Ahmadiyyat or Qadianism! Islam or Apostasy? — Page 294
This generosity of the Almighty Lord, Muslim saints of repute believe, embraces prophethood also. And hence, if God Almighty so wills, He may bestow prophethood upon whom He chooses. It is however ironic that while Muslims throughout the world beseech God Almighty to bestow upon the Ummah of Muhammed, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, the blessings He bestowed upon the children of Abraham, upon whom be peace, with the recitation of the Salat un Nabi, they refuse to accept the fact that their own prayer could be rewarded on account of their mistaken belief that prophethood has now ceased with the advent of the Holy Prophet of Islam, peace be upon him. . The irony of this attitude adopted by the Muslims was beautifully summed by the revered sixth Imam of the Shia sect, Hazrat Imam Abu. Ja'far Sadiq when he stated: 'Hazrat Abu Ja'far, while discussing the Quranic verse: "For verily We granted the Book to the children of Abraham. . . ," said that God vouchsafed to the children of Abraham, Messengers, Prophets and. Imams. But what is ironical is that people believe in what God blessed the children of Abraham with and yet they deny this blessing for the progeny of Muhammed. '. This brief discussion on a very sensitive and complex issue of the continuation of prophethood should hence be sufficient evidence to prove that the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community's interpretation of the. Arabic expression Khataman Nabiyyen, is far from being queer. ª¹ On the contrary, it has been frequently accepted by the saints and the scholars of the Muslim Ummah. . It should also suffice to show that the Ahmadiyya Muslim. Community's opponents' insistence that the only correct translation of the phrase Khataman Nabiyeen is that our beloved lord and master, the. Khataman Anbiyya, Hazrat Muhammed Mustapha, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was the ‘last prophet in the line of God's apostles' has not only been rejected by Muslim scholars but has also been condemned by them as a 'foolish and ignorant interpretation, '42 acceptable 41. Maududi, A. A: The Qadiani Problem: pg 2 42. Tirmidhi, Hazrat Abu Abdullah Ali al Hussain al Hakim: Kiṭab Khatamal Anbiyya: pg 34 295