dfgiVej

304 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
other words, the death of Hazrat Ibrāhīm occurred 4
years after the revelation of the verse of Khātam-an-
Nabiyyīn. Now, an ordinary, dull person can
understand that if the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa
understood the verse of Khātam-an-Nabiyyīn to mean
that every kind of prophethood has ended forever, he
could never have made this statement, “If he had
lived, he would have become a prophet.” He could
have said, “He did not remain alive so that he does
not become a prophet,” but he did not say this.
Instead, he said, “If he had lived, he would have
become a prophet,” even though he should have said,
“If Ibrāhīm lived for a thousand years, he would not
have been a prophet.” This is because a prophet, who
has been told that no prophet shall come after him till
the Day of Judgement, can only say at the most, at the
time of the death of his son in front of him, that, “He
was a good and pious boy, but since my God has told
me that no prophet shall come in this ummah, as long
as this child had remained alive, he would not have
become a prophet.” This would have been his
statement, but he did not say this.
Other than that, there is another narration, and it is
very interesting. In it, the issue of ba‘ad has been
ended completely. Hazrat ‘Alī bin Abī Tālib ra
narrates:
الaاaتوaابرامaارلaابaaااللهaہaوa
ہaجاتہaوaتہaوaتہaوaخرجa مaاہaار
بہaوaخرجaااسaہaدہaوaادخلaابaa