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ؕContinuation of Prophethood according to the Holy Qur’ān 277fulfillment and completion of the DivineDispensation. A false prophet would come to workagainst the truth. [However] A claimant toprophethood who works in the service of the Faithmust be fully supported by the people. The covenantis addressed to the prophets since they are theleaders of the people. The prophets themselveswould never oppose the truth. 275As a result, it is clear that this covenant of prophethood wastaken from the Holy Prophet sa just as it was taken from all theother prophets and all those who believe in the Holy Prophet saare obliged to accept the prophethood of one who comes insupport of the religion of Islām.Another verse of the Holy Qur’ān which proves thatprophethood continues is as follows:ِٕ مِنَ‏ الْمَلٰ‏ ٓ ىكَةِ‏ رُسُ‏ لاً‏ وَّمِنَ‏ النَّاسِ‏ٰ اهللّ‏ ُ يَصْ‏ طَ‏ فِىْ‏اِنَّ‏ ٰ اهللّ‏ َ سمَ‏ ‏ِيْعٌ‏ بَصِ‏ يرْ‏ ٌ ۚ۝Allāh chooses His messengers from among angels,and from among men. Surely, Allāh is All- Hearing,All-Seeing. 276God, the Almighty has used the word “ طَ‏ فِىْ‏ ‏,”يَصْ‏ which is a لارع (f‘ail mudhāri‘) and, as explained earlier, this is used forpresent as well as future tenses. In other words, the verse meansthat Allāh, the Exalted, chooses and will continue to chooseprophets from among the angels and the people. Hazrat MirzāTāhir Ahmad rh comments on this verse in the following words:275The True Meaning of Khatme Nubuwwat, Page 59276Sūrah Al-Hajj, 22:76