With-Love-to-Muhammad

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8 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
Muhammad sa is the last prophet in absolute terms. The fact of
the matter is that Farhan Khan does this to give the impression
that the only possible meaning of khātam is the last.
This chapter will challenge this impression that Farhan
Khan tries to give by quoting three universally acknowledged
dictionaries: Mufridāt Imām Rāghib, Lisān-ul-‘Arab, and Lane’s
Lexicon. We present below a complete quotation from Mufridāt
which thoroughly discusses the meanings of the word khātam.
Mufridāt Imām Rāghib
a
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َ ات َ اب .
َ َّ و ُ زaبذکaتار
اختم aوابع aال aوجنِ‏ a
‏َمِ‏ aوا
وب‏ْ‏ ُ ت ‏،‏aووaتاثرaشِ‏ aاخ
‏َع
ْ در aخت‏ْ‏ تُ‏
الاثرa واثا‏:‏
ْ تِ‎ثاقa
a
احالaنaاش،‏aوتَج ةaaالا
aن aا‏ْع
aہ aاِ‏ ْ ٍ تبارا aبا aحلُ‏
باختْمaaاتبِ‏ aوالابوابِ‏
ن اa ِ aواع ،
“The words al-Khatm and at-Tab‘ are used in two
ways:
1. The infinitive meaning of ‘I sealed’ or ‘I
stamped,’ and this refers to the impressing of
something on something ‏[تاثر]‏ like the stamp
ring. ‏[‏ش]‏ of a seal or a
2. And, second: The obtained impression ‏[الاثر]‏ of
the stamp. [In other words, the word khatm can
also be used for the impression itself]
Sometimes, it figuratively means: stopping from
something. And this meaning has been given based
on the fact that when books or chapters are sealed