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Mahzarnama 33 possession of his senses—declare to have outlived the other and, therefore, regarded to be ‘the last?' Would he pick the child who was born later but died after living for a few days, or would he point out the man who was born earlier than the child and died eighty years after the child's death, i. e. , at the age of one hundred years ? Sadly enough, the religious scholars opposed to us are faced with the same scenario but they apparently fail to see the flimsiness of their logic. They fail to realise that according to their own beliefs, Hadhrat Isa (on whom be peace) was approximately 600 years of age when the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was born. At the age of 63 years—during the alleged ‘lifetime' of Hadhrat Isa, the Holy Prophet sa died. Since then, it has been almost 1400 years but Hadhrat Isa, the Prophet of Allah, according to them, is still alive. Please tell us: when he descends and, after completing his mission, he eventually dies, then in the opinion of an impartial historian, who will be adjudged to be "the last?" When the literal-minded religious scholars believe that the Verse of Khaatamun Nabiyyeen does not entitle anyone, in the chronological sense , to be final or the last one, after the advent of the Holy Prophet sa , then what right do the same set of literal- minded religious scholars have to take Hadhrat Isa (on whom be peace) to be the final or the last prophet, in the chronological sense ? Mere verbal negation of this inescapable conclusion is of no consequence while they believe, as an objective fact, that Hadhrat Isa will appear centuries after the death of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa and Hadhrat Isa will therefore be the very last and final prophet! The interpretation of the concept of the Finality of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa as advanced by the Holy Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at is unique and peerless in its