With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 195
Death of Hazrat ‘ Ī s ā as bin Mariam ra 195 apart and he wins. If he cannot, and most certainly he will not ( Insh ā ’ All ā h ), he should give up his claims and accept the truth of Isl ā m Ahmadiyya. Why is it not possible for Hazrat ‘ Ī s ā as to return? Farhan Khan says, “Muhammad sa was the last person given this position of prophethood. After him, no one else is given the position of prophethood, not even ‘Es ā bin Mariam as , because he never lost his status as a Prophet. ” 208 This is true but irrelevant. The Ahmadiyya Muslim argument is that the very coming of ‘ Ī s ā as as a prophet breaks Khan’s absoluteness of the concept of the “end of prophethood. ” What is more important is that it breaks the Seal of prophethood! The Promised Messiah as explained this when he wrote as follows: The true connotation of Kh ā tamun Nabiyy ī n requires that if anyone calls himself a prophet while there remains the slightest veil of estrangement, 209 such a person will be guilty of breaking the Seal of Kh ā tamun Nabiyy ī n. But he who is so lost in the Kh ā tamun Nabiyy ī n sa that he receives his sa name and reflects his sa countenance, will, on account of this complete unity and harmony, be called a prophet without contravening the Seal ; for he is Muhammad sa , though by way of zill. Thus, despite the claim of prophethood by the person who is named Muhammad and Ahmad by way of zill , our lord and master Muhammad sa would still be the Kh ā tamun Nabiyy ī n , inasmuch as this second Muhammad is a 208 Khan, With Love, Page 25 209 Estrangement between him and the Holy Prophet sa. [Publishers]