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Last Law‐bearing Prophet sa 69<br />

bearing Prophet, rather than leaving humanity a<br />

Qur’ānic puzzle <strong>to</strong> solve or suffer the consequences...<br />

the Qur’ān is a book of guidance, not misguidance,<br />

and its language is clear and simple not baffling and<br />

complex. 54<br />

Farhan Khan’s proud display of ignorance perplexes us –<br />

should we laugh or cry? His use of phrases such as “Ahmadī<br />

approach” and “pre‐conceived theology” are tightening the<br />

noose of ignorance he has placed around his neck, as if he has<br />

eagerly set the stage for his own hanging. He has forced us <strong>to</strong><br />

expose his ignorance by further illustrating examples where<br />

Muslim scholars held the “Ahmadi approach” long before the<br />

Ahmadiyya Jamā’at even came in<strong>to</strong> existence! For instance, the<br />

founder of Madrassat‐ul‐‘Ulūm, Deoband (a Sunni sect), Hazrat<br />

Maulwī <strong>Muhammad</strong> Qāsim Nānautwī writes:<br />

The general public may conceive that Khātam‐un‐<br />

Nabiyyīn means that the Holy Prophet (peace and<br />

blessings of Allāh be on him) was the last of the<br />

prophets but people of knowledge and<br />

understanding know very well that being the first or<br />

last does not necessarily connote excellence. The<br />

words<br />

55<br />

وَلٰكِنْ‏ رَّسُ‏ وْلَ‏ اهللّ‏ ٰ ِ وَخَاتمَ‏ َ ٖ النَّبِينّ‏ َ<br />

are designed <strong>to</strong> convey the Holy Prophet’s (peace<br />

and blessings of Allāh be on him) exalted and<br />

unequalled status and this alone is the correct<br />

54<br />

Khan, <strong>With</strong> <strong>Love</strong>, Pages 29‐30<br />

55<br />

...but he is the Messenger of Allāh and the Seal of the Prophets. –Sūrah Al‐<br />

Ahzāb, 33:41

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