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'so that there may be no hindrance for the believers with regard to marriage with the wives of their adopted sons, when they have accomplished their want of them and have divorced them. '17. And, to finally resolve the entire controversy and close all avenues of criticism, the Almighty Lord declared that the Holy Prophet of Islam,. Hazrat Muhammed Mustapha, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was not the father of any men but was the Messenger of Allah, i. e, spiritual father of the entire Ummah and also the Seal of the Prophets, signifying that he was also a spiritual father of all Prophets and hence whatever course of action he adopted, commanded a seal of legality whether it had been found accetable by the preceding Prophets or not. . This view has frequently been expressed by the scholars of the Muslim. Ummah. For instance, while reflecting upon the expression Khataman. Nabiyeen, Hazrat Abul Hasan Sharif, a renowned scholar of the 5th century Hijra stated: 'This has been spoken metaphorically and means that God Almighty has appointed the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, over the books of all the previous prophets and he authenticates their teachings and verifies these in the same way as documents are verified with the affixing of the seal to make them authentic. '18. If however, as the adversaries of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community argue, the expression Khataman Nabiyeen was taken to mean that the. Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, was the last in the line of the Prophets and no Prophet will come after him, then one would find that the Quranic verse which employs the expression Khataman Nabiyeen 19 is totally out of harmony with the rest of the passage20 since the concept of his chronological finality would not refute the objections raised by his opponents in relation to his marriage with Hazrat Zainab, the divorced wife of his adopted son, and hence the expression itself would be found to be, God forbid, superfluous in the context of the passage. 17. Al Quran 33. 38 19. Al Quran 33. 41 18. Talkhisul Bayaan Fi Majazatul Quran: pg 191 20. Al Quran 33. 38/41 287