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102 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
women, and I am the Seal of the Prophets; there is no prophet
after me”. 89
The response for the above hadīth is the same as the
response given for a similar narration in the chapter entitled
Relationship of Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn to Lā Nabiyya Ba‘adī.
However, just to shed new light on this issue, the following
quotation of Hazrat Mirzā Tāhir Ahmad rh is being presented
here:
There is a hadīth that sheds more light on the word
ba‘ad. Hazrat Muhy-ud-Dīn Ibn ‘Arabī rh , the worldrenowned
Muslim scholar and commentator (died
638 A.H.), in his book Fūtūhāt Makkiyyah, has
elaborated on the following hadīth. The hadīth reads:
aوa aہ aاالله a باa aن aرۃ aبن aجابر ن
aاذاa aو aبدہ aر a aر aک aاذا aال م
‏(بخاری aتابa
ک aری
الاان aو aاذور۔ aباب aف aات aن aباa
aااللهaہaوaم)‏
a aبدہ aری a
Hazrat Jābir Bin Sumrah ra reports: “The Holy
Prophet sa said, ‘When this Caesar will die, there will
be no Caesar after him and when this Khosroe will
die, there will be no Khosroe after him’. [Sahīh
Bukhārī, Book of Faith]. In this hadīth, the Holy
Prophet sa in his unique wisdom has clearly explained
the meaning of the words “ aبدہ ” (And there is none
89
As quoted in Farhan Khan’s book.