah. has come to an end. This is the meaning of words L a Nabiyya ba‘d i … The study of the h ad i th about Caesar and Chosroes has led me to understand that, by saying L a Nabiyya ba‘d i , the Holy Prophet sa is employing the same kind of expression as there would be no Caesar after this Caesar and there would be no Chosroes after this Chosroes. ( Al-Fut uha tul- Makkiyyah , vol. 3, p. 103) Another Misleading Claim by the ‘White Paper’ The Government of Pakistan has made another claim in the White Paper based on their self-proclaimed study of the Holy Qur’an. They have presented it as a citation from scholars, but no reference has been provided. It reads: A close study of the Holy Qur’an would reveal that a new Prophet was invariably raised only when the teachings brought by previous Prophets were :. . . : :