With-Love-to-Muhammad

“I am the Last Brick and I am the Last of the prophets” 145
They interpret “the Seal of the prophets” as the brick
needed for the completion of the building, while it
(actually) means the prophet who has achieved An-
Nubuwwah Al-Kāmilah (Complete prophethood) 142
Just like he did in the case of Imām Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalānī rh ,
Farhan Khan has only tried to throw dust in the eyes of the
readers in order to overshadow and hide the main purpose of
the statement of Ibn Khaldūn given above. However, the truth
of Ibn Khaldūn’s interpretation of the hadīth under discussion
glares at him regardless. Ibn Khaldūn even goes a step further
and explains how he understands the word “khātam” in terms of
status:
و aثون aاولاۃ aتاوت a aراتبا aبابوۃ aو aجونa
احبaاالaاaخاتمaالاواءaأیaحازaارتبۃaاتa
aخاتۃaاولاۃaاaانaخاتمaالاباءaحازا
اتaaخاتۃaابوۃ۔aaاارعaنaتکaارتبۃa
اخاتۃaببۃaابتaaاحدثaاذور۔a 143
aرتبۃa ٍ
The perfect saint is considered to be the “seal” of the
saints, that is, the saint who is in the possession of the
rank that is the final stage of sainthood, exactly as
“the seal (Khātam) of the prophets” was the Prophet
who was in possession of the rank that is the final
stage of prophethood. In the tradition quoted, the
142
Translated by the authors
143
Ibid.