With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 153
“I am the Last Brick and I am the Last of the prophets” 153 had ī th literally as well. The fact of the matter is that this had ī th is simply an analogy and whether the brick represents a ‘Prophet’ or the ‘law of a Prophet,’ it cannot be taken literally. Nevertheless, this explanation of the Ahmadiyya Muslim understanding, presented by Farhan Khan, is faulty in itself. Ahmad ī Muslims see this had ī th as an explanation of the following verse of the Holy Qur’ ā n: ٌؕ ﻗَﻴِّﻤَﺔ ٌ ﻛُﺘُﺐ ﻓِهيَْﺎ Therein are lasting commandments. 152 This means that the Qur’ ā n contains a combination of teachings and commandments of previous laws. The laws and teachings of the previous prophets contributed to the structure of the Muhammadan Law. While some laws were definitely abrogated by others, there is no denying the fact that each prophet brought the same basic teachings, such as the belief in One God, His angels, His prophets, and so on, and these teachings became increasingly complex with the advancement of the human mind over the ages until the revelation of the Holy Qur’ ā n – the most complete, universal law. In other words, the laws of any given prophet were not abrogated in their entirety. Only those laws which dealt with the specific needs of specific nations were abrogated, while the main teachings continued to be taught as they were. In conclusion, the Ahmadiyya Muslim understanding is supported by the previous sages of Isl ā m, while the explanation of Farhan Khan is wrong and unacceptable to any Muslim as it is against the very status of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. The analogy given by the Holy Prophet sa should be studied with 152 S ū rah Al-Bayyinah, 98:4