Ahmadiyyat or Qadianism! Islam or Apostasy? — Page 285
'Allah affirmed in answer to this charge: "But verily, he is the Apostle of Allah. " The implication is that it was Allah's mandate to the Holy. Prophet to wipe out all prejudices and declare all taboos that pagan custom had unnecessarily imposed upon the people, as lawful. In this respect the Prophet's action was unequivocal and left no room for doubt. In order to lay particular emphasis upon this point Allah observes: Khataman Nabiyeen. '¹4. One must admit that upto this point of the arguments presented by the anti Ahmadiyya mullah, Abul Ala Maududi, one cannot but agree with him in essence. It is ironic however that after having analysed the circumstances which necessitated the revelation of this Quranic passage with a certain amount of integrity, the mullah allows his prejudices to get the better of him and begins to play Russian roulette with the expression Khataman Nabiyeen and states that this expression implies: "And he is the last in the line of Prophets," which means that no messenger nor even a Prophet charged with the mission of carrying out reforms in the sphere of Law of society which might have been omitted (God forbid) during the lifetime of Muhammed (PBHU) will ever succeed him. Since Allah ordained the ministry of Prophet. Muhammed (PBHU) to be final, it was therefore imperative that he should accomplish the task of uprooting this pagan custom. ' 15. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EXPRESSION. It has already been shown that the Quranic passage in question was revealed to our blessed Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to answer the charges of his opponents who argued against his marriage to Hazrat Zainab, upon whom be peace. It was necessary to establish that the conduct of the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, was in strict accordance with the Divine commands received by him and in marrying the divorced wife of his adopted son, the Holy Prophet had not violated any law. 16 On the contrary, this marriage, decreed by Divine wisdom was to serve as a precedent for mankind: 14. Ibid: 2/4 15. Ibid: 4 16. Al Quran 33. 39 286