With Love to Muhammad - Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

402 Pages·2014·3.87 MB·English

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

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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