With-Love-to-Muhammad

Alternative Qirā‘āt of the Qur’ān 33
“This was the fatwā of Hazrat ‘Alī ra that the qirā’āt of
Khātim-an-Nabiyyīn with the kasra under the tā’ is
subordinate to the qirā’āt with the fatah over the tā’.
However, the scholars say that the qirā’ah of Khātaman-Nabiyyīn
with the fatah on tā’ is subordinate to the
qirā’ah with the kasra under the tā’. If khātam had
meant that which the scholars say, then Hazrat ‘Alī ra
should have been happy that ‘Abd-ur-Rahmān
Aslamī is teaching his sons to recite with the kasra
under the tā’. Instead, he gives instructions that his
children should not be taught to recite with the kasra
under the tā’. This proves that according to Hazrat
‘Alī ra , the phrase Khātam-an-Nabiyyīn with the fatah on
tā’ was more secure. In general, the kasra under the
tā’ is also permissible. However, since there was a
danger that Hazrat Hassan ra or Hazrat Hussain ra may
take it to understand that there is no prophet after the
Holy Prophet Muhammad sa even if he is a student of
his, he told the teacher to teach his children to recite
with the fatah on tā’ and not with the kasra under the
tā’. This also helps us understand that according to
Hazrat ‘Alī ra , Khātam-an-Nabiyyīn does not mean that
which can [possibly] be understood with the kasra
under the tā’, that is, “the one who ends the
prophets.” Otherwise, he would not have stopped
the teacher from teaching with the kasra under the
tā’. 14
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Hazrat Mirzā Bashīr-ud-Dīn Mahmūd Ahmad ra , Tafsīr Kabīr (Qadian:
Printwell Amritsar), Volume 10, Page 382