With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 3
Introduction 3 ‘ Ī s ā bin Mariam as , or an attempt to discredit clear-cut messages of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. There is no alternative to explain Farhan Khan’s shallow statement, but either way it exposes his immature intellect and deprived scholarship. Over the last 120 years, Isl ā m Ahmadiyya has successfully refuted the erroneous belief in the supernatural 2,000 plus year old life of ‘ Ī s ā bin Mariam as. Nevertheless, Farhan Khan joins the long list of our defeated opponents – his only strategy being an attempt to “trivialize” it. How disappointing! Farhan Khan goes on to state that the Ahmad ī Muslims have “invented three alternate explanations for what Kh ā tam Al-Nabiyy ī n means: last law-bearing Prophet, chief (best) of the Prophets, or that future prophets will come bearing the seal of the Prophet Muhammad sa. This may pose as a source of confusion to the reader because their position may seem inconsistent. ” This is a blatant misrepresentation of Isl ā m Ahmadiyya. Nothing has been invented as these are not new explanations. Previous scholars of the Muslim ummah [Arabic: community ] have made similar statements as will be shown in this book, Insh ā ’ All ā h ! If non-Ahmad ī Muslims have failed to understand the very scholars they revere, it is no fault of ours. Those who cannot swim should stay away from the deep end of the pool, as those with shallow intellect should stay away from the deep verses of the Holy Qur’an, lest they drown in ignorance. Secondly, our position is not “inconsistent” because these three explanations are not contradictory. All three meanings equally apply to the status and greatness of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. This illustrates the multi-dimensional beauty and depth of the Arabic language which allows the same phrase to have several cumulative meanings.