With-Love-to-Muhammad

36 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
Ahmadi [Muslims] must explain why the Prophet
would place two unrelated statements adjacent to
another statement that speaks about false prophets
who will come to his nation.... 15
Farhan Khan then goes on to boast that his understanding is
“consistent” and “coherent” but this is merely wishful thinking
which has not come true and will never come true no matter
how hard he tries!
First, it must be noted that Farhan Khan clearly
misrepresents Islām Ahmadiyya when he writes that Ahmadī
Muslims believe that “seal of the prophets really means best of the
prophets.” As explained earlier, this is not the stance of the
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamā‘at. “Seal of the prophets” means one
who authenticates the truth of past and future prophets. In this
sense, the words Lā Nabīyya Ba‘adī mean that there can be no
prophet after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa in opposition to
him. When the Holy Prophet sa says that he is the Khātam-un-
Nabiyyīn and no prophet can come after him, he means that he
is the Seal of the prophets and no prophet can come after him
without the seal of authentication of his prophethood. In other
words, no prophet who breaks the seal of his prophethood can
come in the future. Only one who follows him in letter and
spirit can come as a prophet. To further elaborate his statement,
the Holy Prophet sa says that there will be 30 such liars who
would break this seal and claim to be independent prophets.
Second, let us test Farhan Khan’s understanding and
literal interpretation of his above quoted hadīth. Throughout his
book, he argues that Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn means “last prophet”
but in the chapter under discussion, he presents the above hadīth
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Khan, With Love, Page 70