With-Love-to-Muhammad

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Examples of Khātam used in other contexts 43
meaning of the word khātam from “final” to “best” is quite
simple! The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa himself used the word
khātam to mean “best.” There was no evolution! Consider the
following ahādīth:
aّ‎دaااللهaتوبaخاتَمaا‏ّبنَ‏
ا
تہ
aادمaجدلaa
aوaان ٰ
Certainly, I have been with Allāh as Khātam-an-
Nabiyyīn while Adam as was yet in the nascent stage 25
In the above hadīth, the phrase Khātam-an-Nabiyyīn cannot
possibly be translated as “Last of the prophets”. How could he
be the last prophet when those before him had not even
appeared? This demonstrates that the Holy Prophet
Muhammad sa himself used the phrase idiomatically to state that
he is the Best of the prophets.
ااaخاتمaالاباءaوaاتaاaaخاتمaالاواء
I am the Khātam-ul-Anbiyā’ and you, O ‘Alī, are the
Khātam-ul-Awsiyā’ [i.e., Seal of the advisors] 26
ااaخاتمaالاباءaوaاتaاaaخاتمaالاواء
I am the Khātam-ul-Anbiyā’ and you, O ‘Alī, are the
Khātam-ul-Awliyā’ [i.e., Seal of the saints) 27
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Mishkāt-ul-Masābīh, Kitāb-ul-Fitn, Bāb Fadhā’il Sayyid-ul-Mursalīn Salawāt
Allāh wa salāmun ‘alaih; Masnad Ahmad bin Hanbal, Hadīth Al-‘Irbādh bin
Sāriya; Kanz-ul-‘Ammāl, Kitāb-ur-Rabi‘ نaحرفaااء۔aتابaاالaنaمaالاالaبابa
الاولaالaاثاثaaالaترہaتبaنaاتحدثaبام
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‘Allama Abū Ja‘far Rashid-ud-Dīn Muhammad bin ‘Ali bin Shehr Āshaub
(Al-Mutwaffā: 588 Hijrī), Manāqib Āle Abī Tālib, Juz. 3, Page 261, Matba‘
‘Ilmiya Qum, Iran