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Continuation of Prophethood according to the Holy Qur’ān 267
nations, but they were not made friends of those who rejected
the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa . Such meanings and distortions
of clear-cut messages of the Holy Qur’ān may only be
acceptable to Farhan Khan but they are not acceptable to Ahmadī
Muslims!
In addition, Allāh, the Exalted, uses the aارع ل (f‘ail
mudhāri‘) formation in the above verse while addressing the
children of Adam which means that this still applies to
everyone today and will be applicable to everyone until the Last
Day. After that, in verse 32, Allāh, the Exalted, says:
ۤ اٰدَمَ‏ خُذُوْا زِيْنَتَكمُ‏ ْ عِنْدَ‏ كلُ‏ ِّ مَسْ‏ جِدٍ‏ وَّكلُ‏ ‏ُوْا وَاشرْ‏ ‏َبُوْا وَلاَ‏
تُسرْ‏ ‏ِفُوْا ۚ اِنَّهٗ‏ لاَ‏ يحُ‏ ‏ِبُّ‏ الْمُسرْ‏ ‏ِفِينْ‏ ۝ َ
يٰبَنىِ‏ ْ
O children of Adam! Look to your adornment at
every time and place of worship, and eat and drink
but exceed not the bounds; surely, He does not love
those who exceed the bounds. 263
If Farhan Khan’s understanding is applied, this commandment
would only be meant for previous nations and Muslims do not
have to follow this. How absurd! These are verses revealed by
God and it is His responsibility to specify who is exempt from
them. It is the height of shirk (or association of partners with God)
to manipulate the words of God to suit one’s own predisposed
beliefs. Farhan Khan – or anyone else for that matter – does not
have the authority to arbitrarily decide to whom God’s verses
apply as if God overlooked that key fact (God forbid).
If Farhan Khan’s understanding is given any credibility,
there are many commandments of Allāh, the Exalted, in the
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Sūrah Al-A‘rāf, 7:32