With-Love-to-Muhammad

Death of Hazrat ‘Īsā as bin Mariam ra 201died but he shall be sent back after resurrection.‏َازِلa‏ِ‏ نَ‏ َّاa ٓ َ اء“‏ This is why he did not say” ([‘Īsā asshall] descend from heaven). Instead, he used theword خارج (he shall appear). 215Based on this logical understanding of the hadīth, it isimpossible to assume that it speaks of the life of Hazrat ‘Īsā as .The Holy Qur’ān declares him dead and so does the abovehadīth!Finally, Farhan Khan says, “The only way thatMuhammad sa could no longer be the last Prophet is if one oftwo things were to occur: The first occurrence would be if a newProphet came after Muhammad sa and claimed finality. Ahmadī[Muslim]s will claim this has happened with the coming ofMirzā Ghulām Ahmad... The second situation would be if ‘Esābin Mariam as lost his status of prophethood after his ascensionand thus, when he returns, he has to be reassigned this blessedstatus...” 216 This is another one of Farhan Khan’s grossmisrepresentations of Ahmadiyya Muslim beliefs. The AhmadīMuslims do not say that Hazrat Mirzā Ghulām Ahmad as is thelast prophet!The authors challenge Farhan Khan to present a single quotation of thePromised Messiah as where he has claimed to be the last prophet and hasclaimed finality of prophethood for himself!The fact of the matter is that the Promised Messiah as upheld thefinality of the prophethood of the Holy Prophet sa and this is215Tafsīr Kabīr, Volume 10, Page 381216Khan, With Love, Page 26