With-Love-to-Muhammad

ُُُِِِ8 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-NabiyyīnMuhammad sa is the last prophet in absolute terms. The fact ofthe matter is that Farhan Khan does this to give the impressionthat the only possible meaning of khātam is the last.This chapter will challenge this impression that FarhanKhan tries to give by quoting three universally acknowledgeddictionaries: Mufridāt Imām Rāghib, Lisān-ul-‘Arab, and Lane’sLexicon. We present below a complete quotation from Mufridātwhich thoroughly discusses the meanings of the word khātam.Mufridāt Imām Rāghiba :َ ات َ اب .َ َّ و ُ زaبذکaتاراختم aوابع aال aوجنِ‏ a‏َمِ‏ aواوب‏ْ‏ ُ ت ‏،‏aووaتاثرaشِ‏ aاخ‏َعْ در aخت‏ْ‏ تُ‏الاثرa واثا‏:‏ْ تِ‎ثاقaaاحالaنaاش،‏aوتَج ةaaالاaن aا‏ْعaہ aاِ‏ ْ ٍ تبارا aبا aحلُ‏باختْمaaاتبِ‏ aوالابوابِ‏ن اa ِ aواع ،“The words al-Khatm and at-Tab‘ are used in twoways:1. The infinitive meaning of ‘I sealed’ or ‘Istamped,’ and this refers to the impressing ofsomething on something ‏[تاثر]‏ like the stampring. ‏[‏ش]‏ of a seal or a2. And, second: The obtained impression ‏[الاثر]‏ ofthe stamp. [In other words, the word khatm canalso be used for the impression itself]Sometimes, it figuratively means: stopping fromsomething. And this meaning has been given basedon the fact that when books or chapters are sealed