With Love to Muhammadsa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn The Ahmadiyya Muslim Understanding of Finality of Prophethood Farhan Iqbal | Imtiaz Ahmed Sra With Love to Muhammadsa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn Farhan Iqbal & Imtiaz Ahmed Sra With Love to Muhammadsa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn by: Farhan Iqbal and Imtiaz Ahmed Sra (Missionaries of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamā‘at) First Published in Canada: 2014 © Islam International Publications Ltd. Published by: Islam International Publications Ltd. Islamabad, Sheephatch Lane Tilford, Surrey GU10 2AQ United Kingdom For further information, you may visit www.alislam.org Cover Page Design: Farhan Naseer ISBN: 978-0-9937731-0-5 This book is dedicated to the 86 Ahmadī Muslims who were martyred on May 28, 2010, in two mosques of Lahore, Pakistan, as well as all the other martyrs of Islām Ahmadiyya, starting from Hazrat Maulvī ‘Abdur Rahmān Shahīdra and Hazrat Sāhibzāda Syed ‘Abdul Latīf Shahīdra, to the martyrs of today. ﺎًﻗﻮْ ﻫُ زَ نَ ﰷَ ﻞَ ﻃِ ﺎﺒَ ْﻟا نَّ اِ ﻞُؕ ﻃِ ﺎﺒَ ْﻟا ﻖَ ﻫَ زَ وَ ﻖُّ ـﺤَ ْﻟا ءَ ٓﺎﺟَ ﻞْ ُﻗ وَ And proclaim: ‘Truth has come and falsehood has vanished away. Verily, falsehood is bound to vanish.’ —Sūrah Banī Isrā’īl, 17:82 Contents Acknowledgements ................................................................................................... i Publishers’ Note ...................................................................................................... iii Preface ........................................................................................................................ v Foreword................................................................................................................. vii Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1 Meanings of Khātam in Dictionaries ....................................................................... 7 Mufridāt Imām Rāghib ..................................................................................................... 8 Lisān-ul-‘Arab .................................................................................................................. 11 Lane’s Lexicon and Dictionary of the Holy Qur’ān .................................................... 12 Structure of the word Khātam ................................................................................ 19 Alternative Qirā’āt of the Qur’ān ......................................................................... 27 Relationship of Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn to Lā Nabiyya Ba‘adī ................................. 35 Examples of Khātam used in other Contexts ....................................................... 41 Method of Analysis of Qur’ānic Words ........................................................................ 42 Khātam-ul-Muhājirīn ...................................................................................................... 49 Usage of the word Khātam by Hazrat Mirzā Ghulām Ahmadas ............................... 51 Last Law-bearing Prophetsa ................................................................................... 57 Misrepresentation of Islām Ahmadiyya ....................................................................... 57 Farhan Khan’s Arguments ............................................................................................. 67 A Controversial Statement of Farhan Khan ................................................................. 72 Combined with Sūrah Al-Mā’idah ................................................................................ 75 Distinction between Law-Bearing and Non-Law-Bearing Prophets ........................ 82 Was Hazrat ‘Īsāas a Law-Bearing Prophet? .................................................................. 87 Statements of Prophet Muhammadsa ................................................................... 91 Hadīth Number 1 – The Thirty Liars ............................................................................ 92 Hadīth Number 2 – Statement made to Hazrat ‘Alīra ................................................. 96 Hadīth Number 3 – There will be Khulafā’ right after me ......................................... 99 Hadīth Number 4 – Twenty Seven Arch-Liars .......................................................... 101