With Love to Muhammadsa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn The Ahmadiyya Muslim Understanding of Finality of Prophethood Farhan Iqbal | Imtiaz Ahmed Sra With Love to Muhammadsa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn Farhan Iqbal & Imtiaz Ahmed Sra With Love to Muhammadsa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn by: Farhan Iqbal and Imtiaz Ahmed Sra (Missionaries of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamā‘at) First Published in Canada: 2014 © Islam International Publications Ltd. Published by: Islam International Publications Ltd. Islamabad, Sheephatch Lane Tilford, Surrey GU10 2AQ United Kingdom For further information, you may visit www.alislam.org Cover Page Design: Farhan Naseer ISBN: 978-0-9937731-0-5 This book is dedicated to the 86 Ahmadī Muslims who were martyred on May 28, 2010, in two mosques of Lahore, Pakistan, as well as all the other martyrs of Islām Ahmadiyya, starting from Hazrat Maulvī ‘Abdur Rahmān Shahīdra and Hazrat Sāhibzāda Syed ‘Abdul Latīf Shahīdra, to the martyrs of today. َو ُﻗ ْﻞ َﺟﺎٓ َء اﻟْ َﺤ ُّـﻖ َو َز َﻫ َﻖ اﻟْ َﺒ ِﺎﻃ ُؕﻞ ِا َّن اﻟْ َﺒ ِﺎﻃ َﻞ َﰷ َن َز ُﻫ ْﻮﻗًﺎ And proclaim: ‘Truth has come and falsehood has vanished away. Verily, falsehood is bound to vanish.’ —Sūrah Banī Isrā’īl, 17:82 Contents Acknowledgements ................................................................................................... i Publishers’ Note ...................................................................................................... iii Preface ........................................................................................................................ v Foreword................................................................................................................. vii Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1 Meanings of Khātam in Dictionaries ....................................................................... 7 Mufridāt Imām Rāghib ..................................................................................................... 8 Lisān-ul-‘Arab .................................................................................................................. 11 Lane’s Lexicon and Dictionary of the Holy Qur’ān .................................................... 12 Structure of the word Khātam ................................................................................ 19 Alternative Qirā’āt of the Qur’ān ......................................................................... 27 Relationship of Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn to Lā Nabiyya Ba‘adī ................................. 35 Examples of Khātam used in other Contexts ....................................................... 41 Method of Analysis of Qur’ānic Words ........................................................................ 42 Khātam-ul-Muhājirīn ...................................................................................................... 49 Usage of the word Khātam by Hazrat Mirzā Ghulām Ahmadas ............................... 51 Last Law-bearing Prophetsa ................................................................................... 57 Misrepresentation of Islām Ahmadiyya ....................................................................... 57 Farhan Khan’s Arguments ............................................................................................. 67 A Controversial Statement of Farhan Khan ................................................................. 72 Combined with Sūrah Al-Mā’idah ................................................................................ 75 Distinction between Law-Bearing and Non-Law-Bearing Prophets ........................ 82 Was Hazrat ‘Īsāas a Law-Bearing Prophet? .................................................................. 87 Statements of Prophet Muhammadsa ................................................................... 91 Hadīth Number 1 – The Thirty Liars ............................................................................ 92 Hadīth Number 2 – Statement made to Hazrat ‘Alīra ................................................. 96 Hadīth Number 3 – There will be Khulafā’ right after me ......................................... 99 Hadīth Number 4 – Twenty Seven Arch-Liars .......................................................... 101 Hadīth Number 5 – Al-‘Āqib: After Whom there is no Prophet ............................. 104 Hadīth Number 6 – Al-‘Āqib: After Whom there is No One ................................... 106 Hadīth Numbers 7 & 8 – Al-Muqaffā ......................................................................... 108 Hadīth of Hazrat ‘Alīra and Lā Nabiyya Ba‘adī ................................................... 111 Nothing has remained of Prophethood except Mubashirāt ............................ 119 Everyday Language ...................................................................................................... 122 The Essence or Foundation of Prophethood .............................................................. 123 Al-Muslim, Al-Mu’min and As-Sālih ......................................................................... 126 What is a Ru’ya (Dream/Vision)? ................................................................................ 130 Are only Dreams left for the ummah? ........................................................................ 132 The Fear of the Companionsra ...................................................................................... 132 The Clue in the Word Al-Mubashirāt ......................................................................... 134 “I am the Last Brick and I am the Last of the Prophets” ................................. 137 Ahmadī Muslim Argument ......................................................................................... 137 Refuting Farhan Khan’s Arguments ........................................................................... 142 Statements of Hazrat Muhy-ud-dīn Ibn ‘Arabīrh .............................................. 155 Definition of Nubuwwah ............................................................................................. 160 Nabuwwah of Awliyā’ Allāh and the Promised Messiahas ..................................... 162 The Status of the Promised Messiahas ......................................................................... 168 The Death of Hazrat ‘Īsā bin Mariamas .............................................................. 183 Challenge of the Promised Messiahas!......................................................................... 192 Why is it not possible for Hazrat ‘Īsāas to return? ...................................................... 195 Opinion of the Sahābara, Ā’immah, and Mujaddidīnrh .................................... 203 Continuation of Prophethood according to the Holy Qur’ān ........................ 241 Sūrah An-Nisā’, 4:70 ..................................................................................................... 241 Intellectual Dishonesties of Farhan Khan ..................................................................... 241 Ahmadī Muslim Argument ............................................................................................ 247 The Grammatical Structure of 4:70 ................................................................................ 251 Contextual Use of Ma‘a.................................................................................................... 251 Problems with Farhan Khan’s Arguments ................................................................... 254 Commentary by Imām Rāghib ....................................................................................... 262 Sūrah Al-‘Arāf, 7:36 ....................................................................................................... 265 Refuting Farhan Khan’s Argument ............................................................................... 265 Ahmadī Muslim Argument ............................................................................................ 268 Sūrah Al-Mu’min, 40:35-36 .......................................................................................... 270 Ahmadī Muslim Argument ............................................................................................ 270 Other Verses on the Continuation of Prophethood .................................................. 274 Continuation of Prophethood according to Ahādīth ........................................ 281 “I am the Ākhir-ul-Anbiyā’ and my Mosque is the Ākhir-ul-Masājid” ................. 281 Ahmadī Muslim Argument ............................................................................................ 283 Refuting Farhan Khan’s Argument ............................................................................... 285 Do not say: “There is no Prophet after him” .............................................................. 296 “Had he Lived, he would have been a Prophet” ...................................................... 300 Other Ahādīth on the Continuation of Prophethood ............................................... 307 Closing Comments ............................................................................................... 309 Appendix I: Sayings of the Promised Messiahas on the Finality of Prophethood .......................................................................................................... 315 Appendix II: The Future of Islām Ahmadiyya ................................................. 345 Appendix III: Ahmadiyya Muslim