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prophets". 1 Before expounding the meaning of the above verse, it seems necessary to go into the circumstances surrounding its revelation so that the grounds for and the histo~c background against which the Holy Prophet (Allah bless him) has been designated 'the Seal of prophets' are taken into account. It must be recalled in this connection, that as Heaven would have it, all the Holy Prophet's male children born of Hazrat Khadija the Pure, (may Allah be pleased with her) died while he was, still in Mecca. This gave an occasion to the evil-minded unbelievers to taunt him and say that he was a fruitless tree and without issue and that after his death his chapter will be finally closed. In reference to it Allah revealed the following verses : ,i, 1. . . . . -:,. . . ~--1ni:-at ==:;s-ir'i'1•. . ,_. . . . . ~, - ,,, ~. J ::,->-;;. , ~ ' • :-:,PC:\ I. J,,, •,/. . , ()7' I 0. 1. 1"') "We have granted thee abundance : pray therefore to thy Lord and sacrifice, verily thy enemy is fruitless (without issue)'·' ,2 When later the Holy Prophet migrated to Medina, here he disowned Zaid as his son on the ground that in accordance with _Divine Commandment an adopted son could no more be treated as ~on. This again gave occasion to the accursed infidels to repeat the taunt saying that the repudiation of his adopted son had advanced a stage further still his aberrativeness, which had been completed after the demise of his son earlier. On this occasion was revealed the verse under reference which announced that while, Allah had in His wisdom 10 willed it that the Prophet should have no male issue, but as the Messenger of Allah he was the 1. Sura Al-Ahzab, Verse 41. 2. Suro Al-Kausar. 86