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Statements of Hazrat Muhy-ud-dīn Ibn ‘Arabī rh 165
his law. And this is the meaning of his statement,
“Verily, apostleship and prophethood have ceased.
Hence, there will be no messenger after me and no
prophet”. That means, “There can be no prophet after
me upon a law in opposition to my law. Instead,
whenever there will be (a prophet), he shall be
subject to my law. And, “there can be no Rasūl (after
me)” means “no Rasūl can come after me for anyone
in the creation of Allāh with a (new) law towards
which he calls others”. Hence, this is what has been
terminated and its door has been shut; not the maqām
an-Nubuwwah (the status of nubuwwah). Therefore,
this is not against the fact that ‘Īsā as shall be a Nabī
and Rasūl. And surely, it is not against the fact that
he shall descend in the latter days as a just and fair
judge, (who shall judge) with our law; not any other
(new) law, nor with a law according to which the
Israelites worship Allāh from where it descended.
Instead, what is manifested from it is (only) what has
been decided (or established) by the law of Hazrat
Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon
him). And the prophethood of Hazrat ‘Īsā as is firmly
established and proven… 163
The following points can be clearly understood from the above
quotation:
1. Hazrat ‘Īsā as , who shall descend in the latter days in this
ummah, shall be a Nabī and Rasūl
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Futūhātul Makkiyyah, Volume 2, Chapter 73, Page 899