With-Love-to-Muhammad

84 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
وَمَا كاَ‏ نَ‏ لِبَشرَ‏ ٍ اَنْ‏ يُّكلَ‏ ّ ‏ِمَهُ‏ اهللّ‏ اِلاَّ‏ وَحْيًا اَوْ‏ مِنْ‏ وَّرَ‏ آىٴِ‏ حِجَابٍ‏ اَ‏ ‏ْو
يُرْسِ‏ لَ‏ رَسُ‏ وْ‏ لاً‏ فَيُوْ‏ ىحِ‏ َ ابِِذْنِهٖ‏ مَا يَشَ‏ آءُ‏ ؕ اِنَّهٗ‏ عَلىِ‏ ٌّ حَكِيمْ‏ ۝ٌ
And it is not for a man that Allāh should speak to
him except by revelation or from behind a veil or by
sending a messenger to reveal by His command what
He pleases. Surely, He is High, Wise. 74
It is crystal clear from the above verse that Allāh, the Exalted,
‘speaks’ ( ّ ‏ِمَهُ‏ ‏(يُّكلَ‏ with His prophets in three ways:
‏(وَحْيًا)‏ 1. By direct revelation
‏(مِنْ‏ وَّرَ‏ آىٴِ‏ حِجَابٍ‏ ( veil 2. From behind a
‏(يُرْسِ‏ لَ‏ رَسُ‏ وْ‏ لاً‏ ( messenger 3. By sending a
As a result, Farhan Khan’s distinction between speech for some
prophets and revelation for others is rendered invalid by this
verse. Revelation is simply one of the three forms of
communication or speech between Allāh and man. Then, in his
rebuttal, he attributes a false belief to the Ahmadiyya Muslim
Jamā‘at by writing, “[Ahmadī Muslims believe that] direct
speech is not a valid medium of communication between Allāh
and his prophets...” This is absolutely untrue and like many
others, just another false allegation against the Ahmadiyya
وَحْيًا Muslim Jamā‘at! Direct speech is indicated by the word
(Direct Revelation) in 42:52!
The fact of the matter is that no matter how hard Farhan
Khan tries, there is no denying that some prophets were given
laws while others were not. The following verse makes it very
clear that Prophet Moses as brought a law, that is, the Torah, and
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Sūrah As-Shūrā, 42:52