The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 40
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI line, in point of time, is not greatness. The greatness lies in perfection. . Prophethood reaches its perfection in the Holy Prophet and he was the greatest of all. Since he was the most perfect and greatest of all prophets, it indicates that there can be no one like him or equal to him afterwards. In other words, there can be no new law bearing prophet after him. . To summarise, we can translate the above quoted verse in following three ways to explain the meaning of 'Seal of Prophets' (Khataman Nabiyyeen) 1. "Muhammad is not the father of any of your males, but he is at messenger of Allah and spiritual father of the Prophets; Allah has full knowledge of all things". 2. "Muhammad is not the father of any of your males, but he is. Spiritual Father of the faithful and Spiritual Father of Prophets; Allah has full knowledge of all things". 3. "Muhammad is not the father of any of your males, but he is a. Messenger of Allah and best and greatest of all Prophets; Allah has full knowledge of all things". 1. . From this we can reach two conclusions. . There can be a prophet after the Holy Prophet, who has to be his spiritual son and a reflection, a follower and a subordinate prophet. Such was the claim of Hadhrat Ahmad the Promised. Messiah. 2. There cannot be any new law bearing prophet after the Holy. Prophet. . If we accept the interpretation of orthodox Muslims, the above verse would translate: "Muhammad is not the father of any of your males, but he is a. Messenger of Allah and there can be no prophet of any kind after him; Allah has full knowledge of all things". . This interpretation leaves the meaning of the verse as unclear and ambiguous and contradicts the teaching of the Holy Quran as explained in other verses. the Holy Quran foresees the possibility of Prophets appearing among Muslims. For instance: 40