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68 <strong>With</strong> <strong>Love</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong> sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn<br />

chapter, he presented the following verse of the Holy Qur’ān<br />

which categorically states that it is the last book:<br />

اَلْيَوْمَ‏ اَكمْ‏ ‏َلْتُ‏ لَكمُ‏ ْ دِيْنَكمُ‏ ْ وَاَتْمَمْتُ‏ عَلَيْكمُ‏ ْ نِعْمَتىِ‏ ْ وَرَ‏ ضِ‏ يْتُ‏ لَكمُ‏ ُ<br />

الاْ‏ ‏ِسْ‏ لاَ‏ مَ‏ دِيْنًا ؕ<br />

This day have I perfected your religion for you and<br />

completed My favour upon you and have chosen for<br />

you Islām as religion. 53<br />

According <strong>to</strong> the above verse, since the religion of Islām has<br />

been perfected by God, it is the last religion and the Qur’ān is the<br />

last book or last law for the guidance of mankind. No new<br />

religion and no new law can come after it. The same<br />

argumentation applies <strong>to</strong> anything inseparably associated with<br />

the Qur’ān, that is, the prophet who not only brought that law,<br />

but perfectly exemplified its teachings, becomes the last lawbearing<br />

prophet.<br />

Farhan Khan’s second point in relation <strong>to</strong> Sūrah An-<br />

Nisā’, 4:70, is discussed thoroughly in the chapter entitled,<br />

Continuation of prophethood according <strong>to</strong> the Holy Qur’ān. His third<br />

point is an absurd and senseless argument explained by him as<br />

follows:<br />

The Ahmadi approach is <strong>to</strong> begin with the belief that<br />

<strong>Muhammad</strong> is only the last law-bearing Prophet and<br />

then re-interpret the text <strong>to</strong> their pre-conceived<br />

theology. Had Allāh meant last law-bearing Prophet<br />

instead of last Prophet, the Qur’ān would have clearly<br />

said khātam Al-Nabiyīn Al-tashri’ī, meaning last law-<br />

53<br />

Sūrah Al-Mā’idah 5:4

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