جبل احد، آپ ﷺ اور صحابہ سے متعلق روا ت کی حیثیت
Whatever possibility verse (4:69) might create regarding prophethood (in someone’s mind), verse (33:40) puts an end to it very explicitly. There are some other verses Ahmadi scholars use to put-forth their claim of Prophethood but to every such claim, (33:40) is the answer. If you look at the discussion that Ghamidi Sahab had with members of Ahmadiya community, they were not even willing to discuss (33:40) with Ghamidi Sahab. One can easily wonder as to why they were hesitant about it. You can watch that discussion here at the following thread-link: Discussion 4625 • Reply 9344 Now coming to the Siddeqeen, Shohadah and Saleheen. Verse (3:170) talks about possibility of future Shohadah specifically, but logically also, it is quite understandable that there shouldn’t be any bar for pious muslims to reach to the level of Saleheen, Shohahdah and Siddiqeen. These are representations of a life style embedded to its core with admitting and expressing truth of religion. The term ‘Shahdah’ does not refer to just instantly dying one day while fighting enemies of Islam. It refers to attitude of person who understands the truth of religion and then decides to live the rest of his life bearing witness to that truth in front of everyone no matter the consequences. This is called the life of Shahdah ( A person would still be shaheed who dies under normal circumstances but lived his life in accordance with these attributes ). And sometimes, during that process of standing-up to people for the sake of truth, there might come a time when a person has to even sacrifice his life (whether in fight or under any oppression); this sacrifice of life is the epitome of Shahdah. Once you understand this concept, you can relate this concept to the narration that you mentioned. There is no doubt that Abubakr (rta), Umar (rta) and Uthman (rta) were living embodiment of Shahdah and Siddeeqeyat. It should not be suprising if Prophet (sws) mentioned this apparent fact which history is a witness was completely true. In addition, there could be reference to their death as well, as epitome of their Shahdah. So without going into details of ‘this whole mountain shaking & prophet talking to it’, the narration actually doesn’t negate the whole framework of Shahdah understood in the light of Quran.