With-Love-to-Muhammad

Continuation of Prophethood according to Ahādīth 285
for the same reason that the building of mosques
today does not offend against the status of the
Prophet’s mosque as the Last Mosque. 280
This is the irrefutable logic of the Ahmadiyya Muslim argument
which Farhan Khan has tried to distort.
Refuting Farhan Khan’s Argument
In order to refute Farhan Khan’s argument, let us first
understand the word ‏”اخر“‏ ٓ (ākhir). This word can be used in
respect of time, area, and status, i.e. it can mean last in terms of
time, or last in terms of area, or last in terms of status. As a result,
there can only be three possibilities for the translation of the
Holy Prophet’s words in the hadīth under discussion, that is, he
is the last of the prophets in respect of time, or area, or status.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamā‘at categorically rejects the
notion that the Holy Prophet sa could be the last prophet in
respect of time because this would naturally cause us to reject
the coming of the Latter Day prophet foretold by the Holy
Prophet sa himself. The Holy Prophet sa could also not have been
the last prophet in respect of area because it would not make
sense. Hence, he can only be last in respect of status.
This belief is reinforced when one sees the rest of the
hadīth without any predisposition to the belief in the “end” of
prophethood. The complete statement of the Holy Prophet sa is:
“I am the ākhir of the prophets, and my mosque is the ākhir of
the mosques.” The only logical conclusion is that the Holy
Prophet sa is using the word ākhir here in respect of status. In
other words, his statement is, “I am the last of the prophets (in
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Invitation to Ahmadiyyat, Part I, Pages 45-46