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the one hand, claim that according to the interpretation of. Khataman-Nabiyyeen no prophet of any kind can ever appearneither a law-bearer nor a non-lawbearer; neither a follower nor a disbeliever; neither a free person nor a bondsman. In short, no one can ever appear even though one may truly be a most sincere follower and devotee of the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, and be so engrossed in his love as if one had effaced one's own person and turned every part of one's soul and body totally subservient to the master and thus had become a true reflection of the Holy. Prophet, peace be on him. Their concepts are double faced. On the one hand they believe in such a far-fetched conception and on the other side they firmly believe that Jesus, peace be on him, who was a prophet of the Israelite dispensation following the. Law of Moses, shall descend from heaven as a prophet and a messenger of Allah. . When this apparent contradiction and grave discrepancy is pointed out to our opponents, some of the maulvis are apt to say that after Jesus has descended, he shall become a Muslim. Therefore, being a follower-prophet is not inconsistent with the verse. Khataman-Nabiyyeen. But it certainly contradicts their stand that no prophet of any kind can ever come after the Holy Prophet, peace be on him. On the other hand, it can certainly be advanced from their concept that the coming of a 'follower-prophet' does not, in any way, contravene the verse 'Khataman-Nabiyyeen'. . That is why very many of our opponents are often shy of giving the above answer to the Ahmadis and state instead that at the time when Jesus comes down from heaven he shall not be a prophet. But this is a lame excuse and utterly unpardonable because the Muslim divines have emphatically declared that it is a deadly sin to declare a prophet of God to be no prophet. It is an unpardonable blasphemy. That is why the divines who hold the view that Jesus shall descend from heaven also believe that he shall come as a prophet. We quote below the views of some of these divines. . Hazrat Mohiyud Din Ibn Arabi (d. 638 AH/1240 AD) says: 'Jesus, peace be on him, shall descend among us as an arbitrator and shall, no doubt, be a prophet. ' (Fatuhat Makiyya, Vol. 1, p. 570) 23