Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 50
50 Prophet can come after him, then the words, ‘My mosque is the last of mosques,’ must also mean that no mosque can be built after the Prophet’s Mosque. The very people who use the words, ‘I am the last of the Prophets,’ to deny the appearance of any kind of Prophet are not only continuing to build mosques but are build - ing them in such numbers that in some cities they lie deserted. In certain places, mosques are barely twenty meters apart. If no further Prophet can appear on account of the words, ‘I am the last of the Prophets,’ then why are newer mosques being built in the presence of ‘My mosque is the last of mosques’? In answer to this, it is said that the mosques being built today are also the Holy Prophet’s mosques, for they are used to worship in the same way as was intended by the Holy Prophet s as , and that by thus reflecting the same intent they do not negate the word a khir (last). We agree with this. In the same vein, we would say that Prophets can continue to come in spite of ‘I am the last of the Prophets’, but only such Prophets as are reflections of the Holy Prophet s as and who, instead of bringing a new law, subscribe to his Shariah and spread his teachings and attain everything through his munificence. The coming of such Prophets would not con - tradict the Holy Prophet’s status of being the last Prophet s as , just as building new mosques does not negate the fact that the Holy Prophet’s mosque is the last mosque. Similarly, ‘There is no prophet after me,’ does not mean that no Prophet can come after the Holy Prophet s as. It only means that no Prophet can come who would abrogate his Shariah. This is because what comes ‘after’ can only come when the first has come to an end. Therefore, a Prophet who comes in support of the Holy Prophet s as cannot be said to have come ‘after’ him, rather he is