With-Love-to-Muhammad

12 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
Lane’s Lexicon and Dictionary of the Holy Qur’ān
Similarly, Lane’s Lexicon reiterates the same meanings
discussed above as shown on the next two pages. The only
objection, in this context, is that the compiler, Edward William
Lane (1801 to 1876 CE), was a British orientalist and
lexicographer who, lacking both background and aspiration in
theology and Qur’ānic exegesis, applied the wrong meaning of
the word khātam to verse 41 of Sūrah Al-Ahzāb. This was an
error of judgment on his part and it is not surprising, given his
European and un-Islāmic background.
There is no wonder why, in all instances, Farhan Khan
only quoted this dictionary writer’s opinion regarding Khātamun-Nabiyyīn,
while ignoring the actual meanings of the word
khātam. This exposes Khan’s shameful intellectual dishonesty for
the purpose of promoting his personal bias.
Farhan Khan repeatedly criticizes Mr. Malik Ghulām
Farīd ra2 for stating that one of the meanings of khātam is the best
and most perfect. It is surprising that someone could criticize this
meaning of khātam since this idiomatic application of the word
khātam in the sense of praise is so commonly expressed in
Arabic that it appears unnecessary to give such examples in this
book. Ahmadiyya Muslim literature provides numerous
examples of this kind of usage of the word khātam in the sense
of praise 3 . In any case, in order to prove that Mr. Malik Ghulām
Farīd ra gave all the meanings that have already been discussed
2
Mr. Malik Ghulām Farīd was a companion of the Promised Messiah as and
wrote the Dictionary of the Holy Qur’ān available at:
http://www.alislam.org/quran/dictionary/dictionary_quran.pdf
3
If you would like to see such examples, please refer to Mahzarnama – The
Memorandum, Pages 103-108, available at:
http://www.alIslām.org/library/books/mahzarnama/Mahzarnama.pdf