With-Love-to-Muhammad

162 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-NabiyyīnDefining his personal view of a Nabī, he writes, “In my view, aNabī is one upon whom the words of God descend in a mannerthat is unambiguous, definite, in abundance, and it containsknowledge of the unseen. That is why God has granted me thetitle of Nabī”. 161 These quotations simplify the mattertremendously. The Promised Messiah as has clearly rejected thecommon understanding of the term Nabī to be applied to him.Nabuwwah of Awliyā’ Allāh and the Promised Messiah asIn order to try to prove that Hazrat Ibn ‘Arabī rh hasrejected the continuation of prophethood after the Holy ProphetMuhammad sa , Farhan Khan presents two quotations from hisbook, Fūtūhātul Makkiyyah. The main points of the quotationsare as follows:1. Allāh, the Exalted, crushed the backs of the Awliyā’ bycutting off nubuwwah and risālah after the passing ofHazrat Muhammad sa .2. Only a part of nubuwwah remains with the Awliyā’, thatis, true visions3. Only a share of the name risālah can now be applied tothe followers of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa4. Only those who transmit the revelation of the HolyProphet Muhammad sa in its original wording can sharethe name of risālah5. In this sense, the sahaba ra became the messengers of themessenger of Allāh and the tabi‘īn became themessengers of the sahaba ra , and so on161Tajalliyāte Ilāhiyah, Rūhānī Khazā’in, Volume 20, Page 412