Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 5
group of them who have not yet Joined them". l According to a tradition of the Sahib Bukhari, when the above verses of sura Juma were revealed, a companion asked the Prophet, ''_O Apostle of Allah, who are these other group-ir-. ,. . . 1" Laying his hand on Hazrat Salman Farsi, a favourite companion, said the Holy Prophet (Allah bless him) -~~(:)-4~. )~l:J\;. ;U1~~~)1ici'6. ,J ~ c/-j~~ ~~'~c{<f;L(; •'If faith ascended to the Nadir a man from among these shall bring it dowR". 2 And on another occasion said the Holy Prophet (Allah bless him): <,d-4-1 1 c:r J!. ( 1r~~ ✓ ,:N ,P. J ~ lJ,. l ~~ \. J. - "Salman is one of us, one of the House*''. 3 ( ~ JA I) h e r e m e a n s of the family of t h e house of the Holy Prophet. (peace be on him) This Hadis points out. that the Promised Messiah and Mahdi shall be from among the Persians : this further compliments the prophecy about the Mahdi being one of the House. The above Quranic verses and traditions are decisive evidence of the eternal ordination regarding the appearance of spiritual vicegerents in the Mu- hammadan Dispensation. These vicegerents were to radiate the light of the Holy Prophet (Allah bless him), to illuminate the world as the moon in the world of matter radiating the light of the sun, 1. (Sura Juma Verses 3-4) 2, (Bukhari Book A/•Tafsir-Bab Ta/sir Sura Juma) J, (Tabranl Kabir va·Mustadrsk Hakim quoting Jama A. /-ssaghir) 5