With-Love-to-Muhammad

Last Law-bearing Prophet sa 71
Christians and Jews could have argued that this title implied
that the Holy Prophet sa was only the best among the lawbearing
prophets like Moses as . Jews could have argued that
Ezra as was superior to the Holy Prophet sa and Christians could
have argued that Jesus as was superior to the Holy Prophet sa , for
both of these prophets were non-law bearing and were revered
as “sons of Allāh” by their respective communities (Qur’an 9:3).
It could then be argued that the door to non-law-bearing
independent prophethood could still be open in addition to nonlaw
bearing prophets within Islām!
There are three kinds of prophethood:
1. Law-bearing prophethood – like the prophethood given
to Hazrat Musā as and the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa ,
bearing laws
2. Non-law-bearing independent prophethood –
prophethood gained directly from Allāh, the Exalted, and
not by following the Holy Prophet sa
3. Non-law-bearing dependant prophethood –
prophethood gained through the beneficence and perfect
obedience of the Holy Prophet sa , also known as zillī
prophethood.
As a result, if Allāh, the Exalted, had said Khātam-an-Nabiyyīnat-
Tashrī‘ī, the doors to the second and third types of prophethood
would have remained open and Allāh, the Exalted, would have
had to use other words or verses to declare that the doors to
those kinds of prophethood are also closed.
In contrast, the Ahmadiyya Muslim understanding is
simple. The Holy Prophet sa is the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn – the Seal
of the prophets – and no new or old prophet can come who
breaks his seal. Only one authenticated by the seal of the
Muhammadan prophethood can now come. Therefore, we