A Misconception Removed — Page 12
12 Eik Ghala ti K a Iz a la as Ras u l and Nab i , likewise do my opponents say about Jesus son of Mary as that he will come again after our Holy Prophet sa. Since Jesus as is a Prophet, the same objection—of the breaking of the Seal of Kh a tamun Nabiyy i n— will be raised against him as is raised against me. But I say that, after the Holy Prophet sa , who was Kh a tamun Nabiyy i n , there can be no objec- tion whatsoever to my being addressed as Ras u l or Nab i , nor does this break the Seal. I have stated repeat- edly that, in accordance with the verse: 25 As Bur u z , I am the same Prophet Kh a tamun Nabiyy i n sa. It was twenty years ago, in Br a h i n-e- Ahmadiyya , that God named me 'Muhammad sa ' and 'Ahmad sa ' and declared me to be the Holy Prophet sa. Thus, the status of the Holy Prophet sa as Kh a tamun Nabiyy i n is by no means in peril due to my Prophethood, since the Z ill is never independent of the original. Since I am Muhammad sa by way of Z ill , therefore, the Seal of Kh a tamun Nabiyy i n remains intact, and the Prophethood of Muhammad sa remains confined to Muhammad sa. This means that in all events it is Muhammad sa who remains the Prophet and no one else. 25 And among others from among them who have not yet joined them. — Al-Jumu‘ah, 62:4 [Publishers]