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after him as would nullify his law. "I 'l'his exquisite pronouncement of Imam l\lohammad Tahir further elucidates the point that ( •) the door of law-bearing prophethood alone is closed after the Holy Prophet (Allah bless him) and not of every form of prophethood, and (2) that the Messiah whose advent has been promised in Islam will be a prophet of God and since, he will be s11bject to the law of the Holy Prophet (Allah bless him), his appear- ance in no way infringes the spirit of the tradition "there is no prophet after me". The self-same two postulates are advanced by the Ahmadiyya Community in respect of the doctrine of •. ::. , _,~; ,. . :. :. ' (Seal of Prophethood). But it is a tragedy that in spite of the clear testimony of such leading dignitaries of Islam, we are being declared outside the pale of Islam, If it were said that the above quotation refers to Hazrat Isa (peace be on him} who was raised among the Israelites tiOO years before the advent of the Holy Prophet (Allah bless him} it wiJl be nothing short of adding insult to injury. Jship, still become the Imam (leader) of Islam and continue to be called prophet, then wherefore a s~rvant and pupil of the Holy Prophet the Chief among men (Allah ble1s him) and one who 1, D11rte Manthrir ,oa Takmila Jllajmaa/-Baha1', p. 85 186