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Examples of Khātam used in other contexts 49<br />

This is the kind of example that Farhan Khan gave in his book!<br />

He is so blinded by his bias against Islām Ahmadiyya that he<br />

does not even bother <strong>to</strong> read what he is writing! There was never<br />

any evolution with the word salāh! Since the Arabic language is<br />

mubīn and multiple meanings can be applied <strong>to</strong> the same word,<br />

the word salāh has multiple meanings as well. In the verse, the<br />

meaning of “blessing” is applied based on the context of the<br />

verse, and in the hadīth, the meaning of “ritual prayer” is<br />

applied based on its particular context. The same principle<br />

applies <strong>to</strong> the usage of the word khātam. If the context shows<br />

that it has been used <strong>to</strong> mean “last,” then this meaning would<br />

apply and if the context shows that it has been used <strong>to</strong> mean<br />

“seal,” then this meaning applies.<br />

Khātam-ul-Muhājirīn<br />

Another narration that Farhan Khan quotes in his chapter<br />

is as follows:<br />

انaاaمaاکaخاتمaااجر نaaاجرۃaاaااa<br />

خاتمaابنaaابوۃ<br />

“Rest assured O Uncle! For you are the Khātam-ul-<br />

Muhājirīn (last of the migrants) in the migration as I<br />

am the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn (last of the Prophets) in<br />

the prophethood.” 34<br />

Quoting the above hadīth, Farhan Khan goes in<strong>to</strong> a long<br />

discussion about the authenticity of the narra<strong>to</strong>rs of the hadīth.<br />

ححaبخاری۔aتابaالاذان۔aباب : ولaارجلaاتتاaاۃ [<br />

ٓ ]<br />

34<br />

حرفaانaaذرaاباس 6, Kanz-ul-‘Ammāl, Volume

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