With-Love-to-Muhammad

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30 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
the verse is studied in its proper context of praise in rebuttal to
insults, and in view of other verses of the Holy Qur’ān which
promise the coming of prophets, the meaning of Last of the
prophets simply cannot be applied to the phrase Khātam-an-
Nabiyyīn, and the only possibility is to take the literal meaning
of the one who attests to the truth of the prophets.
Fourth, an objection to the non-Ahmadī understanding is
that the word khātim is Ism Fā‘il and if the meaning of last is to
be taken, then the literal translation of khātim would be the one
who ends or the one who finishes. This meaning cannot be applied
to the phrase Khātim-an-Nabiyyīn because the Holy Prophet sa is
definitely not someone who has the authority to “finish” the
prophets. This authority rests entirely with Allāh as He is the
One who can finish the prophets, not the Holy Prophet
Muhammad sa .
Fifth, it must be remembered that in Ibn Al-Anbārī, Kitāb
Al-Masāhif, there is a narration that ‘Abd-ur-Rahmān Aslamī ra
states:
aااaاُ‎رء
aوaاحن aابنaابaابؓ‏
تaا ُ‎رءُ‏ aاحنَ‏
ابّنaبتحaاتاءaوaااللهa
ا ‏َّبّنaبرaاتاءaالaaارءْ‏ اaوaخاتَمَ‏
ا
اaخاتِمa َ ُ
a
َ ّ َa رَّ‏ ب‏ْ‏ a
ق۔
ُ و‏ّ‏
ِ
I was appointed to teach Hazrat Imām Hassan ra and
Imām Hussain ra the Holy Qur’ān. Then, once, Hazrat
‘Alī bin Abī Tālib ra passed by me [and] I was teaching
them to read Khātim-an-Nabiyyīn, with the kasra on
tā’. Then, he [Hazrat ‘Alī ra ] said to me: “Teach them
to recite wa Khātam-an-Nabiyyīn, with the fatah on tā’.
May Allāh enable you to!”