With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 87
Last Law-bearing Prophet sa 87 Was Hazrat ‘ Ī s ā as a Law-Bearing Prophet? Before refuting the argument of Farhan Khan, it must be stated that it was quite surprising to read such a ridiculous argument presented by him. If not for the sake of the reader’s benefit, we would have ignored this pathetic argument altogether. Here is how this absurd argument is refuted in the five-volume commentary of the Holy Qur’ ā n published by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam ā ‘at, under the verse under discussion [S ū rah Ā le ‘Imr ā n, 3:51]: Jesus came in fulfillment of the prophecies of the previous prophets contained in the Torah. But he brought no new Law, being a follower of Moses in this respect. He himself was conscious of this limitation of his authority. Says he: “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled” (Matt. 5:17, 18). The expression, to allow you some of that which was forbidden to you, does not, therefore, refer to any change or modification in the Mosaic Law. The reference is only to those things which the Jews had themselves rendered unlawful for themselves. Elsewhere the Qur’ ā n says, so because of the transgression of the Jews, We forbade them pure things which had been allowed to them ( 4:161). Again, Truly I am come to you with wisdom and to make clear to you some of that about which you differ (43:64). These verses show that there were differences among the various sects of the Jews regarding the lawfulness or