With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 267
Continuation of Prophethood according to the Holy Qur’ ā n 267 nations, but they were not made friends of those who rejected the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. Such meanings and distortions of clear-cut messages of the Holy Qur’ ā n may only be acceptable to Farhan Khan but they are not acceptable to Ahmad ī Muslims! In addition, All ā h, the Exalted, uses the ZGارع a B]ل ( f‘ail mudh ā ri‘ ) formation in the above verse while addressing the children of Adam which means that this still applies to everyone today and will be applicable to everyone until the Last Day. After that, in verse 32, All ā h, the Exalted, says: َ وَﻻ وَارشَْﺑُﻮْا وَّلكُُﻮْا ٍ ﻣَﺴْﺠِﺪ ُِّ لك َ ﻋِﻨْﺪ ُْ زِﻳْﻨَﺘَمك ﺧُﺬُوْا َ اٰدَم ِْۤ ﻳٰﺒَىن ﺗُرسِْﻓُﻮْا ۚ َْ اﻟْﻤُرسِْﻓِني ُّ حيُِﺐ َ ﻻ ٗ اِﻧَّﻪ O children of Adam! Look to your adornment at every time and place of worship, and eat and drink but exceed not the bounds; surely, He does not love those who exceed the bounds. 263 If Farhan Khan’s understanding is applied, this commandment would only be meant for previous nations and Muslims do not have to follow this. How absurd! These are verses revealed by God and it is His responsibility to specify who is exempt from them. It is the height of shirk (or association of partners with God ) to manipulate the words of God to suit one’s own predisposed beliefs. Farhan Khan – or anyone else for that matter – does not have the authority to arbitrarily decide to whom God’s verses apply as if God overlooked that key fact (God forbid). If Farhan Khan’s understanding is given any credibility, there are many commandments of All ā h, the Exalted, in the 263 S ū rah Al-A‘r ā f, 7:32