True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 26
[ 26 ] [According to this belief ] he sat in heaven for 2000 years, and when he comes again, he will receive direct reve- lation from God! The Promised Messiah as says that one of the meanings of Kh a tamun-Nabiyy i n is that no law-bearing Prophet can come because Kh a tamiyyat has the connotation of encompassing all goodness and qualities. If a teaching has reached perfection and does not exclude any good quality, then the question of a new teaching only arises if the teaching has been disfigured and tainted. However, Allah the Almighty has also guaranteed that the Qur’an will be protected. The natural and logical conclusion of these two facts— Kh a tamiyyat ensuring that the Book revealed to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa encompasses all good qualities and God simultaneously promising that the jurisdiction of his law will extend till the Day of Judge- ment—is that this is the last teaching. The Holy Prophet sa is reported to have said that he and the Day of Judgement are as close together as two fingers of a hand. That is, there cannot be anybody who would abrogate his com- mandments or interfere in his law till the Day of Judg- ment—and beyond that the question does not even arise. This is exactly what the Promised Messiah as has said and it is what riles the opponents of Ahmaddiyyat the most. Our opponents attack us, claiming that on the one hand we believe that the Holy Prophet sa is Kh a tamun-Nabiyy i n and profess on oath that we believe in verse Kh a taman-