KHATM E NABUWAT 3

    Faham khatmunbyyen cours

                   *lesson No:3*

*Khatm_e_Nubuwat in the light of Quran*

The holy Quran and the holy Prophet’s Ahadith (Traditions) eloquently prove that Prophethood (‘nubuwwat’ and ‘risalat’) came to an end with our Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) There are decisive verses to that effect. Being the last Prophet in the chain of prophethood no one ever shall now succeed him to that status of dignity. 

“Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah is Aware of all things.” (Quran, Al-Ahzab 33:40).

INTERPRETERS OF THE HOLY QURAN

All the interpreters of the Holy Quran agree on the meaning of ‘Khatam-un-Nabieen’ that our Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) was the last of all the prophets and none shall be exalted to the lofty position of Prophethood after him.

(1) Imam Hafiz Ibn-e-Katheer

His explanatory remarks on the above verse are as follows:

“This verse is conclusive of the precept that our Prophet is the last prophet and that there shall be no ‘nabi’ after him. When there shall be no ‘nabi’ to follow him the ordainment of a ‘rasool’ cannot arise by logic of anteriority because the status of a ‘rasool’ is more exclusive than that of a ‘nabi.’ Every ‘rasool’ is a ‘nabi’ but every ‘nabi’ is not a ‘rasool’. There exists a continuous and unbroken chain of citations of Ahadith from a large number of venerable ‘sahabah’ or Companions of the Prophet (Allah be pleased with them), that there shall be no ‘nabi’ or ‘rasool’ after Muhammad.( Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam)” (Tafseer Ibn-e-Katheer, Vol. 3, p.493). 

NOTE: Every prophet is called a ‘Nabi’ whether he was given a ‘Shariat’ or not; and the prophet who was given a ‘Shariat’ is called a ‘Rasool.’

(2) Imam Qartabi

Imam Qartabi comments on the quoted verse as follows: 

“Said Ibn-e-Atiya that the words (Khatam-un-Nabieen) according to the learned men of the Ummah of the present and the past indicate perfect compre­hensiveness and signify, in consonance with the Quranic injunction, that there shall be no prophet after Muhammad.( Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam)

(3) Hujjat ul Islam, Imam Ghazali

Hujjat ul Islam, Imam Ghazali explains the said verse in these words: 

“No doubt the Ummah has unanimously understood from this word (‘Khatam-un-Nabieen’) and its circumstantial reference to mean non-existence of a ‘nabi’ or ‘rasool’ ever after Muhammad (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) and that (this word calls for) no reservation or tacit interpretation in it; hence its dissident is certainly the one who rejects (Ummah’s) unanimity.” (Al Iqtisad fil Etiqad, p.123)

In another ayat in Surah Saba verse 28, Allah Almighty has said that “We have sent you not, except to the entire mankind, good tidings to bear and warning” (Saba : 28) 

And in another verse in Surah Aaraf, Allah subhanahu watala had said that “Say: ‘O mankind, I am the messenger of God to you all” (Aaraf : 158)

Both the Ayahs reveal that without any exception Hazrat Muhammad SallAllah-o-Alaihi Wa Aalihi Wasallam has been sent to the whole mankind, as He SallAllah-o-Alaihi Wa Aalihi Wasallam himself says:

“I am God’s messenger for him to whom I find in my life and for him also who is born after me” (Kinzul Amal v.11 p.404. Hadith No.31885. Kharaise Kubra p.88 v.2)

Therefore, these Ayahs show that there cannot be any other Prophet after Hazrat Muhammad SallAllah-o-Alaihi Wa Aalihi Wasallam and that till dooms Day He SallAllah-o-Alaihi Wa Aalihi Wasallam is the Prophet of the time. Had there been any other Prophet after Hazrat Muhammad SallAllah-o-Alaihi Wa Aalihi Wasallam, it would have been obligatory to have faith in his revelation and to consider him a God-sent messenger, otherwise salvation would not have been possible (May God forgive)

In another verse of Surah Allah ta'la has said that : “We have not sent you, save as a mercy unto all beings” 

Note: It means that to have faith in Hazrat Muhammad SallAllah-o-Alaihi Wa Aalihi Wasallam is enough for everyone’s salvation so, if there had been another Prophet after Him SallAllah-o-Alaihi Wa Aalihi Wasallam it would have been obligatory for his ummah to have faith in the new Prophet’s revelation and Prophethood, with this faith the salvation would have been impossible. But all this is contradictory to ‘mercy for all beings’, because in this case Hazrat Muhammad SallAllah-o-Alaihi Wa Aalihi Wasallam does not remain the prophet of the time. (May God forgive)