With-Love-to-Muhammad

24 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
5. Carry Weight (The credible and respected: He has been
working here for 20 years and he carries a lot of weight
with management.)
Imagine how foolish someone trying to translate the above
literally would appear! It is the context and the usage of the
above phrases that determines their meanings, not the literal
dictionary meanings of the individual words. For example, the
idiom cream of the crop came to be known as the best, most likely
because cream rises to the top of the milk. The same connotation
applies to la crème de la crème which means the best of the best.
Hence, the phrase Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn idiomatically means the
Best of the prophets and if individual words of this phrase are
taken out and checked in the dictionary, we would not be able
to get this idiomatic translation.
The Arabic language is a very powerful, mubīn 8 , and
beautiful language which allows multiple meanings to be
applied to the same words. Judgement is required to sift
through the different meanings of khātam (literal and figurative)
in order to select the meaning(s) which demonstrate the exalted
status and greatness of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa . Any
intelligent and rational person would accept the Ahmadiyya
Muslim understanding that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa is
the seal of authentication as well as the best of the prophets. As a
matter of fact, the meaning “Best of the prophets” in every kind of
quality and skill, is the logical result and very essence of being
titled the Khātam (Seal) of the prophets. The same is being stated
in the following hadīth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa :
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Arabic: Eloquent and clear