Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 47
J:''irstly that they should advance the plea that Allah caused Ibrahim to die so that he should not live to become a prophet. This plea would be treated by any right-minded person as an insane argument and utterly absurd, for it admits of the assumption that Allah had originally erred in sending Ibrahim. into the world and, as soon as He realized that He had made His apostle Muhammad a "terminator of Prophets" (u~-::JI ~la. ), He caused Ibrahim to die and thus put a finale to this story·. One can hardly think of a more absurd exposition of the tr. adi- tion under reference. Secondly, that our opponents, in fear of God, give their intransigence and accord their agreement to the view that inspite of the verse relating to •~. :JI 19Jla. •, a prophet may appear from among the followers of the Holy Prophet (peace of Allah be on him and His choicest blessings for ever and evermore) and that the '~. :. JI ~ l. :. ' verse bans law-bearing prophethood as well as independent apostleship and is in no way an embargo on non-law-giving reflex-prophethood. It should be rememberd in this connection that the verse relating to 'u---:·ll~la. • was revealed in fhe 5th year of the Hijri (vide lbne Hisham, Tabri and Tarikhe Khamis) while Ibrahim died in the year 9 or 10 of the era, that is some five years after the revelation (vide Tabri and zurqani). It clearly means that the Holy Prophet (peace of Allah be on him and His choicest blessings for ever and evermore) made the observation ''Had Ibrahim Jived he would have become a righteous prophet"; some five years after the revelation to him of the Khatamannabiyyeen verse. That the Holy Prophet (peace of Allah be on him and His choicest blessings), knowing fully well and notwith- standing the divine decision regarding Khatmenabu- wat, made the statement "Had Ibrahim lived he would have been a righreous prophet" conclusively and 4,7