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

the official argument of Ahmadī Muslims 64 . His reasoning is<br />

that he wants <strong>to</strong> avoid the straw man fallacy but this is a very<br />

strange excuse! By choosing <strong>to</strong> present that argument, his<br />

motive is quite the opposite of what he is saying. The<br />

Ahmadiyya Muslim argument is presented by him in a form<br />

that can easily be refuted. Although the Ahmadiyya Muslim<br />

Jamā‘at is not obliged <strong>to</strong> answer such ridiculous allegations that<br />

attempt <strong>to</strong> discredit its beliefs, we will respond regardless for<br />

the benefit of the reader.<br />

After making a lengthy discussion, Farhan Khan<br />

summarizes the Ahmadī belief as follows:<br />

[No more laws from 5:3] + [No more prophets from 33:41] = [No<br />

more law-bearing Prophets]<br />

This is a dishonest and pathetic attempt <strong>to</strong> discredit Ahmadiyya<br />

Muslim beliefs. At no time in its entire his<strong>to</strong>ry has the<br />

Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamā‘at accepted that 33:41 states that there<br />

are “No more prophets.” If Farhan Khan was being intellectually<br />

honest, he should have chosen <strong>to</strong> point out which Ahmadī<br />

literature or which Ahmadī scholar has stated that there are “no<br />

more prophets” according <strong>to</strong> 33:41. Nevertheless, for the sake of<br />

argument, his rebuttal is quoted below:<br />

...Suppose a grocery s<strong>to</strong>re owner was checking his<br />

inven<strong>to</strong>ry and realized he had overs<strong>to</strong>cked on apples<br />

and sweets. Immediately, he put two requests <strong>to</strong> his<br />

local supplier: not <strong>to</strong> deliver any more apples or any<br />

more sweets.<br />

Next, consider these two statements from the<br />

perspective of the supplier. He has been <strong>to</strong>ld (1) not<br />

64<br />

Khan, <strong>With</strong> <strong>Love</strong>, 30

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