With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 53
Examples of Kh ā tam used in other contexts 53 㑴吴侼د峤ں啵Ⳣاس㷨 ǎَ ا૽ 㑴吴侼懓亾دᡁاور乗یҥ啵⭏ 㲃 䶵 Ṏ Ǖ Ѣ وہ 嵗 兺ی اور 冃 اور 峤ں 嗚م 屨 㥃 ᳮ 峤ں Ꮉ㨱 ㍛૽ت ا侼啵㲁嵗. Ꮉ㨱媎ت㍛㷨懓亾 37 And I am not one who rejects the greatness of Hazrat ‘ Ī s ā as. God has informed me that the Mas ī h of the Muhammadan dispensation is greater in status compared to the Mas ī h of the Mosaic dispensation. However, I have great respect for Mas ī h as Ibn Mariam because, in terms of spirituality, I am the Kh ā tam-ul-Khulaf ā ’ in Isl ā m just as Mas ī h Ibn Mariam was the Kh ā tam-ul-Khulaf ā ’ for the Israelite dispensation. In the Mosaic dispensation, Ibn Mariam was the Promised Messiah and in the Muhammadan dispensation, I am the Promised Messiah. Hence, I respect him who has the same name as me and only a mischievous one and a liar would say to me that I do no respect Mas ī h as Ibn Mariam 38. It is clear from the context of the above quotation that Hazrat Mirz ā Ghul ā m Ahmad as is not using the word kh ā tam to speak of the finality of the Khil ā fah of Hazrat ‘ Ī s ā as in terms of time. He is actually speaking of Hazrat ‘ Ī s ā ’s as finality in terms of status because he compares him to himself and states that he is the Kh ā tam-ul-Khulaf ā ’ in Isl ā m in terms of spirituality just as Mas ī h Ibn Mariam as was the Kh ā tam-ul-Khulaf ā ’ for the Israelites. If he had intended to speak of his or Hazrat ‘ Ī s ā ’s as finality in terms of time, he would have said: 37 رو✮媛ⓥا弃. ᵸ ١٩. 婧㪍ح. ド ١٨ 38 Kisht ī -e-N ū h , R ū h ā n ī Khaz ā ’in, Volume 19, Page 18