With-Love-to-Muhammad

Structure of the word Khātam
In the chapter entitled Structure of the word Khātam,
Farhan Khan presents an absurd Arabic lesson that does little
more than expose his poor knowledge of Arabic grammar. He
foolishly questions the very possibility that khātam means seal of
authentication.
Although Khan has proven his skills in selectively
quoting from dictionaries—which are secondary source material
for the works cited therein—we highly recommend he study the
original works to teach himself an Arabic lesson long overdue.
These works will help Khan understand the usage of a word
intended by the author in a particular context.
It has already been shown in the previous chapter that
the dictionaries categorically state that the primary meaning of
the word khātam is seal or the impression made by its use. Khan’s
questioning of this possibility advertises his ignorance. Placing
several partially excerpted dictionary quotations to fill up
several pages does not reveal much understanding of what
those dictionaries actually state. After all, what is a seal? A seal
is something that authenticates or verifies something! Should
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