With-Love-to-Muhammad

254 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
witnesses, and the righteous. And excellent
companions are these. 248
The first verse speaks about people before the advent of the Holy
Prophet Muhamma as , who believed in Allāh and His
messengers and it is stated that they gained the status of the
truthful and the witnesses. Comparatively, the second verse
speaks about people after the advent of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad sa and it is stated that those who obey Allāh and His
Messenger, that is, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , can achieve
the status of the prophets, the truthful, the witnesses, and the
righteous. The word م [hum] can only be translated as “among”
in the first verse just as the word ع [ma‘a ] can only be
translated as “among” in the second verse. In both cases, the
translation of “with” is not applicable.
A point to be noted here is that people before the advent
of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa were given these ranks
directly by believing in Allāh and His messengers but after the
advent of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , they are awarded
these ranks only through obedience to Allāh and His messenger,
the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa .
Problems with Farhan Khan’s Arguments
There are numerous problems with Farhan Khan’s
arguments against the Ahmadiyya Muslim understanding of
Sūrah An-Nisā’, 4:70. The first problem is that he has accused
Ahmadī Muslims of making an attempt to take one specific
contextual meaning of ma‘a and applying it to other instances 249
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Sūrah An-Nisā’, 4: 70
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