With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 143
“I am the Last Brick and I am the Last of the prophets” 143 their books. They misunderstood the sayings of their prophets because they took them too literally. Second, if Farhan Khan’s understanding is accepted, the matter will remain unsolved. This is because the analogy only speaks of one missing brick when, according to Farhan Khan, there are supposed to be two missing bricks in the palace. Farhan Khan believes in the physical ascent of Hazrat ‘ Ī s ā as to heaven and if the had ī th is taken literally, the brick representing Hazrat ‘ Ī s ā as should also be missing. A question that arises from this acceptance of Farhan Khan’s meaning is: When Hazrat ‘ Ī s ā as comes back, where will that brick go? As it can now be seen clearly, this is a flawed understanding and Ahmad ī Muslims are not willing to accept it. Third, Farhan Khan brings a quotation of Hazrat Im ā m Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqal ā n ī rh and writes, “[Hazrat] Mirz ā T ā hir Ahmad[ rh ] quoted Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani out of context in regards to the rest of his statement. ” 138 Farhan Khan then goes on to emphasize that the had ī th is about the prophets and the discussion about their laws is a separate one. However, the fact of the matter is that the conclusion drawn by Im ā m Ibn Hajar rh at the end of his paragraph is identical to the conclusion drawn by the Ahmad ī Muslims. There is no denying that! Ahmad ī Muslims firmly believe that this analogy is about the prophets but not in the literal sense. The purpose of the analogy is to speak about the laws brought by those prophets. This is the same as the conclusion drawn by Im ā m Ibn Hajar rh and it has even been recorded by Farhan Khan on Page 13 of his book: 138 Ibid.