With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 12
12 With Love to Muhammad sa the Kh ā tam-un-Nabiyy ī n Lane’s Lexicon and Dictionary of the Holy Qur’ ā n Similarly, Lane’s Lexicon reiterates the same meanings discussed above as shown on the next two pages. The only objection, in this context, is that the compiler, Edward William Lane (1801 to 1876 CE), was a British orientalist and lexicographer who, lacking both background and aspiration in theology and Qur’ ā nic exegesis, applied the wrong meaning of the word kh ā tam to verse 41 of S ū rah Al-Ahz ā b. This was an error of judgment on his part and it is not surprising, given his European and un-Isl ā mic background. There is no wonder why, in all instances, Farhan Khan only quoted this dictionary writer’s opinion regarding Kh ā tam- un-Nabiyy ī n , while ignoring the actual meanings of the word kh ā tam. This exposes Khan’s shameful intellectual dishonesty for the purpose of promoting his personal bias. Farhan Khan repeatedly criticizes Mr. Malik Ghul ā m Far ī d ra2 for stating that one of the meanings of kh ā tam is the best and most perfect. It is surprising that someone could criticize this meaning of kh ā tam since this idiomatic application of the word kh ā tam in the sense of praise is so commonly expressed in Arabic that it appears unnecessary to give such examples in this book. Ahmadiyya Muslim literature provides numerous examples of this kind of usage of the word kh ā tam in the sense of praise 3. In any case, in order to prove that Mr. Malik Ghul ā m Far ī d ra gave all the meanings that have already been discussed 2 Mr. Malik Ghul ā m Far ī d was a companion of the Promised Messiah as and wrote the Dictionary of the Holy Qur’ ā n available at: http://www. alislam. org/quran/dictionary/dictionary_quran. pdf 3 If you would like to see such examples, please refer to Mahzarnama – The Memorandum , Pages 103-108, available at: http://www. alIsl ā m. org/library/books/mahzarnama/Mahzarnama. pdf