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A Misconception Removed 7 such a stage of complete devotion to him that he too is named Muhammad and Ahmad in heaven. وَمَنِ ادَّعَى فَقَدْ كَفَرَ 19 The key to this mystery is as follows: The true connotation of Khatamun Nabiyyīn requires that if anyone calls himself a Prophet while there remains the slightest veil of estrangement, 20 such a person will be guilty of breaking the Seal of Khatamun Nabiyyīn. But he who is so lost in the Khātamun Nabiyyīns that he receives hissa name and reflects hissa countenance, will, on account of this complete unity and harmony, be called a Prophet without contravening the Seal; for he is Muhammads, though by way of Zill. Thus, despite the claim of Prophethood by the person who is named Muhammad and Ahmad by way of Zill, our lord and master Muhammadsa would still be the Khatamun Nabiyyīn, inasmuch as this second Muhammad is a reflection of the same Muhammadsa and bears his name. But Jesusas cannot come without breaking the Seal inasmuch as his is a separate and distinct Prophethood. And if no one can become a Prophet or a Messen- ger, even by way of Burūz, then what would be the 19 He who falsely claims to be a Prophet is an infidel. [Publishers] 20 Estrangement between him and the Holy Prophets. [Publishers]