With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 283
Continuation of Prophethood according to Ah ā d ī th 283 Ahmad ī Muslim Argument In order to see the Ahmadiyya Muslim point-of-view, let us first see how Hazrat Mirz ā Bash ī r-ud-D ī n Mehm ū d Ahmad ra , the second successor of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam ā ‘at, has presented the argument, something which Farhan Khan obviously fails to do: It is also asserted that some sayings of the Holy Prophet sa are contrary to a belief in the continuity of prophethood. For instance, he said, “I am the last of the prophets,” and again: “There is no prophet after me. ” From these sayings, it follows that there can be no prophet of any kind after the Holy Prophet sa ! It is a pity that those who cite these sayings of the Holy Prophet sa forget that the words I am the last of the prophets are followed by the important words and my mosque is the last of the mosques. The whole saying is: “I am the last of the prophets and my mosque is the last of the mosques. ” If, therefore, the Holy Prophet sa is literally the last of the prophets, then the mosque which he built in Medina is literally the last of the mosques. It would be wrong to build any mosque after the Holy Prophet’s mosque at Medina. But nobody sees any contradiction between the meaning put today on the first part of the saying and the meaning put on the second part of the same saying. The first part is taken to mean the termination of every kind of prophethood with the advent of the Holy Prophet sa. But the second part is not likewise taken to mean the end of mosque-building. Those very people who believe in the termination of