Sunday, 18 October 2015

Deobandi (Qasim Nanotvi): If Another Prophet Comes Does not Affect Khatam an-Nabuwwah

The founder of the Deobandi sect, Mawlana Qasim Nanotawi, has famously denied the interpretation of Khatam an-Nabuwwah (Seal of Prophethood) which is believed in by the general public of the Muslims, in favor of a more nuanced and gnostic understanding. In his infamous book Tahdhir an-Nas, Qasim Nanotawi said:

بلکہ اگر بالفرض بعد زمانہ نبوی صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کوئی نبی پیدا ہو تو پھر بھی خاتمیت محمّدی میں کچھ فرق نہ آئے گا۔

چہ جائیکہ آپ کے معاصر کسی اور زمین میں یا فرض کیجئے اسی زمین میں کوئی اور نبی تجویز کیا جائے۔

Translation: “Rather, if, hypothetically, after the time of the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihi wasallam) another Prophet is born, even then it will make no difference to the Khaatamiyyat-e-Muhammadi (Seal of Prophethood of Muhammad) – similarly if another Prophet is his contemporary in another Earth, or even on this Earth another Prophet is made.”

Reference: Tahdhir-un-Nas (Idara al-Aziz); p.85


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  1. سو عوام کے خیال میں تو رسول اللہ صلعم کا خاتم ہونا بایں معنے ہے کہ آپ کا زمانہ انبیاء سابق کے زمانہ کے بعد اور آپ سب میں آخر نبی ہیں۔ مگر اہل فہم پر روشن ہوگا کہ تقدم یا تاخیر زمانے میں بالذات کچھ فضیلت نہیں پھر مقام مدح میں ولكن رسول الله وخاتم النبيّين فرمانا اس صورت میں کیونکر صحیح ہوسکتا۔
    “In the public imagination, Rasūl Allāh, PBUH, being the Khātam, literally means that his time is subsequent to the time of the prior Prophets, and that he is the last Prophet of all. However, people of understanding are enlightened to the fact that placement in chronology, whether preceding or succeeding, has no virtue in essence. Then how is it correct to derive a status of praiseworthiness for him from (the Āyah) Rather, he is the Messenger of Allāh and Seal of the Prophets?” (Tahdhīr un-Nās, Dār ul-Ishā’t, pp.4-5)

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