With-Love-to-Muhammad

114 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
based entirely on the context of the statement and the situation
at hand.
Second, in his desperation, Farhan Khan not only
disagrees with a great mujaddid but tries to distort facts. He
writes, “‘Alī ra was exactly like Hārūn as in that they were both
guardians over their people in the absence of the ‘master’
Prophet, except, unlike Hārūn as who later became a Prophet,
there were no prophets after Muhammad sa , so ‘Alī ra was not
destined to become a Prophet.” 104
While we cannot know for sure if Farhan Khan did this on
purpose but it can definitely cause some readers to think that
Hazrat Hārūn as was made a prophet after the incident of Hazrat
Mūsā’s as absence from his people for 40 nights. The fact of the
matter is that Hazrat Hārūn as was a companion prophet to his
brother from the very start of his mission before they even
confronted Pharaoh. In the very first meeting between Allāh,
the Exalted, and Hazrat Mūsā as , he had asked Him for a helper
as shown by the following verses:
۝
ِ ْ وَزِيْرًا مّ‏ ‏ِنْ‏ اَهْلىِ‏ ۝ ۙ هٰرُ‏ وْ‏ نَ‏ اَىخِ‏ ۝ ۙ
ۤ اَمْرِىۙ‏
وَاجْعَل لىّ‏
وَاَشرْ‏ ‏ِكْهُ‏ فىِ‏ ْ
اشْ‏ دُدْ‏ ۤ بِهٖ‏ اَزْرِىۙ‏
And grant me a helper from my family — Aaron, my
brother; Increase my strength with him and make
him share my task. 105
The words share my task, clearly indicate that Hazrat Mūsā as
wanted him to become a prophet like him. As a result, this
۝
104
Khan, With Love, Page 19
105
Sūrah Tāhā, 20:30-33