Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 131
din lbne Arabi, • only the door of law-bearing Prophethood has been closed after the appointment of the Holy Prophet ( Alhh bless _him) and not of every category of prophethood. ( 2 ) That Q. _ccording to Hazrat Shaikh, the door to non-law-bearing prophethood. is kept open after the advent of the Holy Prophet ( Allah · bless him ) aud shall remain open tjll the Day of Judgement and· such type of prophethood has been termed as ''general prophethood" by him. ( 8 ) That whosoever comes after the Holy Prophet ( Allah bless him) shall follow his law and be subject to his command. ' (,) That Prophethood is compo~ed of several elements, and law-giving is but one of the com• ponents of prophethood. 'fhese •are four important postulates that the above-quoted references conclusively establish. If however any doubts were to arise in: the mind of any person as to the veracity of · our. translation he may refer the same to· the Maulvi. of his choice for his satisfaction in this behalf. These references as would. be readily conceded, are. indisputable, clear-cut and explicit. Hazrat Shaikh-i~Akbar more or less, shares the view with us that only the door to law- bearing prophethood has been closed with the advent of the Holy Prophet ( Allah bless him). and that since law-bearing prophethood is but a part and not the whole of prophethood, the door to general prophet hood has bee;n left open and shall never be bolted. As is the wont of some person$. who are shy of accepting anything contrary to their firmly establish- ed beliefs and are given to nagging criticiQ of every new point, a. question has been raised by. them. that Hazrat Shaikh. Muhyyuddin lbne Arabi perhaps re- garded mere Wilayat (saintliness) aa syno11ymous with UH