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How can Khan compare the finality of an event that can only
occur once in a sequence, to an event that can occur multiple
times in a sequence? One is fixed and cannot change, whereas
the other is variable. Thus, this example is simply not applicable
to the discussion at hand.
Khan’s invalid example is somewhat interesting in that it
relates to children and the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn verse [33:41] was
revealed in a similar scenario to rebut the insults of the Holy
Prophet’s enemies. When the Holy Prophet’s adopted son,
Zaid ra bin Hārith, had divorced his wife Zainab ra , the Holy
Prophet sa was commanded by God to marry her. The enemies of
the Prophet sa insulted him saying that he married the wife of his
son. To address this slander, the verse [i.e., 33:41] starts off by
reminding his critics that “Muhammad is not the father of any
of your men,” because Zaid ra was an adopted son. This then
opened the way for another insult, that he sa was abtar or issueless
with no male heir to carry on his name or his movement. In
rebuttal to this insult God continued in the verse with the
ultimate praise, saying, “but he is the Messenger of Allāh and
he is Khātam-an-Nabiyyīn.”
Being praised as the Seal of prophets is perfectly relevant
in this context. As the Seal, he becomes the Spiritual Father of all
of the prophets, who are themselves the spiritual fathers of their
respective nations. In essence, the Holy Prophet sa is being
praised by God as the Spiritual Father of all spiritual fathers.
Further, he has given spiritual life 212 to millions upon millions
who carry on his legacy through his sharī‘ah and sunnah. Truly,
the Holy Prophet sa has been immortalized by all of his spiritual
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Note in the Qur’an: “O ye who believe! Respond to Allah and the
Messenger when he calls you that he may give you [spiritual] life…” [Sūrah
Al-Anfāl, 8:25]