1. " 'Muhammad
is not the father of any man from among you, but he
is the Messenger of God and the Khatam an-nabiyyin.'
Do you not know that the Merciful God has declared
our Holy Prophet unconditionally to be the Khatam
al-anbiya, and in explanation of this verse, our
Prophet has said: 'There is no prophet after me'."
(Hamamat al-Bushra, 1894, p. 20; new
edition pp. 81-82)
2. "The Holy
Prophet had repeatedly said that no prophet would
come after him, and the hadith 'There is no
prophet after me' was so well-known that no one
had any doubt about its authenticity. And the Holy
Quran, every word of which is absolute, in its verse 'he
is the messenger of God and the Khatam an-nabiyyin',
confirmed that prophethood has, in fact, ended with
our Holy Prophet." (Kitab al-Barriyya,
January 1898, p. 184, footnote)
3. "In brief, God
by naming the Holy Prophet Muhammad as Khatam
an-nabiyyin in the Quran, and the Holy Prophet
himself by saying 'There is no prophet after me'
in Hadith, had settled the point that no prophet can
come after the Holy Prophet, in terms of the real
meaning of prophethood." (ibid., p. 185,
footnote)
4. "Besides these
arguments, the following verse also stops the return
of Jesus: 'He is the Messenger of God and the
Khatam an-nabiyyin', and also the hadith: 'There
is no prophet after me'. How could it be
permitted that, despite the fact that our Holy
Prophet Muhammad is the Khatam al-anbiya, some
other prophet should appear sometime and wahy
nubuwwat commence." (Ayyam as-Sulh,
August 1898, p. 47)
5. "God says: 'He
is the Messenger of God and the Khatam an-nabiyyin.'
And it is in the Hadith: 'There is no prophet
after me.' ... If another prophet were to come,
whether new or old, how could our Holy Prophet be the
Khatam al-anbiya." (ibid., p. 74)
6. "The return of
Jesus is not mentioned anywhere in the Holy Quran,
but the finality of prophethood is mentioned
perfectly explicitly. To make a distinction between
an old prophet and a new prophet is mischivous.
Neither the Hadith nor the Quran make this
distinction. The negation contained in the hadith 'There
is no prophet after me' is all-embracing."
(ibid., p. 146)
7. "In the same
way, by saying 'There is no prophet after me',
he [the Holy Prophet] closed the door absolutely to
any new prophet or a returning prophet." (ibid.,
p. 152)
8. Quoting the Khatam
an-nabiyyin verse in Arabic, he translates it
into Urdu and explains it as follows:
"That is to say:
Muhammad is not the father of any man from among you,
but he is the Messenger of God and the one to end the
prophets. This verse, also, clearly argues that after
our Prophet, may peace and the blessings of God be
upon him, no messenger (rasul) shall come into
the world." (Izala Auham,
September 1891, p. 614)