Beacon of Truth — Page 184
184 Khatm-e-Nubuwat Khatm-e-Nubuwat Khatm-e-Nubuwwat One of the accusations levelled on the Ahmadiya Muslim Jamaat, among many others is that Jamaat Ahmadiya does not accept the Holy Prophet Muhammad s. a. s. as Khatam-un-Nabiyyin and has adopted a new doctrine whi" deviates from that of the ummat of the past 1300 years in this ma&er. Like many other unfounded allegations this one is also wrong and baseless. The reality is that the strength of conviction with whi" Jamaat Ahmadiyya accepts the Holy Prophet (pbuh) as khatam-un-Nabiyyin is unparalled. The Founder of the Ahmadiyya Jamaat says: "It is alleged that I and my Jamma't do not accept the Holy prophet (pbuh) as khatam-un-Nabiyin. This is a great lie upon us. The strength, certainity, and full understanding with whi" we believe in the Holy Prophet (pbuh) to be khatam-un- nabiyin and accept him as su", others do not believe even in a hundred thousandth part of it". (AlHakam 17 Mar" 1905) When the Promised Messiah a. s. is quoted to the opponents, they try to give the false impression that this acceptance is only a lip service. According to them the Promised Messiah has opened the door of a new kind of prophethood, and whatever he calls it ummati or zilli (adumberate), the rejection of khatam-e-Nabuwwat is implied. They say that the Jamaat Ahmadiyya has opened the door for the prophethood whereas past s"olars of Islam considered prophethood to be absolutely finished and did not believe in any form of exception. But even minor least effort in resear" would show the wise that this objection too is hollow and baseless. It is a fact that the Ahmadiyya Jamaat interprets the verse Khatam-us-Nabiyyin in the same way as the holy s"olars of the followers in the past and have not invented any new doctrine. The new doctrine has been invented by the opponents of Ahmadiyya themselves. To determine this ma&er easily we will present some statements by the learned Muslim s"olars and saints taken from their famous and authentic books. These statements show their belief regarding the doctrine of Khatm -e-Nabuwwat, scans of these pasages are also being provided. Even a superficial view of these statements will show that Hazrat Massih Maud a. s. has not presented any new doctrine. He said what the learned s"olars had also said in the past. In the presence of these statements there is no need for further elaboration. It will be apparent to every just reader himself. Please consider these things with a fair and God fearing mind.