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finally qlinches the argument in favour of the view that, in his ·own mind, the Khatme nabuwat verse was in ·no manner a bar to Ibrahim becoming a prophet. How clearly and unequivocally this • tradition opens to the Muslims the door to prophethood inspite of the Khatme-nabuwat. Would that our frie. tds care to deliberate and seriously. take into account the. fact that the Khatamannabiyyeen verse had been 1evealed and our Master the Holy Prophet (peace of Allah be on him and--His choicest blessings for ever and evermore) had been invested with the insignia of the seal of prophethood, when quite a few years later on the death of. his son Ibrahim, he observes: •·Had Ibrahim lived he would certainly have been a righteous propl'iet. " What does it amount to in final analysis? If our observation is unpalatable to you, then we irvite you to hear what Hazrat Mulla Ali Bin Muhammad Sultana! Qari (died in 1014 A. H. ) a towering divine of the Hanafi section:· 1ias to say: "Had Ibrahim lived and become a prophet, he would be among the followers of the Holy Prophet. It would • not contradict the Divine word Khatammannabiyyin which means that there shall not- be a prophet abi:ogating his law and being 48