With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 4
4 With Love to Muhammad sa the Kh ā tam-un-Nabiyy ī n Farhan Khan also argues that his position that the Holy Prophet sa is the last chronological prophet is simple and straightforward while the Ahmadiyya Muslim position is complicated. This argument represents an appeal-to-emotion fallacy, which attempts to obscure the logical argument with a superficial appeal. This tactic is typically applied when there is an inexplicable contradiction. For example, while Farhan Khan believes the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa is the last prophet in the sense of time and place, he conveniently forgets that he himself believes in the coming of a prophet after the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa : ‘ Ī s ā bin Mariam as. Strangely, Khan believes that ‘ Ī s ā as is somehow precluded from being “the last” because he came earlier as well. To illustrate the matter in another way: If John enters a room and leaves, then Fred enters the room and leaves, then John re-enters the room and leaves; who was the last person in the room? Obviously, John was the last person in the room. However, Khan’s reasoning would like us to believe that Fred is the last person in the room, while simultaneously believing that John is the last person in the room. The two conditions are mutually exclusive and present a contradiction.