With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 301
Continuation of Prophethood according to Ah ā d ī th 301 Say, had there been other gods with Him, as they say, then they (idolaters) would have surely sought out a way to the Owner of the Throne. Based on this verse, the Ahmad ī [Muslims] would have to accept that it is possible for there to be other deities worthy of worship besides All ā h because the same if-statement is used. 297 Again, as usual, Farhan Khan used his bias to make another straw man fallacy by attributing ridiculous beliefs to the Ahmad ī Muslims while failing to address the actual argument. If-then statements imply that if a certain condition were to exist, then a result would occur. Even if the if condition did not occur, it does not negate the truth of the then result. Ahmad ī Muslims do not believe in hypothetical statements; however, if the statements come from God or the Prophet sa , they are stated with a purpose to guide us towards truth. The fact of the matter is that the Ahmadiyya Muslim understanding is based on an “if-then statement,” which is perfectly logical. The Holy Prophet sa did not say, “If… he would have been a prophet. ” Instead, he said, “If he had lived, [then] he would surely have been a prophet. ” In other words, in the mind of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , prophethood continues. Second, Farhan Khan presents a verse of the Holy Qur’ ā n, as shown above, to refute the Ahmadiyya Muslim understanding, and to dupe a person who lacks knowledge of the Holy Qur’ ā n or the Arabic language. However, to an honest person with knowledge of the Holy Qur’ ā n and the Arabic language, it clearly demonstrates the devious way with which 297 Khan, With Love , Page 27