Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 65
(2) Appearance of a prophet, to serve Islam in the light of the observation : • ~,I r - l "'- u. \ l :-,. . ti) ~ ":J c. :,-0" '-""""'. . "He wil fight the people for Islam" is not derogatory to the verse ••~I ~la. " for, in that capacity he is a spiritual heir to the Holy Prophet {peace of Allah be on him and His choicest blessings ever and _evermore) and is a part of him ; that is why the Holy Prophet calls him a prophet notwithstanding the verse ~I ~l. ,;. ( t) Every claimant to prophethood, during the period intervening between the Holy Prophet (peace of Allah be on him and His choicest blessings ever and evermore), is to be rejected as impostor, for, the period of '[. Y:. I ~' hus been reserved for false prophets from eternity. The above tradition of Abu Daood finds support in a similar tradition occuring in Sahib Muslim, in the course of which,the Holy Prophet (peace of Allah be on him and His choicest blessings ever and evermore) used the term prophet, no less than four times, in reference to the coming Messiah. Said the Holy Prophet (pea·ce of Allah be on him and His choicest blessings for ever and eve1·more. ) I !. , • • • A • - I •-t , ~ , -. . . a. . . . . &:::. cU,11 ' o,w _,. s:. ~ • • • • • • • ~ ~ ' _. ,-;,, u--;-;--- I. ii". . • :. ,,,r. ~ • 6&