Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 515
! ! 515 recite two or four ruk ū‘. In f act, Ahmadiyyat is the name of such a bond with Allah Almighty that a true union is established between Master and slave and that person is included among His loved and chosen ones. Allah Almighty does not discriminate between His servants and His d oors are open for everyone. Yet, what is required is that a person develop a burning d esire within them to seek Allah Almighty that one cannot live without this , and the true purpose of their life is to grow close to God Almighty. During the period of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , men sacrificed and became the recipients of Allah ’s bounty; similarly, women also sacrificed for Allah and received His bounty. In fact, sometime s they even excelled men. Within Islamic Jurisprudence, n o man has ever reached the rank that Haz rat A’isha h ra holds. Today, the issue of finality of prophethood is a matter of great contention between Ahmadis and non - Ahmadis. We assert that after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa a subordinate prophet can appear , but non - Ahmadis claim that the door of prophethood is forever closed after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa and no prophet of any kind can now appear. It is d ue to this very disagreement that friction has continued to last year after year between us and them. [Yet, notice] how well one woman has re solved this conflict. After the death of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , Haz rat A’isha h ra over heard some people focus up on the words : َﻻ َﻧ ِ ﱠ `َ ْﻌ ِﺪ ْى in place of ا ﻟ ﻨ ّﻴ kl m ﺧ ﺎ ﺗ ﻢ Upon hearing this , she said: ُﻗ ْﻮ ﻟ W ْﻮ ا ِا ﻧ ﱠ ٗﻪ َﺧ ﺎ َﺗ ُﻢ ا َْﻻ ْﻧ ِ ~ ﺎ C ِء َو َﻻ َﺗ ُﻘ ْﻮ ﻟ W ْﻮ ا َﻻ َﻧ ِ ﱠ `َ ْﻌ َﺪ ٗە [ Certainly do say, he (the Holy Prophet) is the Seal of all Prophets, but do not say, there is no Prophet after him. ] You may indeed say that he is Khātamun - Nabiyyīn , but do no t say that no other prophet can appear after the Holy Prophet sa. Haz rat A’isha h ra made it clear with this statement that Khātamun - Nabiyyīn