A Misconception Removed — Page 3
3 'A Warner came unto the world. ' another rendering of which is: 'A Prophet came unto the world. ' At several other places in Br a h i n-e-Ahmadiyya , I have similarly been addressed as 'Messenger'. Thus if someone were to ask how it is possible for another Prophet to come after the Holy Prophet sa who is Kh a tamun Nabiyy i n , 5 the simple answer is that no Prophet—new or old—can come in the manner in which you people seek the descent of Jesus as in the latter days, while you also believe that he will be a Prophet and that he will continue to receive Prophetic revelation for forty years, and will thus surpass the period of the Holy Prophet’s sa Prophethood. Such a belief is undoubtedly sinful. The verse: 6 and the Hadith: 7 categorically testify that this belief is totally false. I myself am strongly averse to such beliefs and I reso- 5 Kh a tamun Nabiyy i n : The Seal of the Prophets. [Publishers] 6 But he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets. — Al- A h z a b , 33:41 [Publishers] 7 There is no Prophet after me. ( Bukh a r i , Kit a bul Fa da ’il, B a bu Fa da ’ili Ali bin Ab i Ta lib ra ; Muslim, Kit a bul Fa da ’il, B a bu Min Fa da ’ili Ali bin Ab i Ta lib ra. ) [Publishers]