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back-ground. Whichever of the. two meanings is preferred, the conclusion is obvious that the verse is not susceptible of the s~nse of termination of every category of Prophethood after the Holy Prophet (peace be on him and blessings of Allah) which the non- Ahmadi Ulema wish to impart to it. The internal evidence consists of the combined content of the two words '~'l • and 'I"' l. :. ' of this verse and without a reasonable interpretation of the combined sense of these two expressions, the meaning of the verse becomes incomprehensible. According to Arabic usage the expression •~'l• is employed in- variably to convey an import which is opposite to the intent expressed in the preceding part of speech, or to remove a doubt created by an earlier statement. For instance, if the preceding part of a sentence is of a negative character, the expression •. :,S-'l• is employed to emph1t-sizea positive aspect in contradistinction to the preceding import and vice versa. This usage ifJ ter:med 'adversative conjunction' in Arabic,? and all lexicons agree on its employment being limited to the· sense of clarifying any possible doubt that an earlier statement may prompt. In the light of this exposition it will be clear that the expression l"'l. :. (Seal of Prophets) if understood as bearing the import preferred by the opposite part. would render the expression•J'l• as altQgether meaningless, thus making the verse equally meaningless. Taken in this sense the verse will be capable of the following rendering : ••Muhammad is not the father of any of your males but a terminator of Prophets. " • Lt!aving alone God, the Knowing, the Wise, no man of an average level of commonsense, can be capable of such meani~less speech wherein the preceding interjection '~ "':J• as :well as the one follow- ing it, ~arry the same import_ a~Gl instead of_ removin_g 1m earber doubt only confirm 1t. As an mstance 10 88