Then we come to the public declaration of Amir-ul-Mu'mineen...

Then we come to the public declaration of Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.), which is given in Al-Iqd-ul-Farid, Vol. IV, p. 75.

In this lecture, Imam Ali (a.s.) said about the Holy (S): Until Allah honored him (Muhammad) by Ruh-ul-Amin (i.e., Angel Gabriel) and the Bright Light (i.e., Qur'an or Islam) and completed with him the prophets and completed with him the number of the Messengers." See how the word "completed with him the prophets" has been explained by "completed with him the number of the Messengers".

It should be noted that in the whole Qur'an, the word 'Khatam' has been used only once and that is in this phrase. Also, this phrase; " Khatam un - Nabiyyin" was never used in Arabic language before this verse. It was a new phrase which was used for the first time in the Qur'an in this verse.

And, therefore the only correct way of knowing its real significance is to see how this phrase was interpreted by the Holy Prophet of Islam, because it was revealed to him, and as such no other person can know its meaning better than he. And he himself interpreted in these words: "And I am Khatam un-Nabiyyin there is no prophet after me". The saying of the Holy Prophet (S) is a proof in itself.

But when that saying is the interpretation of the wording of the Holy Qur'an, then it becomes double proof. The question is: Who has more right to understand Qur'an and to interpret the Qur’an than Muhammad Al-Mustafa (S)? Who can explain the meaning of Khatam un-Nabiyyin better than Muhammad (S)? And who has any right that we should listen to his claims leaving the wording of the Holy Prophet of Islam aside, the Holy Prophet on whom the Qur'an 'was revealed?

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani himself has said: "Nobody can explain the meaning of Ilham (Revelation) better than the person on whom that Ilham was, sent".[^2] [^1]: Sawda: in ancient and medieval physiology, four chief fluids of the body (which are called four humours or four cardinals) were blood, phlegm, choler and melancholia or black choler. These four cardinals by their relative proportions were supposed to determine a person’s physical and mental qualities.

Melancholia or black choler is called in Arabic Sawda, litterally black substance. Excess of Sawda was supposed to cause mental ailments like melancholia (insanity and mania) besides many ailments of blood etc… and gradually, the word came to be used in common language for insanity, mania and melancholia.