With-Love-to-Muhammad

“I am the Last Brick and I am the Last of the prophets” 151
Allāh. This is because he sees matters in their original
state. And it is necessary to see the Khātam-ul-Awliyā’
in this way. With this, in regard to the inner self, he is
the successor of the gold brick because he benefits
(spiritually) from the same source from which
Gabriel as brought revelation to the Holy Prophet sa . 150
We can see from this quotation how beautifully has Hazrat Ibn
‘Arabī rh expounded on the analogy of the hadīth and discussed
the position of the Promised Messiah and Imām Mahdī as in
relation to the analogy.
Eighth, the explanation of Ibn ‘Arabī rh has striking
similarities with the statements of Ibn Khaldūn quoted by
Farhan Khan on Page 14 of his book:
In his Kitāb ‘Anqa’ Mughrib, Ibn Al-Arabi Al-Hatimi
called (the Mahdī) the “Seal of the Saints”. He is
known under the name of the “silver brick”, with
reference to a tradition reported by Al-Bukhārī in the
chapter on the Seal of the prophets... In the case of
Prophecy (or prophethood), the brick is gold. In the
case of sainthood, the brick is silver.... “Gold brick” is
used as a name for the Prophet, and “silver brick” as
a name for the expected Fatimid saint (or the
Promised Messiah of the latter days)...
This explanation is similar to Ibn Al-‘Arabī’s explanation as it
discusses the position of the Promised Messiah as in relation to
the analogy discussed by the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa in the
hadīth under discussion. These scholars have given the
Promised Messiah as the position of the ‘silver brick’ and the
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Fusūs Al-Hikam, Pages 16-17