With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 196
196 With Love to Muhammad sa the Kh ā tam-un-Nabiyy ī n reflection of the same Muhammad sa and bears his name. But Jesus as cannot come without breaking the Seal inasmuch as his is a separate and distinct prophethood. 210 One can see the great care and veneration the Promised Messiah as had for the Seal of prophethood borne by the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. By bringing back Hazrat ‘ Ī s ā as , Farhan Khan is committing a serious offense against this Seal and he is disrespecting it even though he casually points the finger at others. Second, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa did not say that no one can be given prophethood after him. He simply said, “ L ā nabiyya ba‘ad ī ” (There is no prophet after me), and to manipulate this to mean that prophethood cannot be given to anyone after the Holy Prophet sa is a far-fetched interpretation. The word given has been inserted by Farhan Khan himself and he cannot prove its existence in any had ī th. Third, in support of his argument, Farhan Khan gives an example by writing, “. . . a mother has three children: Ahmad, Yahya, and Fatimah, aged ten, seven, and four, respectively. If she was asked who her last child is, she would reply Fatimah, because Fatimah was the last to be born in the family. ” 211 This is an invalid comparison. Physical birth is something that, by definition, can only occur once in a unique sequential order which cannot change, but the issue we are discussing is the appearance of a prophet for the guidance of humankind. This, according to Farhan Khan’s sect of Muslims, can occur more than once, particularly in the case of Jesus as. 210 A Misconception Removed , Page 7 211 Khan, With Love, Page 25