Truth About Ahmadiyyat — Page 66
66 would be a prophet or not, for it is an accepted doctrine that a prophet is never deprived of his prophethood. If by his advent the Seal of Prophethood of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, would not be broken, then how is it broke n by the claim of the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, that he is a prophet by way of reflection of the Holy Prophet’ Indeed, the advent of Jesus who was a prophet in Israel for the purpose of the reform of the Muslims is a humiliation for the Muslims an d is contrary to the purport of the verse that describes the Holy Prophet as Khataman Nabiyeen (33:41). In this context, the Promised Messiah has observed: If it is asked that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be on him, being Khataman Nabiyeen, how can any other prophet arise after him, the answer is that without a doubt no new or old prophet can come after the Holy Prophet as you believe that Jesus, being a prophet, would come in the latter days. Your doctrine is that for forty years Jesus would continue to be a prophet and a recipient of divine revelation, a period that by far exceeds the period of the prophethood of the Holy Prophet. Such a do ctrine is, no doubt, sinful and its falsity is borne witness to by the verse: ‘But he is the Messenger of Allah and Khataman Nabiyeen’ (33:41); and by the hadees: ‘There will be no prophet after me. ’ I am utterly opposed to all such doctrines and I have firm belief in the verse: ‘But he is the Messenger of Allah and Khataman Nabiyeen’ (33:41). This verse contains a prophecy of which our opponents are not aware, and that