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“I am the Last Brick and I am the Last of the prophets” 143
their books. They misunderstood the sayings of their prophets
because they took them too literally.
Second, if Farhan Khan’s understanding is accepted, the
matter will remain unsolved. This is because the analogy only
speaks of one missing brick when, according to Farhan Khan,
there are supposed to be two missing bricks in the palace.
Farhan Khan believes in the physical ascent of Hazrat ‘Īsā as to
heaven and if the hadīth is taken literally, the brick representing
Hazrat ‘Īsā as should also be missing. A question that arises from
this acceptance of Farhan Khan’s meaning is: When Hazrat ‘Īsā as
comes back, where will that brick go? As it can now be seen
clearly, this is a flawed understanding and Ahmadī Muslims are
not willing to accept it.
Third, Farhan Khan brings a quotation of Hazrat Imām
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalānī rh and writes, “[Hazrat] Mirzā Tāhir
Ahmad[ rh ] quoted Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani out of context in
regards to the rest of his statement.” 138 Farhan Khan then goes
on to emphasize that the hadīth is about the prophets and the
discussion about their laws is a separate one. However, the fact
of the matter is that the conclusion drawn by Imām Ibn Hajar rh
at the end of his paragraph is identical to the conclusion drawn
by the Ahmadī Muslims. There is no denying that! Ahmadī
Muslims firmly believe that this analogy is about the prophets
but not in the literal sense. The purpose of the analogy is to
speak about the laws brought by those prophets. This is the
same as the conclusion drawn by Imām Ibn Hajar rh and it has
even been recorded by Farhan Khan on Page 13 of his book:
138
Ibid.