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Continuation of Prophethood according to the Holy Qur’ān 271
Ahmad[ rh ].” 267 After this, he describes it in his own words and
fails to provide a proper quotation containing the argument. As
a result, his rebuttal of the Ahmadiyya Muslim argument can be
refuted here sufficiently by presenting the original quotation
from the book:
Hence, the concept (of the end of prophethood after
the passing away of a prophet) – which, according to
the Qur’ān, dates back to the time of Hazrat Yusuf as –
is not new. It is not an innovation in the Muslim
ummah. People may say this [principle] may apply till
the time of the Holy Prophet sa . After him, it is as if a
new law was passed. The Holy Qur’ān, however,
leaves no room for [such] doubt or misgivings.
Hence, there is no question of one trying to defeat the
Qur’ān with tricks of his mind. As a result, the same
subject is discussed in another verse and it is a verse
of Sūrah Al-Jinn, in which Allāh, the Exalted, says:
وَّ‏ اَنَّهٗ‏ كاَ‏ نَ‏ يَقُوْلُ‏ سَ‏ فِيهْ‏ ‏ُنَا
عَلىَ‏ ٰ اهللّ‏ ِ شَ‏ طَ‏ طً‏ ‏ۙا‎268‎
When the Jinn had made the pledge of allegiance to
the Holy Prophet sa and were going back [home], they
were saying to each other, “How foolish were our
ancestors? They used to forge such big statements
against Allāh, the Exalted, without any knowledge”.
What were these statements? One such statement is
as follows:
267
Khan, With Love, Page 56
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‘And it is true that the foolish amongst us used to utter extravagant lies
concerning Allāh. – Sūrah Al-Jinn, 72:5