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Affirms belief in finality of prophethood
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Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad declared again and again
that his belief is that the Holy Prophet Muhammad is the Khatam
an-nabiyyin (or Khatam al-anbiya), and that this means
that no prophet whatsoever can come after
him. Some such statements are given below. Here we have quoted
only those statements in which he has specifically used the
terms Khatam an-nabiyyin or Khatam al-anbiya.
He has also made other statements, without reference to this term,
again affirming that the Prophet Muhammad was the Last Prophet after
whom no prophet whatsoever can come.
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In his book Izala Auham, he quotes the Khatam
an-nabiyyin verse of the Quran (ch. 33, v. 40), and then translates
it into Urdu as follows:
"That is to say, Muhammad is not the father of
any man from among you, but he is the Messenger of Allah, and
the one to end the prophets."
Here he has translated the term Khatam an-nabiyyin as
meaning one to end the prophets (Urdu:
"khatam karnai wala hai nabiyon ka").
He then comments:
"This verse also clearly argues that, after our
Holy Prophet, no messenger shall come into the world. Therefore,
it is proved perfectly manifestly that the Messiah, son of Mary,
cannot return to this world."
(Izala Auham, p. 614. Ruhani Khaza'in, vol. 3, p.
431)
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"The Holy Quran does not permit the coming of
any messenger (rasul) after the Khatam an-nabiyyin,
whether a new one or an old one."
(Izala Auham, p. 761. Ruhani Khaza'in, vol. 3, p.
511)
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"The fact that our Holy Prophet is the Khatam
al-anbiya also requires the death of Jesus because if
another prophet comes after him, he cannot remain the Khatam
al-anbiya, nor can the type of revelation given to prophets
be considered as terminated. The return of Jesus is not mentioned
anywhere in the Holy Quran, but the ending
of prophethood is mentioned perfectly clearly. To make a
distinction between the coming of an old prophet [i.e Jesus] and
a new prophet is mischievous. Neither the Hadith nor the Quran make
such a distinction, and the negation contained in the hadith report
`There is no prophet after me' is general. What audacity,
boldness and insolence it is to depart from the clear meaning of
the Quran, in pursuit of one's feeble conjectures, and believe in
the coming of a prophet after the Khatam al-anbiya!."
(Ayyam as-Sulh, p. 146. Ruhani Khaza'in, vol. 14,
p. 392-393)
Here Hazrat Mirza has clearly taken the term Khatam al-anbiya
about the Holy Prophet Muhammad to mean that the Prophet Muhammad
was the Last Prophet after whom no prophet at all can come.
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" `Muhammad ... is the Messenger of Allah and
the Khatam an-nabiyyin.' Do you not know that the Merciful
Lord has declared our Holy Prophet to be the Khatam al-anbiya
unconditionally, and our Holy Prophet
has explained this in his words: `There is no prophet after
me', which is a clear explanation for the seekers of truth."
(Hamamat al-Bushra, p. 81-82. Ruhani Khaza'in, vol.
7, p. 200)
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"The Holy Prophet had repeatedly
said that no prophet would come after him, and the hadith
`There is no prophet after me' was so well-known that no
one had any doubt about its authenticity. And the Holy Quran, every
word of which is binding, in its verse `he is the Messenger of Allah
and the Khatam an-nabiyyin', confirmed that prophethood
has in fact ended with our Holy Prophet. Then how could it
be possible that any prophet should come after the Holy Prophet
Muhammad, according to the real meaning of prophethood? This would
have destroyed the entire fabric of Islam."
(Kitab al-Barriyya, p. 184, footnote. Ruhani Khaza'in,
vol. 13, pp. 217-218)
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"In brief, God by naming the Holy Prophet as
Khatam an-nabiyyin in the Quran, and the Holy Prophet himself
by saying `There is no prophet after me' in Hadith, had
settled the matter that no prophet can come after the Holy Prophet,
in terms of the real meaning of prophethood."
(Kitab al-Barriyya, p. 185, footnote. Ruhani Khaza'in,
vol. 13, p. 218)
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"By saying `There is no prophet after me',
the Holy Prophet Muhammad closed the door
absolutely to any new prophet or the return of any old prophet."
(Ayyam as-Sulh, p. 152. Ruhani Khaza'in, vol. 14,
p. 400)
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"Allah says: `He is the Messenger of Allah and
the Khatam an-nabiyyin.' And it is in the Hadith: `There
is to be no prophet after me.' ... If another
prophet were to come, whether new or old, how could our Holy Prophet
be the Khatam al-anbiya?''
(Ayyam as-Sulh, p. 74. Ruhani Khaza'in, vol. 14,
pp. 308-309)
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"It does not befit God that He should send a
prophet after the Khatam an-nabiyyin, or that He should
re-start the system of prophethood after having terminated it.''
(Ainah Kamalat Islam, p. 377. Ruhani Khaza'in, vol.
5, p. 377)
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"I firmly believe that our Holy Prophet Muhammad
is the Khatam al-anbiya, and after
him no prophet shall come for this Muslim people, neither new nor
old."
(Nishan Asmani, p. 28. Ruhani Khaza'in, vol. 4,
p. 30)
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"The actual fact, to which I testify with the
highest testimony, is that our Holy Prophet is the Khatam al-anbiya,
and after him no prophet will come, neither
any old one nor any new one."
(Anjam Atham, p. 27, footnote. Ruhani Khaza'in,
vol. 11, p. 27)
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"The Holy Quran, in the verses, `This day
I have perfected for you your religion', and `He is the
Messenger of Allah and the Khatam an-nabiyyin', has
ended prophethood with the Holy Prophet Muhammad. And it
has said in plain words that the Holy Prophet is Khatam al-anbiya."
(Tuhfa Golarwiya, p. 83. Ruhani Khaza'in, vol. 17,
p. 174)
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"As our Leader and Messenger, may peace and
the blessings of God be upon him, is the Khatam al-anbiya,
and no prophet can come after him,
for this reason saints have been substituted for prophets in this
Shari`ah."
(Shahadat-ul-Quran, pages 23-24. Ruhani Khaza'in,
vol. 6, pp. 323-324)
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"It should be believed from the bottom of the
heart that prophethood has terminated with
the Holy Prophet Muhammad, as God Almighty says: He is
the Messenger of Allah and the Khatam an-nabiyyin. To deny
this verse, or to belittle it, is in fact to separate oneself from
Islam. ... It should be known that God has ended all His prophethoods
and messengerships with the Holy Quran and the Holy Prophet."
(Al-Hakam, 17 August 1899)
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"Allah is the Being Who ... made Adam and sent
messengers and scriptures, and last of all
sent Muhammad --- may peace and the blessings of Allah be
upon him --- who is the Khatam al-anbiya and the best of
messengers.''
(Haqiqat al-Wahy, p. 141. Ruhani Khaza'in, vol.
22, p. 145) |
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