With-Love-to-Muhammad

160 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
hawāriyyūn (disciples of Jesus as ) is not only unacceptable to Ibn
‘Arabī rh but would also be unacceptable to every Muslim.
Hence, the prophethood of the Promised Messiah can be termed
nubuwwah al-Khāssah (special prophethood).
Definition of Nubuwwah
Analyzing this issue further, Farhan Khan states, “...those
who receive other forms of wahī ilhām can be termed as Nabīs,
but are not prophets according to the common understanding of
the term.” 157 This raises a question: What is the common
understanding of the term Nabī? The answer is that Muslims at
the time of the Promised Messiah as commonly defined a Nabī as
one who:
1. Brings a complete new sharī‘ah, or abrogates a previous
sharī‘ah
2. Is not the follower of a previous Nabī, but acquires an
independent status on his own merit.
In order to prevent this “common understanding” of the word
Nabī to be applied to him, the Promised Messiah as writes:
Since according to the definition, Nabī and Rasūl in
Islām means one who brings a complete new sharī‘ah,
or abrogates some of the ordinances in the previous
sharī‘ah, and since the Anbiyā’’ are not known as the
followers of a previous Nabī and instead attain
relationship with God without the intermediation of
any other Nabī, therefore, let everyone be aware lest
157
Khan, With Love, Page 38