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their claim are followed by the all important words: 'and my mosque is the last of the mosques. '. On the basis of the complete Hadith, the Ahmadiyya Muslim. Community argue that since the Holy Prophet's mosque at Medina is not literally the last mosque built in the history of Islam, the first part of the. Tradition could hence not be assumed to mean that no prophet would appear after our beloved lord and master, Hazrat Muhammed Mustapha, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, because such an assumption would be an apparent contradiction in the first and the second part of a single Tradition. Or else: 'If the expression last of the prophets was to entail the abolition of prophethood, then the expression last of the mosques must also entail the abolition of mosque building after the Holy Prophet's mosque at Medina. " '46. However, this argument has been a source of considerable anxiety to the adversaries of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. And hence, to wriggle out of the embarrassing situation of their own making, they contend that the Holy Prophet's observations to the effect that his mosque is the last mosque means that: 'no other mosque should bear such sanctity. ' '47. If that be the case, then what one fails to understand is, why do these critics find it justifiable to read a meaning into the second part of the. Tradition which they regard as: 'foolish reasoning. '48 if read into the first part of the same Tradition?. Why one wonders could the first part of the Tradition not also relate to the sanctity of the prophethood of our beloved Prophet, Hazrat. Muhammed Mustapha, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him? 46. Ahmad, Hazrat Mirza Bashirud Din Mahmood: Invitation to Ahmadiyyat: pg 45 47. Maududi, A. A: Finality of Prophethood: pg 21 298 48. Ibid: pg 18