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Death of Hazrat ‘Īsā as bin Mariam ra 195<br />

apart and he wins. If he cannot, and most certainly he will not<br />

(Inshā’ Allāh), he should give up his claims and accept the truth<br />

of Islām Ahmadiyya.<br />

Why is it not possible for Hazrat ‘Īsā as <strong>to</strong> return?<br />

Farhan Khan says, “<strong>Muhammad</strong> sa was the last person<br />

given this position of prophethood. After him, no one else is<br />

given the position of prophethood, not even ‘Esā bin Mariam as ,<br />

because he never lost his status as a Prophet.” 208 This is true but<br />

irrelevant. The Ahmadiyya Muslim argument is that the very<br />

coming of ‘Īsā as as a prophet breaks Khan’s absoluteness of the<br />

concept of the “end of prophethood.” What is more important is<br />

that it breaks the Seal of prophethood! The Promised Messiah as<br />

explained this when he wrote as follows:<br />

The true connotation of Khātamun Nabiyyīn requires<br />

that if anyone calls himself a prophet while there<br />

remains the slightest veil of estrangement, 209 such a<br />

person will be guilty of breaking the Seal of Khātamun<br />

Nabiyyīn. But he who is so lost in the Khātamun<br />

Nabiyyīn sa that he receives his sa name and reflects his sa<br />

countenance, will, on account of this complete unity<br />

and harmony, be called a prophet without<br />

contravening the Seal; for he is <strong>Muhammad</strong> sa , though<br />

by way of zill. Thus, despite the claim of<br />

prophethood by the person who is named<br />

<strong>Muhammad</strong> and Ahmad by way of zill, our lord and<br />

master <strong>Muhammad</strong> sa would still be the Khātamun<br />

Nabiyyīn, inasmuch as this second <strong>Muhammad</strong> is a<br />

208<br />

Khan, <strong>With</strong> <strong>Love</strong>, Page 25<br />

209<br />

Estrangement between him and the Holy Prophet sa . [Publishers]

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