With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 142
142 With Love to Muhammad sa the Kh ā tam-un-Nabiyy ī n prophethood found its consummation. No mention of termination of prophethood has been made. 136 This quotation shows the Ahmadiyya Muslim stance on this had ī th and explains the beauty of the Ahmadiyya Muslim understanding. Let us now consider how Farhan Khan has criticized this understanding. Refuting Farhan Khan’s Arguments First, Farhan Khan says, “… it is important for one to re- read the text of the Had ī th from an unbiased perspective and note that the Prophet Muhammad sa is comparing himself to all of the Prophets, not his law to other laws. ” 137 This argument is already refuted in the beginning of this chapter. Farhan Khan is merely suggesting that we re-read the parable of the Holy Prophet sa in literal terms and no Ahmad ī Muslim is willing to do that because it lowers the dignity of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. Since it includes an analogy, we will only take a meaning that upholds this dignity and that meaning has been presented above in the quotation from The True Meaning of Khatme Nubuwwat. Moreover, this is the Ahmadiyya Muslim approach to studying all the ah ā d ī th of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , especially the analogies. We always make sure that we are careful in the study of the sayings of our beloved Prophet sa because many a nation has been the recipient of the wrath of All ā h because they took God’s word or their prophet’s words in literal terms. For instance, the Jews of the time of Hazrat ‘ Ī s ā as rejected him because they were waiting for the literal return of Elijah as from the heavens, just as it was stated in 136 The True Meaning of Khatme Nubuwwat , Page 23 137 Khan, With Love , Page 13