With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 70
70 With Love to Muhammad sa the Kh ā tam-un-Nabiyy ī n interpretation. Kh ā tamiyyat is not in any way rejected or denied if a prophet appears after the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of All ā h be on him). However, if Kh ā tamiyyat is only taken to mean the last prophet, this would be a disparaging interpretation. Such an interpretation would not be acceptable to followers of Isl ā m. 56 Similarly, a Brelv ī scholar, Maulw ī Abu Al-Hasnat ‘Abd-ul- Haye of Farangimahal, Lucknow, writes: ‘Ulem ā Ahle Sunnah [i. e. , Scholars of the People of the Sunnah ] also subscribe to the view that following the advent of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of All ā h be on him) no law-bearing prophet can come. The prophethood of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of All ā h be on him) is wide in scope. Any prophet who would now come would be from the ummah and follow his shar ī ‘ah. 57 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam ā ‘at has adopted the truth told by the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. This true belief was held by truthful people and scholars long before our community was founded. If Farhan Khan insists on an explanation on the reason why All ā h, the Exalted, chose the words He did in the Holy Qur’ ā n, then we refer him to the aforementioned Deoband and Brelv ī explanations! Moreover, let us suppose for a moment that All ā h, the Exalted, had indeed said, Kh ā tam-an-Nabiyy ī nat-Tashr ī ‘ ī or The Seal of the Law Bearing prophets. If that had been the case, then 56 Tahz ī r An-N ā s , Page 3 57 Maulvi Abd-ul-Haye, Majm ū ‘ah Fat ā ’w ā , Volume 1, Page 17