With-Love-to-Muhammad

162 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
Defining his personal view of a Nabī, he writes, “In my view, a
Nabī is one upon whom the words of God descend in a manner
that is unambiguous, definite, in abundance, and it contains
knowledge of the unseen. That is why God has granted me the
title of Nabī”. 161 These quotations simplify the matter
tremendously. The Promised Messiah as has clearly rejected the
common understanding of the term Nabī to be applied to him.
Nabuwwah of Awliyā’ Allāh and the Promised Messiah as
In order to try to prove that Hazrat Ibn ‘Arabī rh has
rejected the continuation of prophethood after the Holy Prophet
Muhammad sa , Farhan Khan presents two quotations from his
book, Fūtūhātul Makkiyyah. The main points of the quotations
are as follows:
1. Allāh, the Exalted, crushed the backs of the Awliyā’ by
cutting off nubuwwah and risālah after the passing of
Hazrat Muhammad sa .
2. Only a part of nubuwwah remains with the Awliyā’, that
is, true visions
3. Only a share of the name risālah can now be applied to
the followers of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa
4. Only those who transmit the revelation of the Holy
Prophet Muhammad sa in its original wording can share
the name of risālah
5. In this sense, the sahaba ra became the messengers of the
messenger of Allāh and the tabi‘īn became the
messengers of the sahaba ra , and so on
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