With-Love-to-Muhammad

Examples of Khātam used in other contexts 45
In the above hadīth, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa declares
that he is superior to the earlier prophets because he is their
Khātam! No one can deny that the Holy Prophet sa considered his
Khatamiyyat (being the seal) as his Fadhīlat [i.e., superiority]! This
is factual proof that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa also used
the word khātam to idiomatically mean “best” and this
precedent is the reason why this word was continuously used
over the centuries to mean “best.” There are countless examples
of this usage in Arabic literature. Hence, the Ahmadiyya Muslim
understanding of the word khātam is contemporary to the Holy
Prophet Muhammad sa , not contemporary to Farhan Khan!
Furthermore, Farhan Khan says that the mufassirūn
followed the Usūl-ut-Tafsīr [Principles of commentary of the
Holy Qur’ān] by commonly referring to pure Arabic poetry and
literature to understand the meanings of Qur’ānic words. Let us
see how the mufassirūn themselves understood the word khātam.
Hazrat Imām Rāzī, one of the greatest mufassirūn in the history
of Islām and a very well-acknowledged authority on Tafsīr-ul-
Qur’ān [i.e., commentary of the Qur’ān], writes:
aاحاۃa aو aاوجود aالاربۃ aباخع aازوا aادرجۃ aذہ د
وادرۃaوaالaالaخاتمaال۔aوaاخاتمaجبaانa
ونaالaالاaتریaانaرواaaااللهaہaوaمa
ٰ
ا aان aخاتم aابن aان aال aالاباء
اوۃaوaامaوaالاانaاaانaخاتمaاخواتa
ٰ
اجاۃaانaااaذاکaالaاaانaخاتمa
اخعaااۃaنaحرۃaذیaاجلaانaالaاخعa
وaاا
aم