Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 92
I feel that this discussion has taken much longer space than I had mentally reserved for it. I will now therefore conclude it with only one more reference and then take up other traditions. Hazrat Imam Shirani (died in A. H. 927) says : J~~~. ,(J'~ ~ 'j. j. ,l. . . . _, ~dlilJ- ~,i cr,)1. ~!/. t,~~1)-~~t. . ,. . :. -~ ~ >t. ,. Jl "The s\atement of the Prophet that there shall be no prophet after him simply means that there shall be no such prophet after him as bears a new law". 1 The above explanation by Hazrat Imam Shirani is clear and unambiguous. No s"nsible person can entertain the least· doubt about it even for a mo- ment. It will be silly if not dishonest to raise, in this connection, a question with regard to the personal belief held by Imam Sllirani in this matter as we have disposed of this irrelevant issue in res- pect of Mullah Ali Qari's reference bearing on the tradition. Only an unreasonable person would trot out such· an irrelevant point. •As we have already clear- ly pointed out in our discussion of Mullah Ali Qari's reference, we are not concerned here with the personal belief of Imam Shirani aQout the ap- pearance of a prophet. The subject- under discuss- ion is the interpretation of the tradition (cS~ i. s:i ~) as put forth by Imam Shirani and this interpre- tation undoubtedly takes cognizance of the only fact that there is no law-giving prop~et after him. --. . l. . . tl-YtNtil Wal-jawahar Vol. 11 p 27. 9:l