With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 315
315 Appendix I: Sayings of the Promised Messiah as on the Finality of Prophethood Below are a series of quotations of Hazrat Mirz ā Ghul ā m Ahmad Q ā di ā n ī as , the Promised Messiah and Im ā m Mahd ī , on the issue of the finality of prophethood. They expound his stance on this issue and serve to dispel misconceptions and misunderstandings about his writings that are spread by the anti-Ahmadiyya. My critic has further objected that God Almighty has said: َ اَﻟْﻴَﻮْم ُ اَمكَْﻠْﺖ ُْ ﻟَـمك ُْ دِﻳْﻨَمك ُ وَاَﺗْﻤَﻤْﺖ ِْ ﻧِﻌْﻤَىت ُْ ﻋَﻠَﻴْمك َ و ُ رَﺿِﻴْﺖ ُُ ﻟَمك دِﻳْﻨًﺎ َ اﻻِْﺳْﻼَم ؕ 312 Therefore no reformer or prophet is now needed. In so thinking the critic has raised an objection against the Holy Qur’ ā n itself, inasmuch as the Holy Qur’ ā n has promised the appointment of successors from among the Muslims and has said that through them faith would be strengthened, doubts would be set at rest and security would be restored after a state of fear. Thus, if 312 ‘This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed My favour upon you. ’—S ū rah Al-M ā ’idah, 5:4