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our afore-mentioned argument remains 11-n-affeded. For, here the personal belief of Hazrat Mulla Ali Qari, in respect of the actual advent of a prophet, is not the point at issu_e; what is really germain to the matter is his interpretation· of the Hadith '(\::. :lU:!. >. . ,. , 4. )!;:J ~l,;11 ~~_,)) and his view about the appearance of a non-law-giving disciple-prophet in face of the • verse ( i:r. =-::JI_ ~l. . : ). In othel • words, here the point at issue. is. not the advent or non- appearance of a prophet but of the possibility of such an eventuality. In this respect the above- quoted observation of Hazrat Mulla Ali Qari is so manifestly clear and self-evident that it is hardly suceptible of any explanati(?n other than the obvious one. He has in plain words observed that if according to the Holy Prophet's tra,dition'(l::-:-i\i:!. >. . ,. ,IJts:'. I I"=• l,;1 I~~. ,,) Ibrahim ha,d become a prophet, it would have in no way constituted a breach of the verse (~I ~l. . ). },or, in his opinion, the verse in question means no more than that there can be no law-giving nor an independen_t prophet. after the Holy Apostle Muhammad • (peace of Allah be on him and His choicest blessings) and not that there cannot come one who is both a non-law-giving prophet and a follower of the Holy Apostle Muhammad (peace of Allah be on him and His choicest blessings for ever and evermore). Supposing however that Hazrat Mulla Ali Qari held the personal belief that there would appear no prophet after the Holy Apostle (peace of Allah be -on him and His choicest blessings), it would in no way materially affect our argument; _for, in his eluddation of tbe Hadith '( L. -:i ~. >. . ,. , l. lts:'. I ~ l,;11 ~l~. ,1 )' be affirms the possib- ility of the emergence of a non-law-giving subordinate prophet among the followers of the Faith, not- withstanding the verse ( ~I ~l. . _ ). Obviously, the point at issue here is the possibility of the phenomena and not the actual incidence of the phenomena which is altogether a separate issue. I. :;o