With-Love-to-Muhammad

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Continuation of Prophethood according to the Holy Qur’ān 265
Sūrah Al-‘Arāf, 7:36
ۤ اٰدَمَ‏ اِمَّا ايَ‏ ‏ْتِيَنَّكمُ‏ ْ رُسُ‏ لٌ‏ مّ‏ ‏ِنْكمُ‏ ْ يَقُصُّ‏ وْ‏ نَ‏ عَلَيْكمُ‏ ْ اٰيٰتىِ‏ ْ ۙ فَمَنِ‏ اتَّقٰى
وَاَصْ‏ لَحَ‏ فَلاَ‏ خَوْفٌ‏ عَلَيهْ‏ ‏ِمْ‏ وَلاَ‏ همُ‏ ْ يحَ‏ ‏ْزَنُوْ‏ ‏َن‎۝‎
يٰبَنىِ‏ ْ
O children of Adam! If messengers come to you from
among yourselves, rehearsing My Signs unto you,
then whoso shall fear God and do good deeds, on
them shall come no fear nor shall they grieve.
Refuting Farhan Khan’s Argument
In his chapter on Sūrah Al-‘Arāf, verse 36, Farhan Khan
makes another failed attempt to refute the Ahmadiyya Muslim
understanding of a verse which clearly supports the
continuation of prophethood. His only response is, “It is
referring to previous nations. This is clear upon further analysis
of both the context of the verse and the language Allāh uses to
address humanity... one must look at the verses before and the
verses after this one to understand its context...” 260
In other words, according to Farhan Khan, wherever “
(O Children of Adam) has been mentioned before and after ‏”اٰدَمَ‏
verse 36 in Sūrah Al-A‘rāf, it is only applicable to previous
nations, not the Muslims. Let us take a look at verse 27 of Sūrah
Al-A‘rāf to see whether Farhan Khan’s claim makes any sense.
Allāh, the Exalted, says:
يٰ‏ بَنىِ‏ ْ
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