With-Love-to-Muhammad

142 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
prophethood found its consummation. No mention
of termination of prophethood has been made. 136
This quotation shows the Ahmadiyya Muslim stance on this
hadīth and explains the beauty of the Ahmadiyya Muslim
understanding. Let us now consider how Farhan Khan has
criticized this understanding.
Refuting Farhan Khan’s Arguments
First, Farhan Khan says, “… it is important for one to reread
the text of the Hadīth from an unbiased perspective and
note that the Prophet Muhammad sa is comparing himself to all
of the Prophets, not his law to other laws.” 137 This argument is
already refuted in the beginning of this chapter. Farhan Khan is
merely suggesting that we re-read the parable of the Holy
Prophet sa in literal terms and no Ahmadī Muslim is willing to
do that because it lowers the dignity of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad sa . Since it includes an analogy, we will only take a
meaning that upholds this dignity and that meaning has been
presented above in the quotation from The True Meaning of
Khatme Nubuwwat. Moreover, this is the Ahmadiyya Muslim
approach to studying all the ahādīth of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad sa , especially the analogies. We always make sure
that we are careful in the study of the sayings of our beloved
Prophet sa because many a nation has been the recipient of the
wrath of Allāh because they took God’s word or their prophet’s
words in literal terms. For instance, the Jews of the time of
Hazrat ‘Īsā as rejected him because they were waiting for the
literal return of Elijah as from the heavens, just as it was stated in
136
The True Meaning of Khatme Nubuwwat, Page 23
137
Khan, With Love, Page 13