With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 43
Examples of Kh ā tam used in other contexts 43 meaning of the word kh ā tam from “final” to “best” is quite simple! The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa himself used the word kh ā tam to mean “best. ” There was no evolution! Consider the following ah ā d ī th : a B a edFجدل a اٰدم a َّ ان a و a َ اeFّبiiن a خاتَم a aGتوب a اﷲ a @eد a اHّ eiتہ Certainly, I have been with All ā h as Kh ā tam-an- Nabiyy ī n while Adam as was yet in the nascent stage 25 In the above had ī th , the phrase Kh ā tam-an-Nabiyy ī n cannot possibly be translated as “Last of the prophets”. How could he be the last prophet when those before him had not even appeared? This demonstrates that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa himself used the phrase idiomatically to state that he is the Best of the prophets. اﻻوiاء a خاتم a c@ a Mا a اHت a و a اﻻHبiاء a خاتم a اHا I am the Kh ā tam-ul-Anbiy ā ’ and you, O ‘Al ī , are the Kh ā tam-ul-Awsiy ā ’ [i. e. , Seal of the advisors ] 26 اﻻوiFاء a خاتم a c@ a Mا a اHت a و a اﻻHبiاء a خاتم a اHا I am the Kh ā tam-ul-Anbiy ā ’ and you, O ‘Al ī , are the Kh ā tam-ul-Awliy ā ’ [i. e. , Seal of the saints ) 27 25 Mishk ā t-ul-Mas ā b ī h , Kit ā b-ul-Fitn, B ā b Fadh ā ’il Sayyid-ul-Mursal ī n Salaw ā t All ā h wa sal ā mun ‘alaih; Masnad Ahmad bin Hanbal , Had ī th Al-‘Irb ā dh bin S ā riya; Kanz-ul-‘Amm ā l , Kit ā b-ur-Rabi‘ a باب a اﻻB]ال a WCم a Gن a اF_ZاLل a Dتاب a اF_اء. a حرف a Gن باeF]م a اFتحدMث a @ن a تبe a Gت_رCہ a YBاLل a B a اFثاFث a اF_Yل a اﻻول 26 ‘Allama Ab ū Ja‘far Rashid-ud-D ī n Muhammad bin ‘Ali bin Shehr Ā shaub (Al-Mutwaff ā : 588 Hijr ī ), Man ā qib Ā le Ab ī T ā lib , Juz. 3, Page 261, Matba‘ ‘Ilmiya Qum, Iran