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“Out of them come pearls and coral,”
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they found a reference to the Prophet’s grandsons, al-Hasan and al-Husayn.
The Qaadiyanee sect, which appeared in India during the latter part of the
nineteenth century, claimed that in the verse,
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“Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but he is
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Allaah’s messenger and the seal (khaatam) of the prophets,”
khaatam does not mean seal, as most translate it, but ring. Thus, they claimed that
just as the ring beautifies the finger, the Prophet Muhammad (r) was the
beautification of prophethood. Therefore, the meaning of the verse is that Prophet
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Muhammad (r) was the most superior of the prophets but not the last. They also
assert that even if the word khaatam were taken to mean “seal,” it would be like
the seal placed on an envelope sealing its contents, but not limiting them. These
interpretations were made to validate the claim of their founder, Ghulam Ahmad,
to prophethood. They also distorted the following verse in reference to Prophet
‘Eesaa:
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Soorah ar-Rahmaan (55):22.
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Ibn Baabooyah in al-Khisaal. Quoted in Bihaar al-Anwaar, vol. 24, pp. 97-9, nos. 1-7.
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Soorah al-Ahzaab (33):40.
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Qadiyaniyat, p. 306.
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