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140 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
Second, notice the language of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad sa . He begins his statement with the following
words:
بaنa aَ‎وثلaالابِ‎‏َاءِ‏
إنa‏َ‏ ث ِ
Surely, my similitude in comparison with the other
prophets before me...
This is a clear indication that this example is about the previous
prophets and it has nothing to do with future prophets. The
main issue is about the prophethood of the Promised Messiah as
who was to come after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa . Hence,
this analogy has nothing to do with this issue. It is only about
the previous prophets.
Third, the Ahmadiyya Muslim understanding of this
hadīth is discussed in The True Meaning of Khatme Nubuwwat in
the following words:
Our opponents put forth another hadīth, which,
according to them, conclusively debars the advent of
any ummatī prophet. The hadīth runs as follows:
Hazrat Abū Hurairah ra reports: “The Messenger
of Allāh sa said: ‘The previous prophets and
myself are like a palace exquisitely built except
for a missing brick in its wall. People wonder
why such a blemish was not attended to. I am
that brick that completed and perfected the
edifice of the palace. That is why I am called the
Khātam of the messengers’.” In another version
of the hadīth, the Holy Prophet sa said: ‘I am that