With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 140
140 With Love to Muhammad sa the Kh ā tam-un-Nabiyy ī n Second, notice the language of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. He begins his statement with the following words: Cبc a Gن a ِ اﻻHبiَِاء a وGثل a ِcََثG a إن Surely, my similitude in comparison with the other prophets before me. . . This is a clear indication that this example is about the previous prophets and it has nothing to do with future prophets. The main issue is about the prophethood of the Promised Messiah as who was to come after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. Hence, this analogy has nothing to do with this issue. It is only about the previous prophets. Third, the Ahmadiyya Muslim understanding of this had ī th is discussed in The True Meaning of Khatme Nubuwwat in the following words: Our opponents put forth another had ī th , which, according to them, conclusively debars the advent of any ummat ī prophet. The had ī th runs as follows: Hazrat Ab ū Hurairah ra reports: “The Messenger of All ā h sa said: ‘The previous prophets and myself are like a palace exquisitely built except for a missing brick in its wall. People wonder why such a blemish was not attended to. I am that brick that completed and perfected the edifice of the palace. That is why I am called the Kh ā tam of the messengers’. ” In another version of the had ī th , the Holy Prophet sa said: ‘I am that