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86 <strong>With</strong> <strong>Love</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong> sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn<br />

عليہ According <strong>to</strong> the Ahmadis, ‘Esā bin Marīam<br />

is a non-law-bearing Prophet. It is true that he السالم<br />

came <strong>to</strong> confirm the Torah, but it is vital <strong>to</strong> consider<br />

Sūrah Āle 'Imrān, verse 50, where ‘Esā bin Marīam<br />

says: عليہ السالم<br />

وَمُصَ‏ دِّقًا لّ‏ ‏ِمَا بَينْ‏ َ يَدَ‏ ىَّ‏ مِنَ‏ التَّوْرٰ‏ ىةِ‏ وَلاِ‏ ‏ُحِلَّ‏ لَكمُ‏ ْ بَعْضَ‏ اذلَّ‏ ‏ِىْ‏ حُرِّ‏ ‏َم<br />

وَجِئْتُكمُ‏ ْ ابِ‏ ‏ٰيَةٍ‏ مّ‏ ‏ِنْ‏ رَّبّ‏ فَاتَّقُوْا اهللّ‏<br />

ٰ َ وَاَطِيْعُوْ‏ ‏ِن ۝<br />

عَلَيْكمُ‏ ْ ؕ ‏ِكمُ‏ ْ<br />

‘And I come fulfilling that which is before me, namely, the<br />

Torah; and <strong>to</strong> allow you some of that which was forbidden<br />

un<strong>to</strong> you, and I come <strong>to</strong> you with a Sign from your Lord;<br />

so fear Allāh and obey me.’<br />

...although Esā bin Marīam عليہ السالم fulfills the<br />

Torah, per the mandate of Allāh, he also modified<br />

and altered the existing laws. Some of the scholars of<br />

Islām comment that this means he allowed certain<br />

foods that were previously impermissible and made<br />

work permissible on their Sabbath. Either way, he<br />

was authorized <strong>to</strong> modify law. This would effectively<br />

make him a “law-bearing” Prophet. 76<br />

It is sometimes amusing <strong>to</strong> see the great lengths that Farhan<br />

Khan is willing <strong>to</strong> go in order <strong>to</strong> discredit the beliefs of the<br />

Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamā‘at. This argument of Farhan Khan is<br />

refuted in the following section.<br />

76<br />

Khan, <strong>With</strong> <strong>Love</strong>, Page 35

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