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In
his writings, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad has explained the
meaning of the term Khatam an-nabiyyin (or the
synonymous term Khatam al-anbiya) as follows:
Having quoted the Khatam
an-nabiyyin verse in Arabic, he then translates
and explains it in Urdu as follows:
``That is to say: Muhammad is not the father of any
man from among you, but he is the Messenger of God
and the one to end the prophets. This verse, too,
clearly argues that after our Prophet, peace be upon
him, no messenger (rasul) shall come into the
world.''
(Izala
Auham, p. 614)
It should be noted
that Hazrat Mirza has here translated the Arabic term
Khatam an-nabiyyin into Urdu as the one to end the
prophets.
``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.''
(ibid.,
p. 761)
``Our Holy Prophet
being the Khatam an-nabiyyin is a bar to the
coming of any other prophet.''
(ibid.,
p. 575)
```Muhammad is not
the father of any man from among you, but he is the
Messenger of God and the Khatam an-nabiyyin.' Do
you not know that the Merciful God has declared our
Holy Prophet unconditionally to be the Khatam
al-anbiya, and in explanation of this verse, our
Prophet has said: `There is to be no prophet after
me'.''
(Hamamat
al-Bushra, p. 20; new edition pp. 81--82)
``The Holy Prophet had
repeatedly said that no prophet would come after him,
and the hadith 'There is to be 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 absolute, in its verse `he is the messenger of
God and the Khatam an-nabiyyin', confirmed that
prophethood has, in fact, ended with our Holy
Prophet.''
(Kitab
al-Barriyya, p. 184, footnote)
``In the same way, by
saying `There is to be no prophet after me',
he [the Holy Prophet] closed the door absolutely to
any new prophet or a returning prophet.''
(Ayyam
as-Sulh, p. 152)
``After the finality
of prophethood, no further prophet can come in
Islam.''
(Raz
Haqiqat, p. 16)
``I firmly believe
that our Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, is
the Khatam al-anbiya, and after him no prophet
shall come for this nation (umma), neither new
nor old.''
(Nishan
Asmani, p. 28)
``The actual fact, to
which I testify with the highest testimony, is that
our Prophet, peace be upon him, is the Khatam
al-anbiya, and after him there shall not come any
prophet, neither old or new.''
(Anjam
Atham, p. 27, footnote)
``This news was given
only by God Who sent our Holy Prophet, peace be upon
him, after all the prophets, in order to gather all
the nations under his banner.''
(Haqiqat
al-Wahy, Appendix, p. 44)
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