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Examples of Khātam used
in other Contexts
Under the chapter entitled Examples of Khātam used in
other contexts, Farhan Khan makes a straw man fallacy 22 by
stating that Ahmadī Muslims believe, “The title Khātam Al-
Nabiyyīn can only mean best of the prophets...” 23 . This is
completely false! As shown earlier, Ahmadī Muslims take the
phrase Khātam-an-Nabiyyīn to mean “Seal of the prophets” and
the meaning “Best of the prophets” is also applied idiomatically
because it is the intended meaning behind the literal translation.
Plenty of examples of similar usage of khātam are found in
Arabic literature. For instance, Hazrat ‘Alī ra was called Khātamul-Awliyā’
(Seal of the Awliyā’), Abū Tamām was called Khātamush-Shu‘arā
(Seal of the Poets), and so on. Obviously, the Arabs
did not consider Hazrat ‘Alī ra the last walī [i.e., saint] nor did
they consider Abū Tamām the last poet. Nevertheless, Farhan
Khan lays down three objections against the Ahmadiyya
Muslim understanding:
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A fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent’s position
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Khan, With Love, Page 42
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