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Muhammad(S)istheLastProphetAllamahSayyidSa'eedAkhtarRizvi-XKP
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1ChapterIntroduction
"Sauti Ya Bilal" a Swahili periodical of Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania, has been generallyacknowledgedasoneofthemostinformativeandcomprehensivereligiousperiodicalsinEastAfrica.In1968, the Mission gave a detailed treatment to the subject of 'Khatm an-Nubuwwah'(Finality ofProphethood), in the formof threearticleswhichappeared in threeconsecutive issues.Nowonder theserieswaswell-receivedby.thereaders-learnedandlaymenalike.ThatMuhammad (S), the Holy Prophet of Islam, was the last Prophet, and that nobodywas to get
Prophethoodafterhim, isasimpleyetcardinalbeliefofeveryMuslim.TheMissionhadexplained thatIslamic belief in those Swahili articles, quoting verses from Qur'an, and traditions from varioustraditionalistsincorroboration.A Qadiani missionary wrote a long letter in Swahili, making a frustrated attempt to object to the
contentsofthosearticles.ThisletterwasansweredbySayyidSa’eedAkhtarRizvi,ChiefMissionary.Astherewas no reply forthcoming from the saidmissionary, silence prevailed.However, a ShiaAfricanstudentlateronwrotetoMr.RizviseekingclarificationsoverthebeliefofKhatman-Nubuwwah;andinthat letter certain passageswere found to bear great similarity to the previous letter from theQadianimissionary.Obviously, theQadianiswerecirculating their letterorperhapspropagating its contents,despite the
refutationbyMr.Rizvi.Thus,theMissionwasleftwithnoalternativebuttocirculateMr.Rizvi'sreply,whichassumedformof24foolscapcyclostyledpages.AcopywassenttothesaidShiastudent,wholateronexpressedhiscompletesatisfaction.These events were reported in the Bilal News as usual, and Haji Hasanaly P. Ebrahim (Karachi)
requestedforafewcopies.AsthearticleswereinSwahili,Mr.RizviverykindlyagreedandpromisedtotranslatethemintoEnglishforthebenefitofawiderpublic.Inthemeantime,IrequestedMr.Rizvitoaddandargumentcertainrelevanttopicssoastomaketheendeavorcomplete.IamgratefultoMr.Rizviforhavingconcededtomyrequest.ThisbookletistheresultofMr.Rizvi's
laudableendeavor, andvarious topics relevant to the subjectofKhatman-Nubuwwahare amplydealtwith.Italsogivesusaninsight intothethinkingwaysof thedistracted,amongthemtheQadianis.MayAllahAcceptthis,andshowerHisBlessingsuponMr.Rizvi.AsgheraliM.M.JafferJune,1971
Part1FinalityofProphethood,Khatman-Nubuwwah
(A)ContinuityofReligiousLeadership
God,inHisgrace,neverleftmankindwithoutareligiousguide.Thatguidemaybeaprophet;a'Rasul'oran'Imam'.Thefirstman,ProphetAdam(a.s.),wasmadeavicegerentofAllahonthisearth,sothathemightleadhischildrenontherightpath.Sincethen,prophetsandmessengersweresenttoalltheregionsandallthepeoples.Allahsaysinthe
Qur'an:"Andthereneverwasapeoplewithoutawarnerhavinglivedamongthem".(Qur'an,35:24)Inall,therecame124,000prophetsfromGod.Manyoftheprophetsweresenttooneortwovillages,
someeventoonefamilyoroneman.Othersweresenttoabiggerarea;stillotherstoawholetribe.Butnoneofthem,beforeourHolyProphet,wassenttothewholemankind.OurHolyProphetwassenttothewholemankindforuptotheendoftheworld.Nootherprophetisto
comeafterhim.Hewas,andis,theLastProphet.
(B)EvolutionofReligiousGuidance
ItappearsfromthehistoryofdivinereligionsthatGodsentfromtimetotimemany 'Shari'ahs' (DivineLaws) which were suitable to that particular era. Prophet Noah (a.s.) brought a Shari'ah which wassimpletoagreatextent.AndthatShari'ahwasfollowedbyotherprophetsup to theadventofProphetAbraham (a.s.). Prophet Abraham (a.s.) was given a Shari'ah which was more elaborate and morecomprehensivethanthepreviousone.TheShari'ahofProphetAbrahamremainedinforceforthechildrenofIsraeluptothetimeofProphet
Moses(a.s.).WhenProphetMoses(p.uh.)wasgivenTorah(Law), itwasareallycomprehensiveandfullydetailedShari'ah,whichwas followedbyall theprophetsofBani Israel tillProphet Jesus (a.s.)came.ProphetJesus(a.s.)perfectedtheShari'ahofProphetMoses(a.s.)andmadeadjustmentsaccordingto the time.The,Shari'ahofProphetJesus(a.s.) remainedvalid till thearrivalof theHolyProphetofIslam(S).ComingtotheotherbranchofthefamilyofProphetAbraham(a.s.)wefindthatthechildrenofIsmael
wereexpected to follow theShari'ahofProphetAbraham(a.s.)up to the timeof theHolyProphetofIslam, Prophet Muhammad Al-Mustafa (S). When he came, he abrogated and cancelled all theprevious Shari'ahs, and brought the final, most comprehensive and most suitable andmoderateShari'ahofall,whichcanmeetthechallengeofthechangingtrineswithoutanydifficultyuptotheDayof'Qiyamah(theDayofResurrection).
(C)Why'Shari'ahs'wereChanged?
Itmaybeasked:WhythechangesinShari'ahs?Whythegradualrevelation?Andwhytheseparate'Ulul-Azm'(Prominent)prophetscomingoneafteranother?Well,whenachildisborn,theparentsmakesomegarmentsforhim.Andasthechildcontinuestogrow,theoldclothesarediscarded,andnewonesmadeaccording to the growth of the body of the child, this continuous during his childhood, during hisadolescence, during his teenage, till a time comes after 25 or 30 years, when the body reaches itsmaximumheightandattainsitsfullgrowth.Afterthat,thesizewhichfitshimatthattimecontinuestofithimuptotheendofhislife.Nobodywill
suggest thatas thechildat theageof25years isexpected tobe5 ft.6 in. tall,heshouldbegiven theclothes of that size on the day of his birth. Nor will anybody think that a young man of 30 yearsshouldwear the same clothes which he used to wear when he was 10 years old. Likewise, wemaysupposethatthehumanitywasachildinthedaysofProphetAdam(a.s.)andNoah(a.s.),whichreachedits adolescence in the days of Prophet Abraham (a.s.) and continued to grow (mentally, socially andspiritually).Accordingly,AllahcontinueddiscardingandabrogatingoldShari'ahsandsendingnewonesaccordingtothesocial,intellectualandspiritualneedsofthetimes.ThiscontinueduptothetimeofProphetMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S).Thistimemaybecomparedasthe
ageof25or30yearsofamanwhenhereachesthefullheightandthehighestpeakofhisstrength.Nowthereisnochancethathewilloutgrowhisclothes,andthesizeofwhatageremainsinforcetillhislastday.Whenhumanityreachedthatstage,AllahsentthefinalShari'ahwhichwastoservethemankindtothelastdayoftheworld.AfterMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S)therewasnoneedforanyShari'ah;therewasnoneed foranynewProphetormessenger fromGod.And itwas for this reason thathewasdeclaredbyAllahtobethelastoftheprophets.Question: Admitted that the body does not grow in height after about 25 years; but still
there appear changes in the body.A personmay gain or lose considerableweight, necessitating somechangesinthemeasurementofhisclothes.Therefore,nowcanyousaythattherewillneverbeanyneedforanewShari'ahafterIslam?Answer:Clothesusuallydonotadjust themselvesaccording to thebuildofabody.But Islamhasa
built-incapacitytocoverallthepossiblesituationswhichamanfacesduringhislife-time.Inthisrespect,we may compare it with those sophisticated electronic devices which automatically adjust to thetemperature, light,humidityandotherrelevantfactorsof theoperatingtime.Ifyoutakeagoodcamera,youwillfindthatitslensmakesallthenecessaryadjustmentsaccordingtothedistanceandlightwithoutanyneedforyoutomakethoseadjustmentsmanually.Likewise, Islam has all the rules for all the possible situations, and as soon as a given situation
changes,theShari'ah'automaticallyrecognizesthechangeandanothersetofrulesapplicabletothenewsituationcomesintoforceimmediatelyandautomatically.ThisflexibilityistheuniquefeatureofIslamwhichisnotfoundinanyotherreligion.Andthisfeature
eliminatestheneedofanewShari'ah.Ofcourse,theneedforaninterpreteroftheQur'anandprotectoroftheShari'ahwillremainforever.
ButAllahappointedImamsforthispurpose,aftertheLastProphet.ThechainoftheProphethoodcameto
anendandanewsystemofreligiousleadership,knownas 'Imamat'wasintroduced.TheHolyProphetsaid"BaniIsrael,prophetswereleadingthem;whenaprophetdiedanotherprophetsucceededhim.Butaftermethereisnoprophet,andsurelytherewillbeCaliphs".
2ChapterChallengeofAhmadism
TheuniversallyacceptedidealismbelievelastProphetMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S)wasthelastProphetofGodwasunfortunatelychallengedsome70yearsagobyoneMirzaGhulamAhmadofQadian(Punjab,India)whoclaimtobeaprophet.AsthisbookletisbeingwrittentothrowlightupontheMuslimbeliefof"SealoftheProphethood",itis
essentialtogiveahistoricalbackgroundtothebirthofAhmadism.ThefamousMuslimthinker,Dr.Iqbal,wroteabooklet"IslamandAhmadism"andIproposetoquotein
thischaptersomeoftheparagraphsfromhislearneddiscourse.He writes: "The simple faith (of Islam) is based on two propositions that God is One and that
Muhammadisthelastinthelineofthoseholymenwhohaveappearedfromtimetotimeinallagestoguidemankindtotherightwayofliving".Thequestionofheresy,whichneedstheverdictwhethertheauthorofitiswithinorwithoutthefold,
canarise, inthecaseofareligioussocietyfoundedonsuchsimplepropositions,onlywhenthehereticrejectsbothoreitherofthesepropositions.SuchheresymustbeandhasbeenrareinthehistoryofIslamwhich,whilejealousofitsfrontiers,permitsfreedomofinterpretationwithinthesefrontiers.AndsincethephenomenonofthekindofheresywhichaffectstheboundariesofIslamhasbeenrarein
the history of Islam, the feeling of the averageMuslim is naturally intensewhen a revolt of this kindarises.ThatiswhythefeelingofMuslimPersiawassointenseagainsttheBahais.ThatiswhythefeelingofIndianMuslimsissointenseagainsttheQadianis."The question ofwhatmay be calledmajor heresy arises onlywhen the teaching of a thinker or a
reformer affects the frontiersof the faithof Islam.Unfortunately thisquestiondoes arise in connectionwiththeteachingsofQadianism"."Theologically the doctrine is that. The organization called "Islam" is perfect and eternal. No
revelation the denial of which entails heresy is possible after Muhammad. He who claims such arevelation,isatraitortoIslam.SincetheQadianisbelievethefounderoftheAhmadiyyamovementtobethebearerofsucharevelationtheydeclarethattheentireworldofIslamisinfidel.Thefounder'sownargument is that thespiritualityof theHolyProphetof Islammustberegardedas
imperfectifitisnotcreativeofanotherProphet.HeclaimshisownProphethoodtobeanevidenceoftheProphet-rearingpoweroftheHolyProphetofIslam.ButifyoufurtheraskhimwhetherthespiritualityofMuhammadiscapableofrearingmoreProphets,thanone,hisansweris"No".Thisvirtuallyamountstosaying"MuhammadisnotthelastProphet:Iamthelast".
Thisis,infact,theacceptedbeliefoftheQadianis.Reallyitisastoundingthatwhilethedistinctionof
beingthelastoftheProphetsisdeniedtotheProphetofIslam,itisclaimedfortheprophetofQadian.MirzaGhulamAhmadhimselfsays:"Iamthelastpathofallthedivinepaths,andthelastlightofallthedivinelights".Elaboratingonthistheme,the"Tash-hizul-azhan"[1]writes:"Inthis'Ummah'therecanbeonlyoneprophet,thatis,thepromisedMessiah;andcertainlynobodyelsecancome.The same magazine[2] says: "After the Holy Prophet of Islam only one prophet can come. It will
disturbmanypoliciesandkingdomofGodifmanyprophetscame.Thesamepaper[3]declared:'Thusitisprovedthattherecannotbemorethanoneprophet.(TheHoly
Prophet of Islam) has said "LaNabiyvaBa'adi".There is no prophet after me; and thus has clearlydeclared that in thisUmmahnoprophetormessengerofGodcancomeafterhim,except thepromisedMessiah".Thisdistorted logic isbeyondhumancomprehension.TheQadianiwriteraccepts theHolyProphet's
declaration that there would be no prophet after him: and then (instead of refuting the claim of anypretender of prophethood after Muhammad) adds a tail to the interpretation: "except Mirza GhulamAhmad.""Tash-hizulAzhan"wasamagazineforAhmadichildrenandthatisthebeliefwhichistaughttotheir
childrenfromchildhood.Thus,theQadianishavetransferredthefinalityofprophethoodfromtheProphetofIslamtoProphets:
for the Qadianis, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad is the last of the prophets. But there is one "Khatam un-Nabiyyin" (theLastof theProphets) inboth religions, in thesenseof the finalityof theprophethood. Ithink this point of agreement should be enough to end the controversy about the meaning of thephrase"Khatamun-Nabiyyin".Now,toreverttoDr.Iqbal'swriting:"Far from understanding the cultural value of the Islamic idea of finality in the history ofmankind
generallyandofAsiaespeciallyhe(i.e.,MirzaGhulamAhmad)thinksthatthefinalityinthesensethatnofollower of Muhammad can ever reach the status of prophethood is a mark of imperfection inMuhammad'sProphethood.As I read thepsychologyofhismindhe in the interestofhisownclaim toprophethood, avails himself of whathe describes as the creative spirituality of the Holy Prophet ofIslamandatthesametimedeprivestheHolyProphetofhis"finality"bylimitingthecreatingcapacityofhis spirituality to the rearingofonlyoneprophet, i.e., the founderof theAhmadiyyamovement. In thisway does the new prophet quietly steal away the "finality" of one who he claims to be his spiritualprogenitor".Heclaimstobe'buruz'[4]oftheHolyProphetofIslaminstitutingtherebythat,beingaburuzofhim,
hisfinality isvirtuallythe"finality"ofMuhammad,andthat thisviewof thematter, therefore,doesnotviolate the finality of theHoly Prophet. In identifying the two finalities, his own and that of theHolyProphet,heconvenientlylosessightofthetemporalmeaningoftheideaofFinality.Itis,howeverobviousthattheword'buruz'inthesenseevenofcompletedlikeness,cannothelphim
at all, for theburuzmust always remain the other of its original. Only in the sense of reincarnation
aburuzbecomesidenticalwiththeoriginal.Thusifwetaketheword 'buruz'tomean 'like inspiritualqualities'theargumentremainsineffective.If,ontheotherhand,wetakeittomeanreincarnationoftheoriginal,intheAryansenseoftheword,theargumentbecomesplausiblebutitsauthorturnsouttobeonlyaMagicianindisguise."
Notes:[1]Vol.9,No.3,March,1914.
[2]Vol.12,No.8,August,1917.[3]Vol.9,No3,March,1914.[4]Buruz:Appearance.
3ChapterHistoricBackgroundofAhmadism
"IdaresaythefounderoftheAhmadiyyamovementdidhearavoice;butwhetherthisvoicecamefromtheGodofLifeandPoweroraroseoutofthespiritualimpoverishmentofthepeoplemustdependuponthenatureofmovementwhichithasithascreatedandthekindofthoughtandemotionwhichithasgiventhosewhohavelistenedtoit."ThisquotationcomesfromDr.Iqbalwhohasclearlyunmasked"therealcontentofAhmadisminthe
lightofthehistoryofMuslimtheologicalthoughtinIndiaatleastfromtheyear1799."Hesays:"Theyear1799isextremelyimportantinthehistoryoftheworldofIslam.Inthisyearfell
Tippu;andhisfallmeanttheextinguishmentofMuslimhopesforpoliticalprestigeinIndia.InthesameyearwasfoughtthebattleofNavarneowhichsawthedestructionoftheTurkishfleet".Thus in the 1799 the political decay of Islam in Asia reached its climax. But just as out of the
humiliationofGermanyonthedayofJenaarosetheModernGermanNation,itmaybesaidwithequaltruththatoutofthepoliticalhumiliationofIslamintheyear1799arosemodernIslamandherproblems.Iwanttodrawthereader'sattentiontosomeofthequestionswhichhaveariseninMuslimIndiasincethefallofTippuandthedevelopmentofEuropeanImperialisminAsia.DoestheideaofCaliphateinIslamembodyareligiousinstitution?HowaretheIndianMuslimsandfor
thematterofthatallMuslimsoutsidetheTurkishEmpirerelatedtotheTurkishCaliphate?IsIndia"Dar-ul-Harb"[5]or"Dar-ul-Islam"[6]?Whatistherealmeaningoftheexpression"Fromamongstyou"IntheQur’anicverse"ObeyGod,obey
theProphet and themasters of the affair, i.e., rulers, from amongst you?"What is the character of thetraditionsof theProphet foretelling theadventof ImamMehdi?Thesequestionsandsomeotherwhicharose subsequently were for Muslims only. European Imperialism, however, which was then rapidlypenetratingtheworldofIslam,wasalsointimatelyinterestedinthem."Mr. M. O. Abbasi of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) writes in "The Mirror" (published by Makki
publications):"Inordertoreachthebottomofthisreality,itisnecessaryasapreliminary,tounderstandthe background in which it became possible forMirza Ghulam Ahmad to advance his claims and toachievesuccessinhismission.""TheMuslimsofIndia,afterleadingalifeofgovernance,gloryandhonorforanapproximateperiodof
700years,werebesetwithavarietyofcalamitiesandcatastrophesowingtotheirindifference,inactionandignorance:(1)Internaldissensionsanddisunionledtointernecinequarrelsandtheybecameextremelydebilitated.
(2)Duetotheaggressionoftheirage-oldenemies,theinfidels,MuslimBloodflowedinprofusionat
thehandsoftheMarahtasandtheSikhs.(3)EuropeanImperialiststookundueadvantageofthisandextendedtheirImperialist tentacles.They
knewthattheMuslimswereendowedwithaspiritofrevenge,sacrificeandmartyrdomandpossessedofapassionfordefenseoftheirreligioninthefullestdegree.Itwasnecessarytherefore,to:(1)Breaktheircollectivestrengthanddisorganizethem.(2)Crushtheirsenseofself-respectandtheirspiritofsacrificeandmartyrdom.(3)CultivateaspiritofdevotiontoandexpectationsfromtheImperialistPowers.(4)Entirelyexpungethespiritof'Jihad',thatisreadinesstosacrificeandgambleawaytheirlivesin
defenseofreligionandcommunity."Inviewoftheabove,thechessplayersofWesternImperialismpreparedafewpeculiarpawnsforthe
politicalboard, thechoicestofwhichwere those that entered the fieldunder thecloakof religionandexponentsofitstechnicalities."MirzaGhulamAhmadQadianiwassuchapawnwhoserved the interestsof theBritish Imperialism
usingthereligionashistool.Aswill be seen afterwards, his tenetswere "ObeyAllah andObey theBritish Imperialism."Those
whowantafulleraccountshouldreadthequotationsgivenbyProfessorIlyasBerniin"QadianiMazhabKaIlmiMuhasiba"[7].Hereafewquotationsaregivenjustasasample.MirzaGhulamAhmadQadianiwrites:"InshortmyfatherwasalwayshopefulonmerciesoftheBritishGovernmentandcontinuedtorender
services as the need arose, so much so, that the English Government honored him with notes ofappreciationandrememberedhimspeciallywiththeirgiftsandbountiesandsympathizedwithhimandfavoredhimandconsideredhimamongtheirwell-wishersandsinceresupporters.Whenmyfatherexpired,mybrothersucceededhiminthesequalities,andhisnamewasMirzaGhulam
Qadir,andthefavorsoftheEnglishGovernmentwerelikewiseshoweredonhimjustasonmyfather.Afewyearsafterthedeathofmyfather,mybrotheralsoexpiredandafterthedeceaseoftheseboth,I
steppedintotheirshoesandfollowedthemintheircharacteristics."But Iwasnotpossessedofwealthorproperty.Therefore, I rose to serve theGovernmentwithmy
handandmypen,andGodwasassistingme,andImadeacompactwithGodfromthattimethatIwouldneverwriteasinglevolumewhichdoesnotcontainadescriptionoftheobligationsoftheQueenEmpressofIndia.Nay,thevolumemustcontainanarrationofalltheobligationsdonetotheMuslimsofIndiaforwhichtheMuslimsofIndiahavetobegratefultoher."[8]"For the achievement of this object ofmine Imade it a practice to repeat in everywriting ofmine
(Vide, forexample,BaraheeneAhmadiyya,ShahadatulQur'an,SurmaeChashmeArya,AinaeKamalate
Islam,HamamatulBushra,NurulHaq,etc.)that'Jihad'againstthisGovernmentisnotatallpermissibletotheMuslims."Statement worthy of the attention of the Government, which was published for the perusal of the
Empress of India (i.e., Queen Victoria), His Excellency the Governor-General of India andHisExcellencyLieutenantGovernorofPunjabandotherHighOfficialsfromthehumbleGhulamAhmadofQadian;dated10thDecember,1894;recordedin'Tabligh-e-Risalat'[9]."Thesecondmattertobesubmittedisthis,thatfromtheearliestagetillnow-andIamsixtyyearsold
now-IhavebeenengagedwithmytongueandpeninthisimportanttaskthatIshouldturntheheartsoftheMuslims of India towards true love; well-wishes and sympathy towards the English Government andremovefromthemindsofsomesenselessonesallideasof'Jihad',etc.,whichstopthemfromsincerityofheartandhonestyofrelationsandInoticethatatremendousimpressionhasbeenmadeonthemindsoftheMuslimsowingtomywritingsandhundredsofthousandsofpersonshavebeenconvertedtoachangedattitude."[10]"ThemajorportionofmylifehaspassedinsupportofthisEnglishGovernmentandIhavewrittenso
manyhooksonthe'Prohibitionof'Jihad'and'ObediencetotheEnglish'andhaveissuedpamphletsthat,iftheyweregatheredtogether,nolessthanfiftycupboardscouldbefilledwiththem.IhavesentsuchbookstoallthecountrieslikeArabia,Egypt,Syria,KabulandTurkey."IhavealwaysendeavoredthatMuslimsshouldbecometruewell-wishersofthisGovernmentandthe
baseless traditions aboutBloodyMehdi andBloodyMessiahwhich animate and inflame the hearts offoolsmaybeobliteratedfromtheirminds."[11]TheBritishGovernmentreciprocatedthisserviceasMirzaMahmudAhmad,thesonandsecondCaliph
ofMirzaGhulam'Ahmad,writes:"The obligations of the British Government on us are great and we are passing our lives in great
comfort and tranquility and accomplishing our object and if we are to go to other countriesfor'Tabligh'(propaganda),there,too,theBritishGovernmentrendersusassistance."[12]HowmuchMirzaQadianiservedtheBritishImperialism,isclearfromthefollowingdeclaration:"Thus,myreligionwhichIdorepeatedlydeclareisonlythis, thatIslamhastwoparts:One,toobey
God,secondly,toobeythisGovernment.Thus, if we raise our head against the British Government, we are raising our head against Islam,
againstGodandagainsttheHolyProphet."[13]ItwouldbeofinteresttoseewhatwastheirattitudetowardsthefreedommovementsofIndia.There
were two organizations endeavoring to get independence: All India National Congress and All IndiaMuslimLeague.QadianisattitudetowardstheCongresscanbeseenfromthelectureofMirzaMahmudAhmad(thesonandsecondcaliphofthefounderofAhmadism),which·waspublishedinthenewspaper'Al-Fazl'[14]dated29thJanuary,1935.Hesaid:"AfterthatwhenevertheCongresslaunchedanydisturbance,wehelpedthe(British)Government.At
thetimeofthelastmovementofGandhi,wespentFiftyThousandRupeesontractsandadvertisementandwe can prove it by records.Ourmen gave hundreds of lectures against thatmovement.We gave bestadviceswhichwereappreciatedbytheHighOfficials."
AboutMuslimLeague:Thesaid'Al-Fazl'[15]wrote:'WerememberthattherealReformeroftheMusIimsandtheTrueGuideoftheworld.ProphetMasih-
e-Mawud and Mehdi Akheruzzaman (i.e., Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani) when Muslim League wasmentionedbeforehim,heexpressedhisdispleasureatit.Cansuchathing,whichtheChosenofGodandOrdaineddislikes,bebeneficialandblissfulfortheMuslims?No,Never."MirzaGhulamAhmadQadianiwent so far as to turn himself into a spy of theBritishGovernment
againstnationalists.Hewrotein'GovernmentKiTawajjuhKeLaiq'(recordedinTabligh-e-Risalat):"Whereas it is expedient that for the well-wishers of the English Government, the names of such
Muslimsalsoshouldberecorded inchartswho lookupon theBritishIndiaasDar-ul-Harb.Therefore,thischarthasbeendrawnupwith thesingleobjectofpreserving therein thenamesof thoseungratefulpeoplewhoareendowedwithsuchrebelliousnature.""Therefore,forthepoliticalsympathyofourbenevolentGovernment,wehavethoughtitproperonthis
blessed occasion that we should record as far as possible the names of such wicked people whoseseditiousintentionscanbeprovedbytheirbeliefs.ButwerespectfullyrequesttheGovernmentthatsuchChartswillremainwithusasaStatesecretinanyoftheGovernmentofficesuntilsuchtime."We should thank Allah that East Africa was not populated with persons of such servile mentality.
Otherwise, thesecountrieswouldhaveremainedunderBritishyokeforever,and theUnionJackwouldhavebeenflyingovertheStateHousesofDar-es-Salaam,NairobiandEntebbeevennow.Dr.Iqbalsays:To the intensely religiousmassesof Islamonlyone thing canmake a conclusive appeal, and that is
Divine Authority. For an effective eradication of orthodox beliefs it was found necessary to find arevelationalbasisforapoliticallysuitableorientationoftheologicaldoctrinesinvolvedinthequestionsmentionedabove.This revelational basis provided by Ahmadism. And the Ahmadis themselves claim this to be the
greatest service renderedby themtoBritish imperialism.Thepropheticclaim to revelationalbasis fortheological view of a political significance amounts to declaring that those who do not accept theclaimant'sviewsareinfidelsofthefirstwateranddestinedfortheflamesofHell.Inprimitivecountriesitisnotlogicbutauthoritythatappeals.Givenasufficientamountofignorance
andcredulitywhichstrangelyenoughsometimesco-existswithgoodintelligenceandapersonsufficientlyaudacioustodeclarehimselfrecipientofDivinerevelationwhosedenialwouldentaileternaldamnation,itiseasyinasubjectMuslimcountry,toinventapoliticaltheologyandtobuildacommunitywhosecreedispoliticalservility.AndinthePunjabevenanill-wovennetofvaguetheologicalexpressionscaneasilycapturetheinnocentpeasantwhohasbeenforcenturiesexposedtoallkindsofexploitation.AsIhaveexplainedabovethefunctionofAhmadismin thehistoryofMuslimreligious thought is to
furnisharevelationbasisforIndia'spresentpoliticalsubjugation.(i.e.,underBritishimperialism).To show how the Qadiani missionaries tried to twist the subject, I quote here from 'A Lively
Discussion' published by the 'Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission Of Tanganyika' in 1967. Their ChiefMissionary,SheikhMuhammadMunawwarH.A.,tryingtorefutethisblamehaswritten:
"Muslim scholars over the ages have been praising their governments for one reason or the otherwithout being criticized by their fellow-Muslims. Here in Tanzania the Shia Alim, Sayyid Sa’eedAkhtarRizvi,wroteanarticleinTheStandarddatedAugust25,1967toshowthattheArushaDeclarationcontainedcertainaspectsthatwentparallelwiththeIslamicteaching.Nofingerwaspointedatthewriterof thearticle tocondemnhis"collusion"with theun-Islamicgovernment.Norwashegiven the titleofa"toady"ora"Quisling".Heissonaivethathedoesnotseethedifferencebetweenshowingthatanideologyofafreenational
governmentcontained certain aspects thatwent parallelwith the IslamicTeachings" and supporting thetyrannicalruleofanimperialpowerandforbiddingthewretched'subjects'toriseagainstitandmakingthatsupportanintegralpartofthereligion,nextinimportancetothebeliefintheunityofGod!Ifhewantstokeephiseyesshuttosuchcleardifferences,nobodyonearthhasanypowertomakehimsee.Dr.Iqbalfurtherwrites:"AsimilardramahadalreadybeenactedinPersia;butitdidnotlead,andcouldnothaveled,tothe
religiousandpoliticalissueswhichAhmadismhascreatedforIslaminIndia.RussiaofferedtolerancetoBabism and allowed the Babis to open their first missionary center in Ishaqabad.England showedAhmadis the same tolerance in allowing them to open their first missionary center in Woking.Whether Russia and England showed this tolerance on the ground of imperial expediency or purebroadmindednessisdifficultforustodecide.ThismuchisabsolutelyclearthatthistolerancehascreateddifficultproblemsforIslaminAsia."Then Dr. Iqbal winds up his discourse with declaring the Ahmadi movement as being a "strange
mixtureofSemiticandAryanmysticismwithwhomspiritualrevivalconsistsnotinthepurificationoftheindividual's inner life according to the principles of the old Islamic Sufi'ism, but in satisfying theexpectantattitudeofthemassesbyprovidinga'promised'Messiah.ThefunctionofthispromisedMessiahisnottoextricatetheindividualfromanenervatingpresentbut
tomakehimslavishlysurrenderhisego to itsdictates.This reactioncarrieswithin itselfaverysubtlecontradiction.ItretainsthedisciplineofIslam,butdestroysthewillwhichthatdisciplinewasintendedtofortify."Notes:[5]Dar-ul-Harb-Aliencountry.[6]Dar-ul-Islam-Muslimcountry.[7]Part2,Chapters11to14.[8]"NurulHaq",Part1,Page28,writtenbyMirzaGhulamAhmadofQadian.[9]Vol.3,p.193,editedbyMirQasimAliQadiani[10]Petition toNawwabLieutenantGovernor -Mayhis fortunebeeternal - fromthehumbleMirza
Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian; dated' 24th February, 1898; recorded in 'Tabligh-e-Risalat' Vol. 7, p. 10,editedbyMirQasimAliQadiani[11]Tiryaqul-Qulub,p.15,byMirzaGhulamAhmadQadiani[12]Barakat-e-Khillifat,p.65.[13]GovernmentKiTawajjuhKeLaiq;byMirzaGhulamAhmadQadiani.[14]Vol.22,No.91.[15]Vol.3,No.78.dated8thJanuary,1916.
4ChapterCommentary(Tafseer)ofKhatamun-Nabiyyin
"Behold!thoudidstsaytoonewhohadreceivedthegraceofGodandthyfavor:"Retainthou(inwedlock)thywifeandfearGod".ButthoudidsthideinthyheartthatwhichGodwasabouttomakemanifest:thoudidstfearthepeoplebutitismorefittingthatthoushouldstfearGod."ThenwhenZaidhaddissolved(hismarriage)withherwiththenecessary(formality),Wejoined
her inmarriage to thee: inorder that in future theremaybenodifficulty to thebelievers in (thematter of)marriagewith thewives of their adopted sons,when the latter had dissolvedwith thenecessary(formality-theirmarriage)withthem.AndGod'scommandmustbefulfilled."TherecanbenodifficultytotheProphetinwhatGodhadindicatedtohimasaduty.Itwasthe
way of God amongst those of old that have passed away. And the command of God is a decreedetermined."(It is thepracticeof) thosewhopreach themessageofGodandfearHim,and fearnone but
God. And enough is God to call (men) to account.Mohammed is not the father of any of yourmen,but(he)isTheApostleofGodandthelastoftheProphets.AndGodhasfullknowledgeofallthings".(Qur'an,33:37-40)This(verse)isrevealedinthefifthRukuofChapterAl-Ahzab.Inthis'Ruku'Allahhasrepliedtothe
objectionsof theunbelieversand thehypocrites,whowere ridiculingandslandering theHolyProphetbecauseofhismarriagewithUmmul-MumineenZainabbintJahash.TheysaidthatZainabwaspreviouslymarriedtoZaidbinHaritha,whopriortoIslam,wasadoptedby
theHolyProphet as his son.The detractors said, as suchZainabwas the daughter-in-lawof theHolyProphet;andwhentheHolyProphetmarriedher,afterherdivorcefromZaid,hemarriedhisdaughter-in-lawwhichisharamevenintheShari’ahbroughtbyMuhammad(S).Replyingtothat,AllahsaidinverseNo.37thatthatmarriagewasenteredintobytheorderofAllah,
and performed by Allah so that the Muslims should be made free to marry the wives of theiradoptedsonsifthesaidso-calledsonsweretodivorcethem.VersesNos.38and39declare thatnopowercandetractaprophet fromdoingwhathewas toldby
Allahtodo.AnditisnotthejoboftheprophettobeafraidofthemassesinperformingthecommandsofAllah.TheyfearonlyAllah,andnooneelse.AnditisthewayofAllahfromeverthatmakestheprophetsto convey the message of Allah without any hesitation, without taking anything else into theirconsideration.After thatcomes thisverse;and itcutsat therootsofallsuchobjectionsof theenemiesof theHoly
Prophet(S).TheirfirstobjectionwasthattheHolyProphethadmarriedhisdaughter-in-law,whichisforbiddenin
Islam.Replyingtothat,Allahsaid:"Muhammadwasnotfatherofanyonefromamongyourmenfolk".ItremindstheunbelieversthatZaidbinHaritha(whosedivorceeZainabwas),wasnotthesonofthe
HolyProphet,andassuchZainabwasnotthedaughter-in-lawoftheHolyProphet.MarryingthedivorceeofZaid thereforecannotbesaid tobe forbiddenbyany logic.EvenhisenemiesknewthatMuhammadwasnotthefatherofZaid.Secondobjection:AgreedthatZaidwasnotthesonoftheHolyProphetbybirth;butwashenothisson
byadoption?AgreedthatitwasnotillegalforMuhammadtomarrythedivorcedwifeofZaid.Butwasthat marriage necessary? Agreed that that marriage was legal and lawful. But what was the need ofenteringintosuchamarriagewhichcouldmakeMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S)thetargetofridicule?Replyingtothat,Allahsaid:"ButMuhammadisthemessengerof'Allah".Thesignificanceofthisansweristhat,beingaMessengerofAllah,itwasessentialforhimtoremove
allsuperstitionsandprejudicesandallbaselesstabooswhichwerechokingthelifeoutfromthesociety.Itwasessentialforhimtoactinsuchawaythatnobodycouldremaininanydoubtaboutthelegalityofsuchmarriagesandaboutthefactthatanadoptedsonwasnotasonatall.Thencomesthephrase:"'TheLastofTheProphets".Thesignificanceofthisphraseisthat,aftertheHolyProphetofIslamnotevenaprophetistocome(let
aloneaRasulwhose job is tobringanewShari'ah).Noprophetwas tocomeafterhim,so that ifanydeficiencywereleftunreformedinthelegalorsocialsystemofthesocietyorreligion,thelaterprophetwouldremovethatdefect.MuhammadAl-Mustafa (S)was the lastMessenger; hewas the Last Prophet.And therefore itwas
essentialforhimtoeffectreformstoallthebadpracticesofthesociety,torefuteallsuperstitionsduringhislifetime,becausetherewasnoNabitocomeafterhim,letaloneaRasul.Thencomesthesentence:"AndAllahhasthefullknowledgeofeverything".Whythisassertion?AllahwantstoconveytheideathatAllahknowsthatifMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S)
leftthisworldwithoutreformingthebadelementsofthesociety,noprophetwastocomeafterhimtofillthatgap;andifMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S)withoutgivingeffecttoallthereformsofthesociety,nosuchpersonwasevertoappearwhowouldhavesuchrespect,prestigeandreverenceamongthemassesthathiseverywordandhiseveryactionwouldhavetheforceofLaw.
ItwastheprerogativeoftheHolyProphetofIslam;andnobodyhad,orwastohave,suchrespectthatifhedidonethingitbecamelawfulforuptoQiyamah(Resurrectionday),andifheforbadeonething,thatbecameunlawfulforuptoQiyamah.ThisprestigewasbestowedbyAllahupontheLastProphetandAllahknewthatifhedidnotreformsuchbadcustomsnootherpersonwouldeverbeabletogiveeffecttosuchreformsaftertheHolyProphet.Lookingat this verse in this context, it is crystal clear thatwecannot accept anewmeaning to this
verse inventedby ahomemade claimantof prophethood fromQadian, that'Khatam un-Nabiyyin'means'Sealof theprophets"which in its turnmeans that theprophetscomingafter theHolyProphetof IslamwouldbecomeprophetbythesealofthesealoftheHolyProphet,andbyhisconfirmation.Ifweweretoentertainsuchidea,alltheforceandlogicwillbewipedout.Notonlythatitwillloseitslogic-itwillbe tantamount torefutingwhateverwasputforwardin theprecedingphrasesandsentences.Thisversewillbecomeaself-contradictorystatement.How?WehaveseenthatAllahwantedtoreplytotheobjectionsoftheenemiesoftheHolyProphet,bysaying
that:1.TheHolyProphetmarriedUmmul-MumineenZainabbintJahashbyorderofAllah.2.Theaimofthatmarriagewastoremovetheprejudiceandsuperstitionandtraditionaltabooofthe
paganArabsandmanyothernationswhotreatedtheadoptedsonsastherealsons.3. Itwas necessary, nay essential forMuhammadAl-Mustafa (S) tomarry the divorcedwife of his
adopted son, so thatMuslims should not feel shy of suchmarriages; they should be persuaded by thepracticalexampleoftheHolyProphetthatsuchmarriagesareperfectlylawful,becauseanadoptedsonisnosonatall.4.Toshowtheurgencyofthosemarriages,AllahsaysthatMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S)istheMessenger
ofAllahanditwasImperativeforhimtogiveeffecttothatmarriagetoprovideapracticalexample.AndthentheQadianissaythat,Allahsays:"ManyProphetswillcomeafterMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S)
whowillbemadeProphetsbytheconfirmationfromhim,andwhowillbeinapositiontogiveeffecttowhateverreformswereneededintheirtimes”.Andwhatwouldhavebeentheeffectofsuchdeclaration?AssoonastheenemiesoftheHolyProphet(S)weretolearnthistheywouldeasilyhavesaid:"Then
whatwastheurgencythatMuhammadhimselfshouldperformthismarriage;toshowtheMuslimslegalityofsuchmarriages?Asotherprophetsweretocomeafterhim,anyotherprophetcouldhavelegalizedsuchmarriagesbyshowinghisownexample!TherewasnoneedonthepartofMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S)toperformthatmarriage".Thus,thewholeforceoftheargumentsshowingtheurgentneedofthatmarriageisnegated,wipedout
andcancelled.Notonlythis:aweaponisgiveninthehandsoftheenemiesoftheHolyProphettoattachhimandridiculehimsayingthat"hemarriedthedivorcedwifeofhissonwhiletherewasnourgencyforhim todoso.Afterall,otherprophetscomingafterhimcouldhaveshown to theworld that therewas
nothingwronginsuchmarriages”.It isclearfromthisexplanation,thatif theinterpretationoftheQadianisisacceptedthennotonlythe
logicofthereplieswillbelost,buttheversewillbecomeamassofcontradictorystatements.Allahsays:"IfthisQur'anwouldhavebeenfromotherthanAllah,thentheywouldhavefoundinitmuch
contradiction."(Qur'an4:82)Ifaninterpretationcreatescontradictionsinaverse,itmeansthatthatinterpretationisnotfromAllah;
itisfromotherthanAllah-itisfromSatan.Another interpretation d the Qadianis is that 'Khatam un-Nabiyyin' means 'Afzal un-Nabiyyin' i.e.,
Muhammadisthesuperiortoallprophets.Inotherwords,otherprophetswouldcomeafterhim,butheisthegreatest,mostrespectedandmosthonoredofallprophets.Apart from the fact, that this interpretation shows thatQadianis themselves are not samewhat new
meaningtheyshouldgivetothephrase'Khatamun-Nabiyyin',thesamedefectofcontradictionisinherentinthatinterpretationalso.How?Theunbelieversandthehypocritescouldhaveretortedthatwhenotherprophetsweretocome
afterMuhammadAl-Mustafa (S), though inferior to him, but prophet ofAllah all the same, they couldhavecarriedout such reformand that therewasnoneedorurgency forMuhammadAl-Mustafa (S) toperformthatmarriageandputhimselfinridiculeunnecessarily.
5Chapter'Khatamun-Nabiyyin'inTradition
OneoftenhearsQadianimissionariesasserting that thephrase"Khatamun-Nabiyyin"mhasnotbeeninterpretedas"theLastProphet"bytheHolyProphethimself.ThefactisthattheHolyProphethimselfhasexplainedthisphraseinthesewords.
TheFirstTradition
AndIamKhatamun-Nabiyyin,thereisnoprophetaftermyself.TheTradition(Hadith)isthis:"ThaubansaidthattheHolyProphetsaid:(inalongtraditionpartofwhichisthat)"therewillappear
in my Ummah thirty imposters each of them will claim to be a prophet while I amKhatam un-Nabiyyin,thereisnoprophetafterme.ThistraditionisfoundinAbuDawoodKitabul-Fitan;andanothertraditionofthesamemeaningfrom
AbuHurairainKitab-ul-Malahim.BothtraditionsarenarratedbyTirmizialso.
TheSecondTradition
TheHolyProphetsaid:"Thesimileofmyselfandtheotherprophetsisthesimileofawell-builtpalaceinwhich theplaceofabrickwas leftvacant; thesight-seerswereroamingaround thatpalaceexpressingtheirwonderon its fineconstructionexcept theplaceof thatmissingbrick.Thus, IamthatbrickandIclosed thegapof thatplace.Theconstructionwascompletedbymeand themessengersofGod:werecompletedbyme.So,IamthatbrickandIam'Khatamun-Nabiyyin'(thelastProphet)."ThistraditionhasbeenrecordedinSaheehBukhari(Kitab-ul’Manaqib;BabKhatamun-Nabiyyin)with
minorvariationsinwordings.ItmeansthataftertheadventoftheHolyProphetofIslam,thebuildingofProphethoodwascomplete;
thereisnovacantplaceleft,sothatanotherNabibeexpectedtocomeandfillthatplace.Thereare four traditions like thisone inSaheehMuslim (Kitabul-Fadhail,BabKhatamunNabiyyin)
andthelastofthosetraditionshastheseextrawords:"ThenIcameandIclosedtheprophets".ThesametraditioninthesamewordsisfoundinSaheehTirmizi(Kitab-ul-Manaqib,BabFazlinNabi;
andKitab-ul-Adab,Bab-ul-Amthal).InMusnadofAbuDawoodTayalisithistraditionhasbeennarratedbyJabirbinAbdullahAnsari,and
itslastwordsare:"TheProphetshavebeenclosedbyme".Andthese traditionswithminordifferences in thewordingsarefoundinMusnadAhmadbinHanbal
narratedbyUbaibinKa'ab,AbuSaidKhudriandAbuHuraira.
TheThirdTradition
TheHoly Prophet said: "Qiyamahwill not come till many groups frommyUmmah follow the idol-worshippers(commitcapitalsinsliketheidolworshippers)andtilltheyworshipidols;andsurelytherewillbe inmyUmmah30 impostors, every one of themwill suppose himself to be a prophet;while Iam'Khatamun-Nabiyyin'(lastprophet),thereisnoprophetafterme."TirmizihasnarratedthesetraditionsfromThaubanandAbuHuraira,andthesecondtraditionsays:"TilltherewillbeaboutthirtyimposterseachofthemwouldclaimtobeamessengerofAllah".
Qadianis'Excuse
A.Qadianimissionarywrote tome about this tradition but this prophecywas already fulfilled beforeMirzaGhulamAhmadQadiani.Thebook'Al-Bakara'p.15.saysthat"IfwecountallthosewhoclaimedProphethoodaftertheHolyProphetuptoourtime,thisnumberhasbeencompleted.Anditisknowntoallthosewhoknowthehistory."Thewriterofthisbookdiedin828Hijri.Uptothisyear(i.e.,1390)562yearshavepassedsincethatwriting.Doyouthinkthatwriterwaswrong'?"I wrote to him: "Well, what book is this 'Al Bakara''? Who was its author? This clutching to
straws shows how poor your arguments are. Of course, he was wrong, because centuries after him,NawwabSiddiqHassanKhanofBhopal(whodiedin1889A.D.),wroteinhisbook'Hujajul-Karamah'.The prophecy of theHoly Prophet - that therewould come 30Dajjals in thisUmmah - is proving
correct;and27ofthoseDajjalshavealreadyappeared."(page540).Rememberthatthiscountof27wasbeforetheclaimofMirzaGhulamAhmadQadiani.Sometimes,somewritershavecommittedthemistakeofcountingeveryonewhoclaimedprophethood
aftertheHolyProphetasoneofthose30promisedDajjals.Butitiswrong,becauseinthiswaywewillfindhundredsofDajjalandthenumber30wouldbeexceededbyfar.That iswhy Imam IbnHajar Asqalani has written in 'Fat'h-ul·Bari Sharh Saheeh Bukhari (Vol. VI,
p455): "It is not themeaning of this tradition to count every personwho claimed to be prophet afterMuhammad(S);becausethereweresomanyofthemthattheycannotbecounted;asmostlysuchclaimantssuffer from insanity and·'Sawda.".[16] But this traditionmeans only thosewho get some strength i.e.,whosereligionbecomesacceptedandwhogetssufficientfollowers".Therefore,ifweaddonemoreafter1889,thetotalcomesto28.Therearestilltwomoretocome.ThenwecometothepublicdeclarationofAmir-ul-Mu'mineenImamAliibnAbiTalib(a.s.),whichis
given in Al-Iqd-ul-Farid, Vol. IV, p. 75. In this lecture, Imam Ali (a.s.) said about the Holy ProphetMuhammad(S):UntilAllahhonoredhim(Muhammad)byRuh-ul-Amin(i.e.,AngelGabriel)andtheBrightLight(i.e.,
Qur'an or Islam) and completed with him the prophets and completed with him the number of theMessengers."Seehowtheword"completedwithhimtheprophets"hasbeenexplainedby"completedwithhimthe
numberoftheMessengers".ItshouldbenotedthatinthewholeQur'an,theword'Khatam'hasbeenusedonlyonceandthat is in
this phrase.Also, this phrase; "Khatam un-Nabiyyin"was never used inArabic language before thisverse.ItwasanewphrasewhichwasusedforthefirsttimeintheQur'aninthisverse.And, therefore the only correctway of knowing its real significance is to see how this phrasewas
interpretedbytheHolyProphetofIslam,becauseitwasrevealedtohim,andassuchnootherpersoncanknowitsmeaningbetterthanhe.Andhehimselfinterpretedinthesewords:
"AndIamKhatamun-Nabiyyinthereisnoprophetafterme".ThesayingoftheHolyProphet(S)isaproofinitself.Butwhenthatsayingistheinterpretationofthe
wording of the Holy Qur'an, then it becomes double proof. The question is: Who has more right tounderstand Qur'an and to interpret the Qur’an thanMuhammad Al-Mustafa (S)?Who can explain themeaningofKhatamun-NabiyyinbetterthanMuhammad(S)?AndwhohasanyrightthatweshouldlistentohisclaimsleavingthewordingoftheHolyProphetof
Islamaside,theHolyProphetonwhomtheQur'an'wasrevealed?MirzaGhulamAhmadQadianihimselfhas said: "Nobody can explain the meaning of Ilham (Revelation) better than the person on whomthatIlhamwas,sent".[17]Notes:[16]Sawda:inancientandmedievalphysiology,fourchieffluidsofthebody(whicharecalledfour
humours or four cardinals) were blood, phlegm, choler and melancholia or black choler. These fourcardinals by their relative proportions were supposed to determine a person’s physical and mentalqualities.Melancholiaorblackcholer iscalled inArabicSawda, litterallyblacksubstance.ExcessofSawda was supposed to cause mental ailments like melancholia (insanity and mania) besides manyailmentsofbloodetc…andgradually,thewordcametobeusedincommonlanguageforinsanity,maniaandmelancholia.[17]IshtiharofMirzaQadiani,7/8/1887,recordedinTabligh-e-Risalat,Vol.1,p.121
6ChapterOtherTraditions
NowwegiveheresomeoftheothertraditionsoftheHolyProphetwhichshowthathehimselfdidclaimtobetheLastOfTheProphets,usingotherphrases:
TheFourthTradition
TheHolyProphetsaid,"BaniIsrael,prophetswereleadingthem;whenaprophetdiedanotherprophetsucceededhim.Butaftermetherewillbenoprophet;therewillbeCaliphs."(SaheehBukhariKitab-ul-Manaqib).
TheFifthTradition
TheHolyProphetsaid:"Verily,theMessengershipandtheProphethoodhave(now)ended;sothereisnomessenger after me and no prophet," (Tirmizi Kitab al-:R'u'uya, BabuDhihab al-Nubuwwah;MusnadAhmadbinHanbalfromAnasbinMalik).
TheSixthTradition
ThistraditionisfoundinSaheehBukhari;SaheehMuslim,(Kitab-ul-Fadhail;BabAsmain-Nabi);SaheehTirmizi,(Kitab-ul-Adab,BabAsmain·Nabi);Muwatta(Kitab-ul-Asmain-Nabi);MustadrakofAl-Hakim,(Kitab-al-TarikhBabAsmain-Nabi):TheHolyProphetsaid:"IamMuhammad;andIamAhmad;andIamMahi,theKufrwillbeerasedby
me; and I amHashir, i.e., after me people will be gathered inHashr (i.e., after me there will be noprophet;aftermetherewillbeonlyQiyamah;andIamAqibafterwhomtherewillbenoprophet."
TheSeventhTradition
TheHolyProphetsaid:"GoddidnotsendanyprophetbutHewarnedHisUmmahaboutDajjal(Buthedidnotappearamongthem).AndIamthelastoftheprophetsandyouarethelastoftheUmmahs,andhewillappearamongyouanyhow.(SunanIbnMajah,Kitab-ul-Fitan,Bab-u1-Dajjal).
TheEighthTradition
ThereisanothertraditioninSaheehMuslim,SaheehTirmiziandSunanIbnMajahwhichsays:TheHolyProphet said: "Ihavebeengiven superiorityoverotherprophetsby sixdistinctions- (1) I
havebeengiventheabilitytouttershortsentencescoveringwiderangeofmeanings;(2)Iwashelpedbyfear;(3)Thebootyofwarwasmadelawfulforme;(4)TheearthhasbeenmadeformeMasjid .andameans toc1eanliness; (5.)Ihavebeensentas theMessengerofAllah to thewholeworld; (6)And thechainoftheProphetswasfinishedbyme,"
TheNinthTradition
Abdur-Rahman bin Jubair said that he heardAbdullah binAmr bin ‘As saying that one day theHolyProphet(S)cameoutofhishouseinsuchamannerashewastakingourleave;andhesaidthreetimes;"IamMuhammadtheunletteredprophet."Thenhesaid,"andthereisnoprophetafterme."
TheTenthTradition
ThistraditionisfoundinMusnadAhmadBinHanbal,NasaiandAbuDawood.TheHolyProphetsaid:"Thereisnoprophethoodafterme,exceptthegoodtidings."Hewasasked:"Andwhatarethegoodtidings,O'MessengerofAllah?"Hesaid"Gooddreams",orhe
said"truedreams".ItmeansthattherewasnopossibilityofrevelationaftertheHolyProphet.TheutmostthatanybodywillbegivenasasignfromAllahwillbethroughthetruedreams.
TheEleventhTradition
BaihaqiinhisSaheeh(Kitab-al-Ru'uya)andTabaranihavenarratedthattheHolyProphetsaid:"ThereisnoNabiaftermeandthereisnoUmmahaftermyUmmah."
TheTwelfthTradition
ThetraditionisfoundinSaheehMuslim(Kitab-ul-Hajj).TheHolyProphetsaid"AndIamthelastoftheProphetsandmyMasjidisthelastofthemosques."ItshouldbementionedherethattheQadianisclaimthattheHolyProphetsaidthathisMasjidwas"the
LastMasjid";whileinfactitisnotthelastofthemosques,becauseafterthatmillionsofmosquesbeenbuiltandarebeingbuilteverydayintheworld;likewisewhentheHolyProphetsaidthathewasthe"theLastMasjid",hemeantthattherewouldbeprophetscomingafterhim;thoughaccordingtotheFadhilahhewastheSupremeMostProphetashisMasjidisSuperiortoallothermosques.ButthesepeoplehavelosttheabilitytounderstandthewordsofAllahandhisProphet.Thistradition
hasbeennarrated inSaheehMuslim, in thechapterwhereProphetMuhammadAl-Mustafa (S)has saidthatthereareonlythreemosquesintheworldwhichhassuperiorityoverothermosquesandtheprayersinwhichisthousandtimesmorerewardingthaninothermosques;anditisforthisreasonthattravellingforthepurposeofprayersisallowedandlawfultothesethreemosquesonly.Othermosqueshavenorightthatamanshouldtraveltopraythereleavingtheothermosques.Firstof
those mosques is Masjid-ul-Haram, which was built by Prophet Abraham and Prophet Ismael (a.s.);thesecondmosqueistheMasjid-ul-AqsawhichwasbuiltbyprophetDavidandProphetSolomon(a.s.);andthethirdMosqueistheMasjidofMadinabuiltbytheHolyProphet(S).TheHolymeantthatasthereisnoprophetcomingafterhimtherewillbenomosqueintheworldafter
hismosquewhichwouldhavemorethawab(spiritualreward)andsuperiorityoverothermosques.Thusitisthelastofthemosquesoftheprophetsandthelastmosquetowhichamanisallowedtotravelforthepurposeofprayerinit.Thismeaningisclearfromanothertraditionwherethewordingis:"I am the last of the prophets and my mosques are the last of the mosques of the prophets." This
TraditionisnarratedDaylamiibnNajjarandBazzarandisrecordedinKanz-ulUmmal.
TheThirteenthTradition
'Hadith-ul-Manzila' is the sayingof theHolyProphet (S),whichhe said at the timeof his journey toTabuk.This tradition is correctwithout anydoubt fromanyquarter, and innumerable traditionalist andhistorianshaverecordedit.Someofthemare:àSaheehBukhari,Vol3.p.58àSaheehMuslim,Vol2,p.323àSunanIbnMajah,Vol1,p.28àMustadrak,Vol3,p.109àMusnadAhmadbinHanbal,Vol1,p.173-182Atthetimeofthatjourney,theHolyProphet(S)hasleftImamAli(a.s.),ashissuccessorinMadina.
ImamAli (a.s.) said "You are leavingme behind amongwomen and children." TheHoly Prophet (S)replied:"AreyounotpleasedthatyouhavethesamepositionwithmeasAaroonhadwithMoses,exceptthatthereisnoprophetafterme."ThisalsoisagreatprooffromthetraditionoftheHolyProphet(S)thattherewouldbenoprophetafter
him.These and other traditions have been narrated by numerous companions of theHoly Prophet and it
provesthattheHolyProphetofIslamondifferentoccasions,indifferentwaysandindifferentwordshasmadeitcrystalclearthathewasthelastoftheprophets,andtherewasnoNabicomingafterhim,thatthechain of Nubuwwah (Prophethood) has been completed, that anybody who claimed to beaRasulorNabiafterhimwouldbeDajjalandKazzab(liar).Can therebeanyother interpretationormeaningof thewordsofQur'an ''Khatamun-Nabiyyin' than
this?AlsothereistheDeclarationofSahabajustafterthedeathofHolyProphetthatfromthenontherewas
noNabitocome.Thefamouscollectionof thelectures,etc.ofImamAli(a.s.)knownas 'Nahj-ul-Balagha'(whichhas
beenpublishedinEgyptwithfootnotesandexplanationsofSheikhMuhammadAbduh)revealsonpage269:ImamAli(a.s.)saidwhenhewaswashingthebodyofHolyProphet(S):"Myfather.andmotherbe
yourransom,suchathinghasbeendiscontinuedwithyourdeathwhichwasneverdiscontinuedwiththedeath of any other person, (and that thing is) Prophethood, announcement (ofGhaib) and the news ofheaven."
7ChapterNubuwwahwithoutnewShari’ah
Concerningthelasttraditionmentionedinthepreviouschapter,theQadianimissionaryhadwrittentome:"ImamMuhammadTahirGujratihaswritteninhisTakmilaMajma-ul-Bihar(p.85)thatmeaningofis
thatnosuchprophetwillcomeaftermewhowillabrogatemyShari'ah"Iwroteinreply:"First of all, all such writers refer to the second coming of Prophet Jesus; son of Mary (a.s.)
who'sNubuwwah(Prophethood)wassome600yearsbeforetheadventofourHolyProphet.Theymeanthatifapreviousprophetre-appearsaftertheHolyProphetitisnotagainstthe'FinalityofProphethood',becauseevenwhenhewillcomehewillfollowtheShari'ahofourHolyProphet.Not only this; hewill refrain even from leading the prayers, andwill pray behind the Imam of the
Muslims, Thus he will live just like other Muslims - he will not call people to believe in hisownNubuwwah;hewillnotbringanyrevelation;hewillnotestablishanynewcommunity,separatefromall theMuslims. 'Khatamun-Nabiyyin'has closed the door of prophet hood so far as the newcomersareconcerned.But it has not stripped the previous Prophets of their prophethood, this meaning has clearly been
writtenin'Mishkat-ul-Masabih'inanoteunderthewordingoftheHolyProphet"andtheprophetswereendedwithme"whichsays"i.e.creationoftheprophets;thusnoprophetwillbecreatedafterme.ThiseditionofMishkatwasprintedin1307A.H.,longbeforetheclaimofprophethoodbyMirzaQadiani.SoyoumustunderstandthattheMuslimwritersdonotsaythatanewprophetcancomeaftertheHoly
Prophet, calling thepeople tobelieve inhimself.When they say IsabinMariam theydomean IsabinMariam; theydonot evendreamof anyMasil (likeness) ofMasih or anyGhulamAhmadbinGhulamMurtazaofQadian."If,asyoubelieve,ProphetIsabinMariamhasdiedandisnottocomeagain,thenallthewritingsof
Muslim scholars in this respectwouldbeworthless: you cannot fasten themonMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianiwho surelywas not born before theHoly Prophet, andwhowas not bornwithout father andwhosemotherwasChiraghbibiand,notMariambintImran.Look at in thisway. Either thewritings of these scholars about re-coming of Prophet Isa (a.s.) are
corrector arewrong. If theyare correct, then they refer to IsabinMariam,not toGhulamAhmadbinGhulamMurtaza. And if thesewritings arewrong, then how can you prove your ideaswith awrongassertion?Franklyspeaking,thistwistingofthewritingsofscholarscannotdoyouanygood.
WhyNotPerfectProphethood?
"Moreover, why do you say that no Sahib ash-Shari’ahprophet can come after the Holy Prophet ofIslam?"Accordingtoyourinterpretations,thereisnothingintheQur'antoprovethattheHolyProphetofIslamwas theLastProphet;Khatamun-Nabiyyinmeans just a "seal of theProphets" or "the suprememostprophet",andshowsjustthesupremacyoftheHolyProphetoveralltheotherprophets,Sahibash-Shari’ah and non Sahib ash-Shari’ah alike; La Nabiyya Ba'adi means only that no Sahib ash-Shari’ahprophetwillcomeafterwards.Alright,what is the trouble ifaSahibash-Shari’ahNabi,likeProphetMoses (a.s.), comes after the
HolyProphetandwhosegradeisbelowthatoftheHolyProphet?Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani wrote in several places that "is it not ridiculous to think that in
thisUmmah Siddiqs, Martyrs, and Pious people will come but no prophet will come? Well, is notprophethoodagraceofAllah?WhythisgraceshouldbewithdrawnfromthisUmmahwhichwas tobethebestofallUmmahs?"Well,nowtellme:WhyaSahibash-Shari’ahprophetshouldnotcomeintothisUmmah?IsnotSahib
ash-Shari’ahprophethoodmoreperfectthantheprophethoodwithoutanewShari'ah?WhythissuperiorgraceofAllah'hasbeenwithheldfromthisUmmah?"Onceyousay thatMuhammadAl-Mustafa (S)wasnot theLastProphet,youcannot say thataSahib
ash-Shari’ahprophetcannotcomeintothisUmmah."Andfollowingyourtrendofthinking,theidol-worshippersmayeasilysay:'LaIllahIllAllah',doesnot
meanthatthereisnoothergod.Itjustmeansthattherearemanyothergods,butthey'reunderAllah,theirgod ship is inferior toAllah; and their inferior god ship is not against the belief in theUnity ofGod,becausethesegodsareonlyHisfollowers."
Ibnal-‘Arabi’sViews
QadianialsoclaimthatSheikhMuhyiddinIbnal-‘ArabiofSpainhassaidthat'itispossibleforaMuslimsaint(Wali)toattaininhisspiritualevolutionpropheticrevelations.'Beforegoingfurtherit'snecessarytoremindtheQadianisthatSheikhMuhyiddinIbnal-‘Arabiwasabelieverin'Wahdat-ul-wujud'(TheUnityofBeing):hebelievedthateverythingisHe(i.e.,God).ThisbeliefhasbeentermedbyMuslimtheologiansasthebiggestpaganism,whichturnsevenadogand
pig into a deity. And the second Caliph of the Qadianis, Mirza Mahmud Ahmad, said inhisKhutba(sermon)ofFriday,printedintheAl-Fazl,dated20thOctober,1925(Vo1.13,No.46)aboutIbnal-‘Arabi that 'his knowledge was not complete; therefore, Ibn al-‘Arabi went out to the (beliefof)Wahdat-ul-wujud.'Now, is it not astonishing that they want to base their faith on the alleged views of a man whose
knowledgewasnotcomplete!Coming to the views of the said Sheikh Muhyiddin Ibn al-‘Arabi, we may quote from 'Islam and
Ahmadism'ofDr.Iqbal.It .shouldhenotedthat;Tasawwuf'(Mysticism)wasthespecialsubjectofDr.Iqbal.He writes:"I personally believe this view of the Sheikh Muhyiddin Ibn al-‘Arabi to be
psychologically unsound; but assuming it to be correct to Qadiani argument is based on acompletemisunderstandingofhisposition.TheSheikhregardsitasapurelyprivateachievementwhichdoesnot,andinthenatureofthingscannot,entitlesuchasainttodeclarethatallthosewhodonotbelieveinhimareoutsidethepaleofIslam.Indeed,fromtheSheikh'spointofviewtheremaybemorethanonesaint,livinginthesameageorcountry,whomayattaintopropheticconsciousness."Thepointtoberealizedisthatwhileitispsychologicallypossibleforasainttoattaintoprophetic
experience his experience will have no social-political significance making him the center of a neworganizationandentitlinghimtodeclarethisorganizationtobethecriterionofthefaithordisbeliefofthefollowersofMuhammad."Leavinghismysticalpsychologyaside,Iamconvincedfromacarefulstudyoftherelevantpassages
of theFutuhatthat the great Spanishmystic is as firm a believer in the Finality ofMuhammad as anyorthodoxMuslim.AndifhehadseeninhismysticalvisionthatonedayintheEastsomeIndianamateurinSufismwouldseektodestroytheHolyProphet'sFinalityundercoverofhismysticalpsychology,hewould have certainly anticipated the IndianUlema (Muslim scholars) in warning theMuslims of theworldagainstsuchtraitorstoIslam."TomakeDr. Iqbal'smeaning clear, here are some quotations from the Sufis' books. SheikhAbdul-
WahhabSha'araniwritesinhis'Al-Yawaqitwal-Jawahir'(p.25):"The difference between them (i.e.,Nabi and Rasul) is that theNabi,when the Spirit (i.e., angel)
reveals to him anything, theNabikeeps that revelation to himself reservedly and he is forbidden toconveythat(revelation)toanotherperson."Andifheistoldto"conveywhatissenttoyou"[eithertoaspecialgroup,aswasthecasewithalltheprophets;ortooneandall-andthisuniversalprophethood
wasnotgiventoanyoneexceptMuhammad(S)].HeiscalledRusul."Soifheisnotgivenanysuchorderwhichistohisownselfonly(notmeantfortheUmmah)he is
called"Rasul"not"Nabi".Andthatisthe"Tashree'i"prophethoodwhichisnotforthe"Walis"(saints)."ThusitisclearthatinthelanguageoftheSufisevenaWaliissupposedtoreceivetherevelationsfrom
Godandheiscalled'Nabi';butheisabsolutelyforbiddentoconveythatrevelationtoothers.Also,itisclear that all the prophets whom the Muslims call "Nabi", irrespective of whether they brought anynewShari'ahornot(i.e.,Sahibash-Shari’ahandGhairSahibash-Shari’ahboth),arecalled"Rasul"inSufiterminology,becausethoseprophetsweretoldbyAllahtoconveytherevelationstotheirUmmah.It is because of this terminology,which gathers all the prophets under the heading "Rasul" and all
the Awliya under the heading "Nabi" that the Sufis of Islam said that the Holy Prophet of Islamclosed 'Sahib ash-Shari’ah' prophethood (which term includes all the "prophets" of commonMuslimterminology).But as Dr. Iqbal points out, the "Wali" who according to the Sufis claim, receives revelation is
expresslyforbiddentocallanyonetohisfoldortostartanynewreligiousgroup.Howcan this fit onMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianiwho surely calledpeople to believe in himand
startedanewUmmah?SheikhMuhyiddin Ibn al-‘Arabi al-Andalusi has clearlywritten inAl-Futuhat-ul-Makkiya, using the
commonterminology:"The specialty which is found in a Nabi, and not in a Wali is the revelation bringing a
newShari'ah,BecausetherevelationofShari'ahisnot,butfortheNabiandRasul."Thus he claims the revelations for the Awliya’ (saints) after the Holy Prophet of Islam, but that
revelationdoesnotentitlethatWalitocallpeopletohimself,ortoconveythatrevelationtoothers.Also,astheremaybehundredsofWali"(Awliya’ inone time, theSufiswritingscannot fitonMirza
GhulamAhmadQadianiwhoclaimedthatnoonebuthehimselfcanbecomeaprophetafterMuhammad.
New'Nubuwwah':NotaGrace,ButaCurse
MirzaGhulamAhmadQadianithoughtthatanewNubuwwah(Prophethood)wouldbeaGraceofAllahforthisUmmah.ButinfactsuchaNubuwwahwouldbeoppositeofGrace;itwouldbeaCurse.How?Whenever a Nabi would come in an Ummah, there would automatically argue the question of
'Kufr'(blasphemy)andIman(faith).ThosewhowillbelieveinhimwillbecometheUmmah; thosewhowillrejecthisclaimwillbecountedanotherUmmah.And thedifferencebetween these twoUmmahswillnotbeof anunimportant 'branch'of religion. It
willbesuchabasicdifferencewhichwillnotallowthemtouniteuntiloneofthemleavesitsfaithandacceptsthefaithoftheotherUmmah.Further,thesourcesofguidanceandthereferencesofShari'ah, forallpracticalpurposeswillbequiteseparateforeachofthesetwoUmmahs.Becauseonegroupwill take itsShari'ah fromtherevelationand traditionof thenewNabi;and the
othergroupwilltotallyrefutethevalidityand,authenticityofthatsupposedrevelationandtradition,andwill not accept them as the source of Shari'ah.Thus practically, it will be impossible for these twogroupstouniteinonesociety.Ifwelookfromthisangle,itwillbeclearthatthe'Finality'oftheprophethoodisoneofthegreatest
mercies of Allah upon this Ummah. Because of this Finality of the prophethood,thisUmmah has remained an eternal and universal brotherhood which is unparalleled in the annalsofreligion and civilizations. This Finality of Prophethood has protected theMuslims from every suchbasicdifferencewhichcreatesapermanentriftamongstthem.Anybodywho believes inMuhammadAl-Mustafa (S) becomes amember of the brotherhood. This
unitycouldneverbeachievedifthedoorofNubuwwahwasnotclosed,becauseonthearrivalofeverynewNabi,thisunitywouldhavebeenshatteredtothepieces.IfamanthinkswithclearmindhewillhavetoacceptthatwhenaNabihasalreadybeen,sentforthe'
wholeworld,andwhenthroughthatNabithereligioniscompletedperfectly,andwhenthedirectionsofthatNabiarepreserved,protectedcompletely,thenthedooroftheNubuwwahmustbeclosed,sothatthewholeworld can unite together by following that prophet and can becomeoneUmmahof the believerwhichisnottobeinterferedeverynowandthenwiththeadventofnewprophets.Thisinterferenceintheunitywasunderstandablewhentherewasreallyaneedtosendaprophet,then
itisagainstthewisdomandmercyofAllahtocreateunnecessaryfrictionamongsttheUmmahofIslam.ThusitisclearthattheSealoftheProphethoodwhichisprovedfromtheQur'an,isprovedfromthe
traditionsoftheHolyProphet,isprovedfromtheunanimityofthewholeUmmah,isalsoprovedbytheintellectandwisdom.Thus,Qur'an,Sunah,Ijma'a,andAql;allfourbasicfoundationsofShari'ahandImandemandthatthe
doorofNubuwwahmustremainclosedforeveraftertheadventoftheHolyProphetofIslam.There is a very simple and interestingquestionwhich theQadianis shouldponder upon.Everybody
acceptsthatthequestionofprophethoodisaveryseriousquestion.AccordingtotheQur'an,itisinthosebasictenetsofIslamuponwhichdependsthetruebeliefortheKufrofaman.Ifacertainmanisatrueprophet and one does not accept him one becomesKafir.On the other hand, if that claimant is not aprophetandsomeoneacceptshimasatrueprophethebecomesKafir.NobodycanthinkthatAllahTa’alawouldbehavecarelesslyandoff-handedlyinsuchaseriousmatter.
IftherewasaNabitocomeafterMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S)Allahshouldnaymust,havemadetheHolyProphetannounceitveryclearlyinhissayings;andtheHolyProphetofIslam(S)couldnothaveleftthisworldwithoutwarninghisUmmahinunambiguoustermsthattherewasaprophettocomeafterhimandtheUmmahofIslammustaccepthim.NaturallyAllahandHisProphethadnoenmityagainst thefollowersofIslam,againstusandagainst
ourfaith;thatthoughthedoorofNubuwwahwastoremainopenafterMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S),thoughtherewasaNabi to come after him, stillwewere kept unaware of that event and that advent.On thecontrary; Allah and His Prophet both uttered such sayings which led the wholeUmmah,without anysectariandifferenceandwithoutanyexception, to thebelief, for fourteenhundredyears, that therewasnoNabitocomeafterMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S).If thedoorofNubuwwahisreallyopen,andifaNabicomestrulyfromGod,stillwewill refutehis
claim,wewillrejecthisprophethoodwithoutanyhesitation,withoutanyfearofreprisalAllah.When Allah, on the Day of Judgment, will take our account and will ask us why we rejected
theprophetsentafterMuhammad,wewillputthewholerecordofQur'anandtraditionsbeforeHim,andwewillsaythatifwewentastrayitwasbecauseofthebookofAllahandtraditionsofHisRasul.Andafterthepresentationoftheserecords,wearesureAllahcannotmeteanypunishmenttous,becauseofrejectinganewprophet.But if thedoorofNubuwwah is in fact closed afterMuhammadAl-Mustafa (S) and still someone,
believesintheclaimofaclaimantofanewNubuwwah,heshouldthinkbeforehandwhatrecordwillheput in the court ofAllah on theDay of Judgmentwhen hewill be asked aswhy did he believe in animposter whenAllah in theQur'an andRasul in His traditions had clearly declared several times indifferentwordingsthattherewasnoNabitocomeafterMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S).
8Chapter'Khatam'inDictionariesandUsage
Wehavejustseenthat in thecontextof theQur'anandaccordingto traditions,accordingtoIjma'aandaccording toReason, theonlymeaningof"Khatamun-Nabiyyin"which is relevant is 'TheLastofTheProphets', 'One who closed the prophethood. Now let us see what the dictionaries sayabout'Khatam'or.'Khatm'.
لمعلا متخ =(Khatamal-amal)=Hefinishedthe,workgiventohim.
ءانلاا متخ = (Khatam al-ina'a) = He sealed the mouth of pot (so that nothing comes out of it andnothingentersintoit).
باتكلا متخ =(Khatamal-Kitab)=Closedtheenvelopeandsealedit(sothatnothingisaddedintotheletterorputintotheenvelope).Itmust bementionedhere that 'seal' inArabicdoesnotmean the cancellation stampof post offices
whichareputonthepostalarticlesbeforesendingthemonward.Itmeansthesealofwaxwhichisputontheenvelopestoprotectitfromforgeryoradditions.
بلقلا ىلع متخ =(Khatamaalalqalb)=Heputasealontheheart(sothatnonewideaentersintoitandnooldprejudiceisremovedfromit).
بورشم لك ماتخ =(Khitamukullemashrub)=Thelasttastefeltattheendofadrink.ءيش لك ةماتخ =(Khatematukulleshay)=Endofeverything;anditsfinish.ءيشلا متخ =(Khatamashshay)=To'khatm'athingmeanstocomeattheendofthatthing.Anditisin
thissensethatweusetheword'Khatmul-Qur'an',i.e.,toreadtheQur'anuptoitsend.AlsoitisforthisreasonthatthelastversesofeachSuraarecalled( میتاوخ )'Khawateem'.
موقلا متخ =Khatamul-Qawm=Thelastmanofthetribeornation.ThesemeaningsaregiveninalltheauthenticdictionariesofArabiclanguage.The Qadianis say that if someone is said to be 'Khatam ush-Shu'ara' or 'Khatam ul-
Mufassireen' or 'Khatam ul-Fuqaha', nobody thinks that after that person no other poetorFaqeeh(religiousjurisprudent)orMufassir (commentator)wasborn.Everybody thinks that itmeansthatthesaidpersonwasthemostexpertinthatfieldofknowledge.These people forget that if aword is sometimes usedmetaphorically (in fill allegorical sense) that
metaphoricalusedoesnotdeprive itof its realmeaning. If, forexample, theword 'Lion' is sometimesused forabraveman, itdoesnotmean that thiswordcannotbeused for theanimal, forwhich itwascoined.
Such arguments show the hollowness of their minds and bankruptcy of their thinking. Even if one
thousandpersons are called 'Khatamul-Mufassireen' (in the senseof 'themostperfectMufassir') therealmeaningoftheword'Khatam'wouldremainthesamei.e.,TheLast.AsampleofQadianismiscomprehensionof subjectmattermaybe seen in the followingsentenceof
theirChiefMissionaryinTanzania,SheikhMuhammadMunawwarH.A.Itshouldbeborneinmindthatbeing'last'ofagroupofpeopleisnodistinctioninitself.SirRichard
TurnbullwasthelastgovernorofTanganyika.DoesthisaddtohisstatusasagovernororindicateshissuperiorityoverthelateTwining?"(AlivelyDiscussion).He does not pause to think that theNubuwwah of Prophet Muhammad Al-Mustafa (S) is not like
governorshipofSirRichardTurnbull.SirRichardTumbullwasthelastgovernorbecausetheBritishrulecame to an end with him. And a national government ousted him and his masters from the soilof Tanganyika. Muhammad Al-Mustafa (S) is the Last Prophet because his prophethood is not to beusurpedbyanyimpostor;heisthelastprophetbecausehis'rule'willcontinueuptoQiyamah;andnoonecomingafterhimcanusehistitleandnameforhimself.To talk inSheikhMuhammadMunawwar's language, ifSirRichardTurnbull'sgovernorshipwere to
continueup to the lastdayof theworld, andall representativesof theBritishcrowncomingafterhimwereobligedtokeephis'Chair'vacantforhim,andnottousetheTitleofGovernorforthethemselvesbut just to sign as the 'Leader of the government', would it not have been a tremendous tribute to SirRichardTurnbull?TheQadianiMissionaryhadwrittentome:"ImamSuyutiandImamIbnAthil'Al-Jazariweregiven the titleof 'Khatamul-Huffuz' (TheLast of
thosewhorememberedtraditions);likewise,AbuTammamat-Taihasbeendescribedas 'Khatamush-Shu'ara'(TheLastPoet).Canitbesaidthattherewasno'Hafiz'afterImamSuyutiorImamJazari,ornopoetafterAbuTammamatTai?"Iaskedhim:FirstofallhavethosephrasesbeenusedintheQur'anortradition?AsItoldyouearlier,
thephrase'Khatamun-Nabiyyin'wasneverusedinArabicbeforeQur'an;andthattheQur'anhasuseditforthefirsttime.Thus,themeaninggiventothisphrasebytheHolyProphetisitsrealmeaning.Ifsomeoneelseusessuchphrases insomeotherallegoricalsense, itdoesnotmake thatallegory its
realmeaning.Forexample,"moon"hasarealmeaningwhichallofusknow.Ifsomeoneusestheword'moon'forthefaceofabeautifulpersonitdoesnotmeanthat'beautifulface'istherealmeaningof'moon'orthatitcannotbeusedfortheterrestrialobjectforwhichitwasmade.Thirdly, these references, in fact, show the writer's thought (though wrong) that Imam Suyuti (for
example)wasthelastHafiz.Itwastheirmistakenidea,whichhasbeenprovedwrong.Andnowonder.Thosewritersdidnotknowwhatwas in future.Butcanyousuppose thatAllahalsodidnotknow thefuturewhenHesaidthatMuhammad(S)wastheLastoftheProphets?HowcanyoucomparethewordsofAllahwiththewritingsofsomemortals?Atthemostyoucansaythatthosewriterswerewronginbelievingthatthepersonconcernedwasthe
lastHafizorthelastpoet.Butyoucannotchangetherealmeaningof'Khatamun-Nabiyyin'tomaketheirwritingscorrect.Ifyou tell anArab 'Ja'aKhatamul-Qawm" hewill never understand that themost learnedmanof
thetribehasreached;hewillalwaysthinkthatthewholetribehasarrived,tillthelastman.Itisbecauseofthisthateverywriterofthedictionary;andeverycommentatoroftheQur'an,without
anyexceptionhaswrittenthat'Khatamun-Nabiyyin'means'Akhirun-Nabiyyin',theLastoftheProphets.IfyoulookimpartiallyattheseproofsfromtheQur'an,tradition,dictionaryandlanguage,youwillhave
toagreethattheHolyProphetofIslamwastheLastProphetandprophethoodendedwithhim.NoprophetwillevercomeafterhimuptothedayofQiyamah;andanybodyclaimingtobeaprophetwouldbeanimpostor.
Khatamul-Awliya’?
TheQadianimissionaryhadwrittentome;"ThereisatraditioninTafseerSafi(SuraAlAhzab,Ruku2)that the Holy Prophet said to Imam Ali: "O Ali, I am Khatam ul-Anbiya’ and you are Khatam ul-Awliya’".NowcananybodysaythatImamAliwasthelastWaliandnootherWalicancomeafterhim?"Iwrotetohim:ThissupposedtraditionquotedfromTafseerSafiisnotonlywithoutanySanad(chain
ofnarrators)butalsoitcannotbefoundinanyotherbookoftradition.On theotherhand, thereare some traditions in thebookswrittenby theSunnisaswell as theShias
which describe Imam Ali (a.s.) as "Khatam ul-Ausiya’" or "Khatam ul-Wasiyyin" (The Last of thesuccessorsoftheProphets).Herearetwoofthesaidtraditions:1.SheikhSulemanal-Balakhial-Qanduzi,al-Hanafiwrotehisbook'Yanabi-ul-Mawaddah'byorderof
SultanAbdul-Aziz, theTurkishCaliphof theSunnis; thebookwaspublishedunder theauthorityof theTurkishCaliphateinIstanbul,in1301Hijra.Hequotesinthesaidbook:"Likewise,Al-HamwainihasnarratedthetraditionfromAbuDharthathesaidthattheHolyProphet
(S)said,'IamKhatamun-Nabiyyinandyou,OAli,areKhatamul-WasiyyinuptothedayofJudgment".2.UbaidullahAmritsariquotesinhishook,Arjahul-Matalib[18],alongtraditionfromAnas,inwhich
theHoly Prophet (S) described ImamAli (a.s.) as "Amir-ul-Mu'mineenwa Sayyid ul-MuslimeenwaKhatamul-WasiyyinwaImamul-Ghurril-Muhajjaleen".ThistraditionhasbeenquotedfromIbnMardwaih.ItshowsthatImamAli(a.s.)was"TheCommander
oftheFaithful,ChiefoftheMuslims;andtheLastofSuccessors(oftheProphets)andtheLeaderofthosewhowillcomeontheDayofJudgmentwithshiningfacesandilluminatedhandsandfeet".Infact,thesetraditionsareonemoreproofoftheFinalityoftheProphethood.ImamAli(a.s.)was"the
LastoftheSuccessorsoftheProphets",becausetherewasnootherprophettocomeaftertheLastoftheProphetsMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S)uptotheDayofQiyamah(Resurrection).Hadtherebeenanyotherawaitedprophet,Ali(a.s.)couldnothavebeendescribedastheLastortheSuccessorsoftheProphets.So you see, the correct tradition is not for you; it is against your belief.Now it appears that some
scribes made a mistake in copying Manaqib (from where this tradition has been taken in Safi) andwroteKhatamul-Awliya’inplaceofKhatamul-Awsiya’.Thatiswhyyoucannotfindthistraditioninanyotherbookoftraditions,exceptManaqiborwhereithasbeenquotedfromManaqib.Itisonemoresignoftheweaknessofyourcausethatyouhavetoclutchtosuchmisquotedorwrongtraditions!
Abbas:"Khatamul-Muhajireen"
Qadianissay:"Inthebook"Kanzul-Ummal",Vol.6,p.178,SeyyidanaAbbas(uncleoftheHolyProphet(S)hasbeencalled"Khatamul-Muhajireen".DoesitmeanthathewastheLastMuhajir(emigrant)?"Fact: Yes. He was in fact the Last Muhajir. You must understand that Al-Muhajireen and Al
Ansarmentioned in theQur'an and tradition havea specialmeaning. In otherwords, they are specialterms.Theword'Al-Muhajireen'isusedonlyforthosewhointheearlierdaysofhardshipofIslamlefttheir towns andmigrated either to Ethiopia orMedina. And 'Ansar' is used only for those inhabitantsofMedinawhohelpedtheHolyProphet(S)andtheAl-Muhajireeninthosedays.Hijrat(emigration)wasdiscontinuedafterHolyProphetenteredMeccaintheyear8ofHijra.Before
surrenderofMecca theMuslimsofMeccaandotherplaceswererequired todoBay'at (allegiance)onIslam andHijrat.After the surrender of Mecca, Mujalid bin Mas'ud accepted Islam and wanted todoBay'atonIslamandHijrat,aswasthesystem.But the Holy Prophet (S) said: "There is no Hijrat after the capture of Mecca", and Mujalid
didBay'atonIslamonly.(SeeBukhariVol.4,p.92).Therefore;AbbaswasinfacttheLastofAl-MuhajireenwholefttheirtownforMedinaasthewordis
usedintheQur'an.Hafiz IbnHajarwritesaboutAbbas inhisbookAl-IsabaFiMa'arifatis sahaba (Vol.3,p.668): "He
didHijratshortlybeforecaptureofMeccaandparticipatedinthatcapture."HistorysaysthatAbbastogetherwithhisfamilyleftMeccaforMedina;butmettheHolyProphet(S)in
thewayatJuhfaorRabigh(whowasgoingtocaptureMeccawithhisarmy).Thereupon.AbbassenthisfamilytoMedinaandaccompaniedtheHolyProphettoMecca.NaturallywhenheardtheHolyProphet(S)sayingthat"therewasnoHijrataftercaptureofMecca",he
wasperturbed thatperhapshewouldnotbe countedamong theMuhajireen.You seeHijratwas beingabolishedjustalterhismigrationfromMecca,andhehadnotyetreachedMedinabeforethatdeclaration.WhentheHolyProphet(S)cametoknowofhisanxietyhetoldhimnot toworry,becausehewas"theLastMuhajir"."Donotworry,Ouncle,becausethouartthelastoftheMuhajireen".Iknowthat,accordingtothedictionary,anybodymigratingfromoneplaceandgoingtoanothermaybe
called'Muhajir? But he will not be among the 'Al-Muhajireen' of the Qur'an. Likewise anybodyconveyingthemessageofonemantoanothermaybecalled'Rasul'.Buthewillnotbethe'Rasul'ofAllahaccording to the Qur'an. And anybody bringing a news can be called 'Nabi', but he will not bethe'Nabi'ofQur'an.Justtoshowhowyourargumenthasnolegtostand,Iwouldlikeyoutotellmehowwillyouinterpret
thephrase'Khatamul-Muhajireen?Does it mean "Superior to all theMuhajirs"? Impossible, because Abbas was never considered
superiortoAli(a.s.),HamzaandmanyotherMuhajirs.
Ordoesitmean"SealoftheMuhajirs?"IfsothendoesitmeanthatotherpeoplebecameMuhajirby
thesealofAbbas?OrdoesitmeanthathewasconfirmingtheHijratofotherMuhajirs?Surely,noneofthesemeaningcanfithere,exceptthe"LastMuhajir".'Thus,itisclearthatAbbaswas
called"Khatamul-Muhajireen"becausehewas"TheLastMuhajir".Notes:[18]printedatNawalKishorePress,Lahore,2ndEdition,p.25.
9ChapterWhoisAhmad?
Qadianisay:"Inchapter61(As-Saff)verse6prophecyhasbeenmadeof theadventofMirzaGhulamAhmad;andverses8-10describethepromisewhichwasgiventohim."Facts:Thiswritingismostinteresting.Verse6isasfollows:
همسا يدعب نم يتأی لوسرب ارشبمو ةاروتلا نم يدی نیب امل اقدصم مكیلإ هللا لوسر ينإ لیئارسإ ينب ای میرم نبا ىسیع لاق ذإونیبم رحس اذ ه اولاق تانیبلاب مهءاج املف دمحأAnditsmeaning,accordingtotheirEnglishtranslation,isasfollows:"And remember when Jesus, son of Mary, said, ochildren of Israel, surely I am Allah's
Messenger unto you fulfilling that which is before me of Torah, and giving glad tidings of e.Messengerwhowillcomeafterme.HisnamewillbeAhmad.Andwhenhecametothemwithclearproofstheysaid,'Thisisclearenchantment"'.The translatory of theQadianiSwahili translationhave rendered theword "Sih'r" as "udanganyifu"
whichmeans'cheating'.Butthecorrecttranslationof"Sihr"is'magic'·or'witch-craft',not'cheating'.ThistwistingofthewordsoftheQur'anhasbeendoneintentionallybecauseMirzaGhulamAhmadwas
nevercalleda'magician'or'Sihir'forthesimplereasonthathenevershowedanyextraordinarysignormiraclewhichcouldbeattributedto'magic'or'witch-craft'Ofcourse,hewasandis,brandeda'cheater':andthatiswhytheirtranslatorshavetwistedtheSwahilimeaningoftheverse,to'Thisisclearcheating!Nowwecometotheverseitself.Ahmadwas the name of theHoly Prophet (S) of Islam.He himself told that one of his nameswas
"Ahmad";peopleduring thedaysofSahaba referred tohimas"Ahmad" in theirpoems;childrenwerenamed"Ahmad"afterhim in the sameperiod;andMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianihimself said thathisfollowersshouldbecalled"Ahmadi"afterthenameoftheHolyProphet(S)ofIslamwhohadtwonamesMuhammadandAhmad.
A.SayingsoftheHolyProphet
1.JubairbinMut'imsaidthattheHolyProphet(S)said;"Ihavefivenames,IamMuhammad,andIamAhmad……"This tradition has been narrated by Imam Bukhari. Imam Muslim, Imam Malik and Imam
Tirmiziintheirbooks(allfromSihahas-Sitta).2.AbuMusaAsh'arisaid:TheHolyProphet(S)usedtoenumerateforushisnames;thushesaid,"Iam
Muhammad,andIamAhmad………"ThistraditionisnarratedinSahih-e-Muslim,MusnadAhmadbinHanbalandMusnadofAlBazzar.3.Alsoitisnarrated:TheHolyProphet(S)said:"VerilyIwastheKhatamun-Nabiyyininthepresence
ofAllahwhenAdamwasintheformofthemoldedclay;andIamtellingyouitsinterpretation:(Iam)theprayerofAbrahamandgoodtidingsofJesusandthedreamofmymotherwhichshewasshown………."ThistraditioniswritteninMusnadAhmadbinHanbal,Al-Mu'jam-ul-KabirofTabaraniandMusnadof
Al-Bazzar.And the meaning of the phrase (good tidings of Jesus) is the same verse which the Qadianis
shamelesslytrytofitonMirzaGhulamAhmadQadiani.4.Also,hesaid:"AbrahamprayedformeandJesusbroughtmygoodtidingsandmymothersawatthe
timeofmybirthalightwhichbrightenedforherallbetweeneastandwest".[19]5.OthertraditionsofthesamemeaninghavebeennarratedinMishkatul-Masabih.6.TheHolyProphet(S)said:"MynameintheQur'anisMuhammad;andinEvangelisAhmad."
B.Poems
HerearesomeofthepoetriesoftheSahabaoftheHolyProphet(S)inwhichtheHolyProphet(S)hasbeenmentionedasAhmad:ImamAlibinAhmadal-WahidihasnarratedfromAbuHurairawhosaid……………ThenAlisaid:
"Listentome."Thenherecitedtelling:"PeoplesurelyknowthatmyshareintheIslamismuchgreaterthanallshares;andAhmadtheProphet
(S)ismybrotherandfatherinlawandcousin,MayAllahblesshim".ThistraditionisnarratedbyQadhiMaybadhiShafeiandSheikhAl-QanduziHanafifromImamWahidi,
(VideYanabiul-Mawaddah.p.68).(b)ImamAli(a.s.),duringthedaysofhisCaliphatesaid,condemningsomeof theallegationsofhis
enemies:"Lo,Iheardanevil talk,whichisalieonAllahandwhichturnsthecolorofhairintowhite;which
entersintotheearsandcoverstheeye.Ahmadwouldnothavebeenpleasedifhewereinformedofit".Al-Imamah was'siyasah (Vol.I, p.84); Kitab ussiffin of Ibn Muzahim, p.24; Sharh-Ibn Abil Hadid
(Vol.2,p.69)..(c)Amrbin‘As,beforeacceptingIslam,wasoneof thegreatestenemiesofIslam.Inthosedays,he
boastedofthatenmity.Itwasinthatconnectionthathesaidabouthimself:"And(Iam)theenemyofAhmadfromamongthem;andamthemostout-spokenperson,againsthim"
(TazkiraSibtIbnJawzi,p.16;SharhIbnAbilHadidVol.6,p.292;Jamharatul-Khutub,Vo1.2,p.12).(d)HassanbinThabitAnsari,thefamouspoetoftheHolyProphet(S)said,"There are forever from the family ofHashim the· unassailable pillars, of strength in Islam and its
pride.Thevirtuouschiefs,amongwhomisJa'afarandhisbrotherAli(a.s.)andfromthemisAhmad,thechosenone".(Al-Iqdul-FaridoflbnuAbdeRahbihAl-Undulusi,Vol.5,p.380,printedinEgypt).(c.)Name:Peoplefromthebeginningused tonametheirchildrenAhmadafter thenameof theHoly
Prophet(S).Forexample,ImamHassan,thegrandsonoftheHolyProphet(S),(died50A.H.)hadnamedoneofhissons'Ahmad'.(Bihar-ul-Anwar,Vol.10).(d)AndMirzaGhulamAhmadhimselfwrites:AndAhmadisthatnameoftheHolyProphet(S)whichwasmentionedbyProphetJesus:"willcomeafterme,hisnameisAhmad".Theword'AfterMe' shows thatprophetwould come aftermewithout any gap, i.e., no other prophetwould
comebetweenmeandhim". (KitabMalfuzate·Ahmad, i.e.,Diary1901pp.4and5.AkhbarAl-Hakamdated31/1/1901).Ponderseriouslyupontheitalicizedsentencewhichisacompleteproofinitself.ThusMirzaGhulamAhmadhimself accepts that thisverse is theprophecyofourHolyProphet (S),
whowastocomeafterProphetJesus(a.s.)
"withoutgap".RememberthatthisisthequalificationoftheHolyProphet(S)ofIslamandnotofMirza
GhulamAhmadQadiani.(e)Againhewrites:"AndthissecthasbeennamedAhmadiyyabecauseourProphet(peacebeonhim)hadtwonames;1.
Mohammad(S)and2.Ahmad(S)"(IshtiharWajibulIzhar,4/11/1900).(f)Againhewrites:"YouhaveheardthatourProphet(S)hadtwonamesOne,Mohammad(S)andthisnameiswrittenin
TorahthesecondnameisAhmad(S)andthisnameisinEvangel…….Asappearsfromthisverse:"Andgivinggood tidingsof aMessengerwhowill comeaftermewhosename isAhmad". (Arbain
No.4,p.13).(g)And the name of your prophetwasGhulamAhmad, notAhmad.And he himself haswritten its
meaningas'slaveofAhmad',aswillappearinthesewritings:"BecausetheChristianmissionariesturnedJesus,sonofMary,intogodandabusedourChief,Maula
and real Shafi (i.e., the Holy Prophet Muhammad S.) and made the earth unclean by abusive books,therefore,incontrasttothatMessiahwhowascalledgod,GodsentinthisUmmahapromisedMessiahwho is far greater in all his glories than the firstMessiah (i.e. Prophet Jesus a.s.) andHe (i.e.,God)named this second,Messiah "GhulamAhmad", so that itmay be a sign thatwhat type of godwas theMessiahoftheChristianswhocannotcompetewithevena'humbleslaveofAhmad'.Imean,howisthatMessiahwhoisinferior'tothe'slaveofAhmad'inhisnearnessandShifa'at.""TheChristianswere proclaiming loudly that theMessiah also is uniquewithout any partner in his
nearness and honor. Now God shows that, 'look, I will create his second who is better than him;(and)whois'GhulamAhmad'i.e.,slaveofAhmad'.Ifyouwanttoknowthetruemeaningof;tryingtoextinguishthelightofAllahbythepuffofmouthlook
at the Qadianis' attempts which if successful would mean that the Holy Prophet (God forbid)wronglyclaimedtobeAhmad!ItisreallysurprisingtoseetheQadianisignoringthemeaningof"GhulamAhmad"whichtheholderof
thenamehimselfreiteratesrepeatedly,especiallysowhenthatholderisalsotheirprophet.Toprovetheirownview(and,intheprocess,refutingthemeaninggivenbyMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianihimself)theyargue that "GhulamAhmad" has no vowel of "possession". Had it beenArabic, it, should have been"Ghulam-o-Ahmad";orifPersian,thenitshouldhavebeen"Ghulam-e-Ahmad'.Allright,letustalktothemintheirownway.ItisPersiancombinationandinPersianlanguage,many
possessive phrases whose first part denotes some kind of relation (like'bin' - son - , 'pisar' - son -, 'saheb' - owner or companion)are usedwithout the possessive vowel. This system is called'Fakk-e-Izzafat(i.e.,omissionofpossessivevowel).Examples are: Saheb-dil, Pidar-zan, Pisar-Am, etc. This happens because of the frequency of use.
Likewise,becauseoffrequentuse,thepossessivevowelinsuchnamesas"GhulamAhmad"isomitted,
butthemeaningremainsthesame.Askanyonehavinganamelike"GhulamRasul"or"GhulamHusain"andhewillatoncesaythathisnamemeans"slaveoftheProphet"or"slaveofHusain".Notes:[19]Al-Iqdul-Farid,Vol.IV,p.251.
10ChapterHistoryofReligions
TheQadianiMissionarywrote:IfyouhaveanydoubtaboutMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianisclaim,thenshowusasingleexample,sinceProphetAdamuptothedeathoftheHolyProphetofIslam,ofsuch'amanwhoclaimedwronglytobeaprophetandwhoseclaimhadbeensuccessful.Ifwrongclaimants.ofprophethoodmaysucceedthenwhatisthedifferencebetweena,genuineprophetandanimpostor?Qur'ansaysinchapteral-Haqqah,69,verses45to47:"If(ourApostleMuhammadS.)hadfabricatedagainstusanyofthesayingscertainlywouldwe
haveseizedhimbytherighthand;thencertainlywouldwehavecutoffhisaorta".My Reply: This verse means that those who have been commissioned by God cannot but deliver
whatevertheyarechargedwith,andGodneverallowsthemtoforgeanythingoftheirownonHisbehalf.Butitdoesnotmeanthattheimpostorsortheself-appointedprophetswhofalselyclaimtohavebeen
sentbyGodmustperishbecausethereisnoneedtoexposethem.Theirridiculousclaims,likethoseofBahaullah,ortheirlackofmiraclesareenoughtoexposetheirfalsity.Perhapsyoudonotknow,butitistheacceptedbeliefofallthesectsSunniandShiaalike,thattheonly
distinctionsbetweentrueandfalseprophetsare:l.Thestandardoftheir teachings- trueprophetstaughthighmoralswhilefalseonesgavelatitudeto
theirfollowers;2.Miracles-whichappearedonthehandsofthetrueprophetsandnotonthoseoffalseones;3.theIsmat(sinlessnessinfallibility).AndtheHolyQur’anitselfshowsinvariousversesthatthosewhofabricateliesagainstAllahmayget
someenjoymentinthisworld;andthattheirpunishment'isinQiyamah.Seeforexample:"Say, thosewho inventa lieagainstAllahwillnotprosper;someenjoyment in thisworld;and
then to Us will be their return. Then shall We make them taste the severest penalty for theirblasphemies".(Qur’an,10:69·70)Thereneverwasanystandardofthelengthoflifeorthesuccessorfailureofhismission.Itisjustan
arbitrarystandardinventedbyyourMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianiwhowrotethat:"Sincethebeginningoftheworldthereneverwasanyexampleofevenasinglepersonwhogot, '23
years like our chief theHoly Prophet (S) andwhowaswrong in his claim of getting revelation from
God….Ifyoufindaperson,whoclaims,tobesentbyGodandifitisprovedthat23yearshadpassedsince theclaimofreceivingtherevelationfromGod………. thenyoushouldbelieve thathe isfromGod".Thisself-inventedstandardofthetruthorfalsityoftheclaimofprophethoodisveryamusing.Letus
suppose,amanheardourHolyProphet(S)proclaiminghisprophethoodinthebeginningandsaidthathewouldwait23yearstoseewhetherMuhammadsurvivedthatperiodornot,doyouthinkhewouldhavebeenexcusedandpardonedbyGod?Andwhatifhehimselfdiedduringthelife-timeoftheHolyProphetwithoutacceptingIslam?Whatarubbish!And remember that many true prophets had been 'killed within one, two or three years of their
prophethood.Whatwouldhavebeen theposition ifsomeone,during theprophethoodofProphetYahya(John),refusedtobelieveinhim,sayingthatashedidnotlive23yearshewas,Godforbid,aliar".Andalsosomeimpostorshavelivedmorethan23yearsaftertheirclaims.Whymakeaconditionfrom
Adam' up to the Holy Prophet"? If it is a Divine criterion, It would remain true ever after the HolyProphetofIslam.Infact,"aftertheHolyProphet"wouldhavebeenmoreappropriate,andabetterperiodforchecking,becausenowweknowthatnootherreligionistocomefromGod.StillweseethatmanyreligionshavingnoconnectionwithIslamhaveappearedaftertheHolyProphet
andhaveprospered.Forexample,SikhandBahai religions.They themselvesdonotclaimanyaffinitytowards Islam and still they have prospered though the Muslims and Qadianis both agree that thesereligionsarewrong.TheChurchofJesusChristofLaterDaySaints(CommonlyknownasMormonChurch)wasfoundedby
JosephSmithin1820A.D.,whenheclaimedtohavereceiveddivinecallforprophecyinthenameoftheMostHigh.He claimed to receive divine revelationwritten upon golden plateswhich hewas able totranslate.Thefirsteditionofthebookofhisrevelationwasprintedin1830.Hisassociate,OliverCowdery,alsoclaimedtobeordainedbyangelicvisitants.Smithwaskilledin
1844, i.e., 24years after his claim; but hismurder did not stophisMission.His followers flourishedinUtahandthreeadjoiningstatesandthewholestateofUtahispopulatedbythem,andoneofthemwasconsideredasacandidateforU.S.A.presidencyin1968.Theybelieve in the 'BookofMormons' tobe the 'WordofGod', togetherwith theBible, just as the
(QadianisbelieveinBarahin-e-AhmadiyaandmanyotherbooksofMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianiasthe'WordofGodtogetherwiththeQur'an.ThusJosephSmithclaimedtobeaprophet,asMirzaQadianidid;hepublishedhisrevelation,asMirza
Qadianidid;heestablishedalineofprophetsasMirzaQadianiestablishedalineofCaliphs;andhissectisflourishingtosuchanextentthatisbeyondthedreamsoftheQadianistillthisday;andwhatismore,hewasgivenmorethan23yearstoliveafterthatclaim,whichMirzaSahebwasnotgiven.Now,IwonderwhatnewexcusestheQadianiswillinventtoovercomethisinsurmountabledifficulty.
Will they say that Mormon Church is from God, so as to maintain the accuracy of the self-inventedstandardofMirzaQadiani?
ItwouldbeInterestingtoyouthatyourMirzaQadianihaddeclaredinArbain(No.3) intwoplaces(p.9; pp.29-30) that God had promised him that he would live 80 years or 2 or 4 years more orless.Itmeansthathewaspromisedtolivenotlessthan76yearsandnotmorethan84years.And also he wrote in the same book that God had promised to him to protect him from
every'Khabith'(Dirty)disease.(ArbainNo.3,p,9)Thebookquotedaboveisinmylibraryandyouarewelcometoseeitanytime.Well,nowletuslookatthefactsandcomparethemwiththeseclaims:(1) Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani was born in 1339 or 1840 A.D. and died on 26th May, 1908
A.D.'ItmeansthathisclaimofGod'spromise(80yearsor2or4yearsmoreorless)waswrong.Ashehadmadethisageof76to84yearsasasignofhistruth,hisdeathattheageof68yearsproveshimanimposterbyhisownwords."(2)Up to 1901A.D.many times he declared that his claim by theword 'prophethood'was not the
'prophethood'as'understoodbytheMuslim);butthatit'srealmeaningwas'Muhaddath':"Inthebooksofthishumbleman(i.e.,MirzaQadianihimself),-Fat'hul-Islam,Tawzihul-Maram,and
Izala-e·Awham - all such words "Muhaddath is a Nabi in one meaning", or " Muhaddathiyyat is apartialNubuwwah"or"MuhaddathiyyatisanimperfectNubuwwah"arenotusedinitstruemeaning.Inmy simplicity, I have used them in their literal meaning. Never do I claim the real,Nubuwwah…….Therefore, Iwant to explain tomyMuslim brothers that if they are angry because ofthesewordstheyshouldtreatthemasamendedandshouldreadthemas'Muhaddath'……"My intention, from the beginning as God knows very well,with this word 'Nabi' was not the
real 'Nubuwwah', but only' Muhaddath' which has been· interpreted by the Holy Prophetas'Mukallam'(withwhomangelstalk)ashesaidaboutMuhaddath:'TherewerebeforeyouinBaniIsraelmenwhoweretalkedto(bytheangels)withoutthembeingprophets".(IshtiharofMirzaQadiani,given inTabligh-e-Risalat,Vol.2,p.95,asquoted in 'QadianiMazhabka
IlmiMuhasibaofIlyasBarni).ThisadvertisementwaspublishedbyMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianion3rdFebruary,1892,whenhe
wasdefeatedina3-dayreligiousdiscussion(Munazirah)withMuslimscholars.In the long history of religions, he finds only two claimants of divine revelations who wrote such
confessions (or 'resignation') declaring that their claims stood amended— inotherwords theoriginalclaimswerewrong: First,MirzaAliMohammad, the founder ofBabi; second,MirzaGhulamAhmadQadiani,founderof.theQadianireligion.Now, theQadianis say thatMirzaGhulamAhmadnever said that hewasnot aNabi (Prophet).Mr.
Abul-AtaJalandhari, lateprincipalofJameatul-Mubashslmin,Rabwa,writes inhisbook 'Tafheemat-e-Rabbaniyya'(pp.44-45;2ndedition,1964)."Yes,he(i.e.,MirzaGhulamAhmad)didclaimtobea'Nabi'(Prophet)withoutnewShari'ah;andhe
neverdeniedthisclaim,neitherbefore1901norafter1901.Ashe(MirzaGhulamAhmad)haswritten:
"WhereverIhavedeniedtobeaprophetorapostle,itisonlywiththismeaningthatIamnotabringer
ofanewshari'ahindependently,norIamanindependent'Nabi'.ButIhaveneverdeniedprophethoodinthemeaning that,getting spiritualbenefits' frommy leader apostle, andbeinggivenhisname forme, IhavebeengivenbyAllah, throughhim, theknowledgeofunseen, (and)amanapostleandprophet,butwithout any new Shari'ah. I have never denied to be called such a prophet; but Allah has calledmeprophetandapostleinthisverymeaning.(EkGhalatiKaIzala)"First,readagainhiscleardeclarationthathewasonlya'Muhaddath',andhisexplanation(inthewords
oftheHolyProphetofIslam)that'Muhaddath'means"menwhoweretalkedtobytheangelswithoutthembeing'Nabi'(prophet)".Thenlookatthisshamelessassertionthat"Ihaveneverdeniedprophethoodinthemeaningthat……..I
amanapostleandprophet,butwithoutanewShari'ah."Comparethesetwostatementsandtherewillbenoneedofanycomment.ThereisPersianproverb:A
liarhasnomemory.Hewritesinhishook"Haqiqatun-Nubuwwah"(page148-150):."ThewritingsofHudhur(a.s.)(i.e.,MirzaGhulamAhmadQadiani)ofearliertimesshowthatheisnot
a claimant of prophethood; but the writings and talks of later period prove that he was claimingprophethood………………..OurresearchisthatProphetMasihMaw'ud(a.s.)changedhisbeliefaboutthequestionofNubuwwahabout1901A.D."Itmeansthathewasnotclaimingtobeprophettill1901.Also,hehaswrittenthat"thequestionofNubuwwahbecameclearonhim(MirzaQadiani)in1900or
1901.Hechangedhisbeliefin1901.Therefore,allthereferencesofbefore1901inwhichhehaddeniedhisprophethoodarenowabrogated(cancelled)".Now,Iwouldliketopointoutanother3matters:First,AllahsaysintheQur'an:"TheMessenger(ofAllah)believedinwhatwasrevealedtohimfromhisLordandthebelievers
(alsobelieved)".(Qur'an:2:285)Whatkindof theprophetwasMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianiwhoaccording tohis laterclaimswas
given prophethood since 1887 or near that time, and still he continued to disbelieve hisownNubuwwahfor14yearsupto1901?Haveyouheardanythinglikethisinhistoryorreligions?Second:Anyhow,hebeganhis firmbelief inhisNubuwwahin1901.Andhedied in1908. Itmeans
that,accordingtohisownstandardhewasnotgiven23yearstoliveafterthedeclarationofhisclaim,becausehewasaliar.Third: He had claimed that God had promised to him to protect him from every Khabith (dirty)
disease.But,thediseasebywhichMirzaQadianidiedwascholeraaccordingtohisowndeclaration.This lastdeclarationisfoundin thewritingofMirNasirSaheb,father-in-lawofMirzaQadianiand
oneofhisstaunchfollowers.Hewrites:"ThenightwhenHadhratsahib(i.e.,MirzaGhulamAhmadQadiani)fellill,Ihadgonetosleepatmy
place.Whenthe'Takleef'(discomfort)increasedonhim,Iwasawakened.WhenIreachedHadhratSahebandsawhiscondition,hesaidaddressingme:'MirSaheb,'Ihavegotepidemiccholera'.Then,sofarasIknow,henevertalkedsoclearlytillhediednextdayafter10a.m.'"(Hayat-e-Nasir,p.14; editedbySheikhYaqubAli Irfani,Qadiani; asquoted in 'QadianiMazhabKa
IlmiMuhasiba'ofProfessorIlyasBerni).Now,accordingtohisownstandardMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianisclaimofprophethoodprovesto
bealie,becauseGoddidnotprotecthimfromthe'Khabith"(dirty)disease.
11ChapterSomeMisinterpretedVerses
TheAfricanQadianimissionaryhadwrittentome:"Inthechapter7(Al-A'raf),verse35itissaid,'OChildrenofAdam,withoutdoubtwillcometoyou
prophets from amongst yourselves, who will inform you of my signs'. Itmeans that the prophets willcontinuetocomewithoutbreak".Facts:ThesepeoplehavebeenmisledbytheirwrongSwahilitranslationwhichisaglaringexample
ofinterpreting,theQur'anaccordingtoone'sownwish.Theverseis:This verse is one 'Conditional sentence' and their own English translation published under the
auspicesoftheirsecondcaliphinPakistansays:"OChildrenofAdam, ifMessengerscame toyoufromamongyourselves, rehearsingMysigns
untoyou,thenwhososhallfearGodanddogooddeeds',onthemshallcomenofearnorshalltheygrieve".ButtheSwahilitranslatorshavetwisteditsmeaningtomisleadAfricanMuslims.Ihadwritteninhis
reply:"HereIwouldliketo informyouthat 'Imma ' ismadeof 'In'the 'conditionalconjunction'whichisan
extra addition andwhich gives the emphasis to the condition, i.e., subordinate clausemust follow theprincipal clause. If anyQadiani isunawareofArabic,hemay see 'TeachYourselfArabic',Lesson28(ConditionalandExcepticSentences),whereitiswrittenfollowsthesameruleasbutisoftenfollowedbytheenergetic".So,isaconditionalconjunctionwhichisoftenfollowedbyenergeticasisthecaseinthisverse.Butit
is a Conditional sentence, not an informative one; "IF" the' condition is fulfilled then the 'Jaza'(subordinateclause)willhappen.ThisstatementinthestoryofProphetAdamiswritteninthreeplacesintheQur'anwiththesame"conditional 'Imma'andenergeticorAndIamquotingthetranslationsofothertwoversesfromyourowntranslation.Thefirstverseisinchapter2(Al-Baqar'a)verse38:Itstranslation,accordingtotheEnglishtranslationis:"We said: Go forth, all of you, from here. And if there comes to you guidance from
Me,thenwhososhallfollowMyguidance,onthemshallcomenofear,norshalltheygrieve".Markthe'if'and'then'.TheSwahilitranslationisinconformitywithit;andcontainsthewords'Kama'
(If);and'Basi'(then).
Thesecondverseisinchapter20(Taha)verse123:TheQadianiEnglishtranslationisasfollows:He said, 'Go forth, both of you, fromhere, someof youbeing enemies of others.And if there
comestoyouguidancefromMe,thenwhosowillfollowMyguidance,hewillnotgoastray,norwillhecometogrief".Againthesame'If'and'Then'.AndagaininSwahilitranslationthesame'Kama'and'Basi'.Thesamenarrationhasbeenrepeatedinthatverseaddressedtothe"childrenofAdam".Anddoubtless
afterProphetAdamcountlessprophetsweresent tohischildren,andwithoutanydoubtand thosewhofollowedthemweresuccessful.Butwheredoesthisversesaythat'withoutdoubt'prophetswillcontinuetobesentalwaystilltheDayofJudgment,andevenaftertheHolyProphetofIslam?Ifyouponderuponthesethreetranslationsyouwillhavetoaskyourselfwhythesamewordingsinthe
sameeventandsamecontexthavebeentranslatedintwodifferentways.IsitnotaclearcaseoftwistingthemeaningofQur'antosuittheirownpurpose?ItisamusingtoseetheQadianitranslatorsoftheSwahilitranslation trying tosatisfy theirguiltyconsciencebywriting thefollowingfoot-noteunder thisverseoftheHolyQur’an."Thisversemayalsobetranslatedasfollows 'If(kama)Messengerscametoyou'.Accordingtothis
translation, this verse would not show whether prophets may or may not have come. It will be justlike the verse 37 of second chapterwhich says, 'if there comes. to you guidance fromme'…….Theword'Imma'ismeanttoshowthatifatanytimeamessengerofAllahappearsdonotfailtoaccepthim".
ContinuityofProphethood?
Alsohehadwritten:"Chapter 4 (An-Nisa’) verse 69 says: "AndwhosoobeysAllah and thisMessenger ofHis shall be
amongthoseonwhomAllahhasbestowedHisblessings,namely,theProphets,theTruthful,theMartyrsandtheRighteous.Andexcellentcompanionsarethese."Myreply:Herealsoyouhavegoneastraybecauseof thewrongSwahili translationof theQur'anpreparedby
your Mission. The word used in the verse is not (In) but which should be translated 'with'. Yourtranslator haswritten instead 'among'which iswrong. 'To bewith the prophets' does notmean 'to beprophet';otherwiseall thecompanionsof theHolyProphetwouldhavebecomeprophets,becausetheywerewiththeHolyProphet.Orwouldyousaythatthecompanionswerenot'obedienttoAllahandHisMessenger'?Togiveanotherexample:Ifamanlives'with'hisparents,doeshebecomehisownparent?Andevensupposingthatthetranslationiscorrect,howcanthisverseshowthattheprophethoodisto
begiventosomeoneafterMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S)?
AnImportantQuestion
WhatisthemeaningofthecontinuityofProphethood?Iwouldlikeyoutoponderuponthisquestion:What do youmean by your belief of the "continuity of prophethood?"Does itmean that theworld
cannotremainforasinglemomentwithoutaprophet?Ifso,thenwhowastheprophetafterthedeathoftheHolyProphetofIslamtillMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianiclaimedtobeaprophet?Or does this belief mean that the world cannot remain for a single moment without a religion
andShari'ahbroughtbyaprophet?Ifso,thenofcoursetheprophethoodofMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S)iscontinuingandwillcontinuetillthelastdayandthereisnoneedofanewprophet.
ImamMahdi(a.j.)a'Rasul'?
ThemostblatantlieistheQadianis'assertionthatTafseerSufisaysthatImamMahdi(a.j.)isaRasul.Nosuch blasphemous idea can ever enter into the mind of any Shia. But the Qadianis because of theircrookedmentalityarequiteunable tounderstandanysimple talkwithoutgetting itdistorted.Theverseunderdiscussionis:Itsmeaningisasfollows:·"It isHeWho sentHis Apostle withGuidance and Religion of Truth, to proclaim it over all
religionseventhoughthepagansmaydislikeit",(9:33).ThisverseisoneofthoseverseswhosecompletefulfillmentwasdelayedtilltheHolyProphetleftthis
world.TherearemanyverseswhosepromiseorordercameintoeffectaftertheHolyProphet.Takeforexample,verseNo.73ofthissamechapter(9,at-Tawbah)whichsays:"OProphet,wageJihad-religiouswar-againsttheunbelieversandthehypocritesandbehard
onthem".EverybodyknowsthattheHolyProphethadtowagewaragainsttheunbelievers;buthecouldnotdo
thesamewiththehypocrites,becauseofthecircumstances.Sohe,duringhislifetime,acteduponhalfoftheverse;whilethenexthalfwasfulfilledduringthedaysofAmirulMu'mineenAlibinAbiTalib(a.s.),who had to fight against the hypocrites. Referring to this, Imam Ja'afar Sadiq (a.s.) said (and I amquotingfromthesameTafseerSafi):"ThustheMessengerofAllah(S)foughtagainsttheunbelievers,andAlifoughtagainstthehypocrites.
Thus,AlididtheJihadoftheMessengerofAllah(S)".Likewise,inthisverseapromisewasgiventotheHolyProphetofIslam(S)(whoismentionedasHis
Messenger)that Islam would be victorious against all religions in spite of the discomfiture of theunbelievers.Butaseveryoneknows,thispromisewasnotfulfilledduring,thelife-timeoftheHolyProphet(S)asat
thattimetheIslamhadnotreachedoutsideArabia.ThetraditionsofTafseerSafisaythatthatpromisewillbefulfilledinthedaysofImamMahdi(a.j.)whoisalsoreferredtoas'Qa’imAli-Muhammad'.ThusTafseerSafinotes:"Qummi said: It was revealed in thematter ofQa’imAli-Muhammad;And (Qummi) said that it is
amongstthoseversesaboutwhichwehavetoldthatitsfulfillmentwillbedelayedfromitsrevelation".And inMajma'ul-Bayan a tradition is narrated from ImamMuhammad Baqir (a.s.) concerning this
versethat'thiswouldhappenatthetimeofappearanceofMahdi(a.j.)fromthefamilyofMuhammad(S).Thustherewouldremainnonebutwouldaccept(thetruth)ofMuhammad(S)·"And there is a tradition from Imam Ja'afar Sadiq (a.s.) about this verse. He said:
'When Qa’im, (Mahdi (a.j.) will appear there will be no pagan or unbeliever but would dislike hisappearance'.And it is recorded inMajma'ul-Bayan that theHolyProphet (S) said (mentioning the appearanceof
ImamMahdi):“TherewillnotremainanyhouseortentbutAllahwillbringIslamintoit”.AndthereisatraditionofImamMuhammadBaqir(a.s.)recordedinIkmalandTafseerofAyyashithat:
'OurQa’imwillbehelpedbyfear(hisenemieswillsurrendertohimbecauseoffear),restrengthenedwiththehelp(fromGod),theearthwillbefoldedforhim(i.e.,hewillreachatoncewhereverhewanttogo),andwillshowitstreasuresforhim;hisrulewillreacheastandwest;andthroughhimAllahwillmakeHisreligionvictoriousoverallreligions,thus,therewillbenoinhabitedareabutitwillbedeveloped(inhabited);andtheSpiritofAllah,Jesus,sonofMary,willcomedownandwillpraybehindhim".It is clear that these traditions refer to the fact that the promise given to theHoly Prophet of Islam
wouldbefulfilledduringthedaysofImamMahdi(a.j.);notthatImamMahdi(a.j.)willbesentasRasul!This is a very clear example of the cheating, twisting, puttingwords in other'smouth and crooked
tactics uponwhich theQadiani faith is based.Anybodywho reads their assertions in books and thencomparesthosereferenceswiththeoriginalbookscannotfailtofindnumeroussuchexampleshimself.Iwillnotbesurprisedifnow,afterreadingthat"AlididtheJihadoftheMessengerofAllah"theystart
tellingusthattheShiasbelievethatAli(a.s.)wasaprophet,especiallywhentheversebeginswiththeword"OProphet"!
12ChapterImamMahdi(a.j.)
NowthatwehavecometothepropheciesabouttheadventofImamMahdi(a.j.)andProphetJesus,son'ofMary(a.s.),it isadvisabletodescribethesesubjectsinsomedetail,becauseMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianiclaimednotonly tobeaprophetbutalso tobe ImamMahdi (a.j.) and Jesus - thusgiving theworldanotherexampleof3-in-1identities.In numerous traditions, appearance of ImamMahdi, then ofDajjal, then of Prophet Jesus have been
mentionedastheconfirmedsignsimmediatelybeforetheQiyamah(ResurrectionDay).As the Qadianis are very fond of quoting (out of context, of course) from writings of the Sufis
especially from Al-Yawaqeet wal-Jawahir of Sheikh Abdul Wahhab Sha'arani and Al-FutulatulMakkiyyah of SheikhMuhyiddinAl-Andalusi, Iwould prefer to quote from these two booksonlyonthissubject,toshowwhatthesetwoSufisbelievedSheikhAbdulWahhabSha'araniwritesinAl-Yawaqeetwal-Jawahir:Chaptersixtyfifth:toshowthatalltheconditionsofQiyamah(foretoldbytheHolyProphetS.)aretruth
andallofthemmustappearbeforecomingofQiyamah."And those signs are like appearance of Mahdi, then ofDajjal, then coming down of Jesus and
appearance of Dabba and rising of sun from its setting place and the Qur'an being taken up[20] andopeningofthebarrierofGogandMagog.Even if there was only one day remaining from (the age of) the world, all of these signs would
appearsurely.At that time the appearance of Mahdi (a.j.) should be expected; and he is the off-spring of Imam
HasanAl-Askari;hisbirth'(peacebeonhim)wasonthenightof15thSha'banintheyear255,andheisalivetillhemeetsJesus,sonofMary(a.s.).'Thushis(ImamMahdi's)ageatthistime(i.e.,theyear958Hijri)is703years".AndSheikhMuhyiddinwritesinAl-Futuhatul-Makkiyyah(Chapter366):"KnowthatMahdi(a.j.)(Allahhepleasedwithhim)mustappear.Buthewillnotappeartilltheworld
becomesfulloftyrannyandinjustice,thenhewillfillitwithjusticeandequality;andifthereisnomorethan one day remaining from the (age of the) world. Allah will make that long enough toenable thisCaliph to rule. And he (Imam Mahdi) is from the progeny of the Messenger of Allah (BlessingsandpeacefromAllahbeuponhim)fromthechildrenofFatimah(AllahbepleasedwithHer);hisfore-fatherisHussain,sonofAlibinAbiTalib.His father isHasanAl-Askari (son of ImamAliAl-Naqi, son of ImamMuhammadAl-Taqi, son of
Imam Ali Al Ridha, son of Imam Musa Al-Kadhim, son of Imam Ja'afar Al-Sadiq son of
ImamMuhammadAl-Baqir,sonofImamZainulAbedeenAli,sonofImamHusain,sonofImamAlibinAbi Talib; his name is the name of the Messenger of Allah (i.e. Muhammad); the Muslims will dohis 'Bay'at' (will declare their allegiance to him) between Rukn (i.e Yamani) andMaqam (-e·Ibrahim)(i.e.,inKa'aba).HewillbeliketheMessengerofAllah(BlessingandpeacefromAllahbeuponhim)inappearance,
andbelowhim incharacter,becausenobodycanbe like theMessengerofAllah (BlessingsandpeacefromAllahbeuponhim)incharacterasAllahsays:"Verilythouartongreatcharacter"HewilldistributethewealthequallyandwilldojusticetothepublicMorepeoplewillabstainfromsinbecauseofhisfearratherthanbecauseoftheQur'an.(Because of his blessings) amanwhowould be ignorant, coward andmiser in the eveningwould
become learned, brave and generous in themorning.Help (fromGod)willwalk in his front; hewillfollow the footstepsof theMessengerofAllah andhewill commitnomistake; therewill be an angelsupportinghimwithouthisseeinghim;hewillraiseuptheweary,helptheweak.Hisactionwillbeaccordingtohiswords,andhiswordsaccordingtohisdeedshewilldestroythe
injusticeandunjustandwillraisethereligionandwillputthelifebackintoIslam.Allah,throughhim,will strengthen the Islam after its dishonor and will make it alive after its death; he willrevokeJaziya(personaltaxpayablebynon-MuslimsinanIslamicstate)andwillcalltowardsAllahwithsword.Hewillmanifestthereligionasitisinreality,sothatiftheMessengerofAllah(Blessingandpeace
fromAllahbeuponhim)werealivewouldhaveconfirmedit.Thus,inhistimetherewillnotremainhutthereligionpurefrom(thepeople's)views."Jesus,sonofMary(a.s.),willcomedowntohimintheWhiteminaretintheeasternpartofDamascus
leaningupontwoangels(oneonhisrightside,theotheronhisleft)whenthepeoplewillbeintheprayerofAsr(afternoon);Jesusa.s.;willbreakthecrossandkilltheswineMahdi(a.j.)willdiecleanandpureandMahdi(a.j.)appearedinthe4thperiod(i.e.afterTabaeen)thenhewentintoseclusiontillcomestheknown(orappointedtime)".
AComparison
Now,letuscompareMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianisparticularswiththoseofImamMahdi:1.Genealogy: As SheikhMuhyiddin Ibn al-‘Arabi (and Sheikh AbdulWahhab Sha'arani in short)
wrote, ImamMahdi (a.j.) is the son of ImamHasanAl-Askariwhose genealogy he has recorded uptoAmirul-MumeneenAli binAbu-Talib (a.s.); and all his ancestors (up toAli binAbu-Talib) are thewell-knownfiguresofhistoryandaretheImamsoftheShiaIthna-asheris.'ThisspecificgenealogydoesnotleaveanyroomforMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianitoclaimthathe
wasthesaidMahdi.HewasGhulamAhmadsonofGhulamMurtazasonofAtaMuhammadsonofGulMuhammad.So far ashisorigin is concerned,he seems tomakevarious contradictory statements.Sometimeshe
claimedtobeaMongol;atotherstobeaChinese;sometimeshewasofPersianorigin,atothersofTurk.AndtheworldknowshimasaPunjabiIndian.2.DateandPlaceofBirth:ImamMahdi(a.j.)wasbornon15thSha'ban,255A.H.inSamarrainIraq;andintheyear958hisage·was703years.MirzaGhulamAhmadQadianiwasbornin1839or1840A.D.,i.e.,about1000yearsafterthebirthof
ImamMahdi(a.j.),andhedidnotliveevenupto76yearsasheclaimedtobepromisedbyGod.HewasborninQadianinIndia.3.RemovalofTyranny:ImamMahdi(a.j.)willremoveallthetyrannyandinjusticefromtheworld,
andwillfilltheearthwithjusticeandequity.AndaftertheadventofMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianiinjusticeandoppressionseemtoincreaseday
bydayinthisworld.4.HisAppearing:Muslimswilldo theBay 'atof ImamMahdi (a.j.)betweenRuknandMaqamof
Ka'aba.MirzaGhulamAhmaddidnotevenseetheRuknandMaqam.5.DistributionofWealth:ImamMahdi(a.j.)willdistributesomuchwealththatnobodywillremain
needyandnoonewillacceptthecharityanymore.MirzaGhulamAhmadQadiani,tillthelastdaysofhislife,dependeduponothersdonationsandcontributions.InthebeginningitweretheMuslimswhowereapproachedtocontributetowardsthepublicationofhis
books;intheenditwerehisfollowerswhoweretaxedtosupporthimandhisfamily.6.Infallibility: ImamMahdi (a.j.)willcommitnomistake.MirzaGhulamAhmad's life is fullof the
mistakesindeedsandbeliefs.7.Jihad: ImamMahdi (a.j.)will call towards thepathofAllahwith sword.MirzaGhulamAhmad
Qadiani abrogated and cancelled the Jihad (HolyWar) andmade the fighting in the cause of religionunlawful.8.Resultof theendeavor: In ImamMahdi's (a.j.) time,Allahwillmake Islamvictoriousoverall
religionsandtherewillnotremainbutIslam,purefromallblemishes.MirzaQadianislifecametoanendwithoutfulfillingthatimportanttask.During ImamMahdi's time, Islam will get strength. By the claim ofMirza Qadiani, Islam became
weakereventhanbefore.9.ComingofProphetJesus(a.s.):DuringthedaysofImamMahdi(a.j.)ProphetJesus,sonofMary
(a.s.)willcomedowntoassisthimandwillpraybehindhim.MirzaGhulamAhmadQadianicouldnotpersuadeProphetJesus(a.s.)tocomedown;soheclaimedtobeJesushimself.10. Eclipses: At the advent of ImamMahdi (a.j.) there will be lunar eclipse on the 1st night of
Ramadanandsolareclipseon15thnightofRamadan.Thissign,isyettoappear.11.SunrisefromWest:ThealmostlastofthesignsatthetimeofImamMahdi(a.j.)willbetherising
ofthesunfromitssettingplace.Afterthissign,theconversiontoIslamwillnotbeacceptable,norwillsuchconversionbeofanyavail.Thissignisyettoappear.12.Death:ImamMahdi(a.j.)willdiecleanandpure.MirzaGhulamAhmadQadianidiedofepidemic
cholerawhichisthedirtiestdisease.13.ImamMahdi'sConcealmentandre-appearance:Theabovequotationsmakeitclear thatImam
Mahdi (a.j.) son of ImamHasanAl-'Askari (a.s.) is concealed from the people after the death of hisfather; he is living and he will reappear and fill the world with justice and righteousness. His re-appearance is so certain that even if a single day is left before the endof theworld, that daywill beprolongedbyGodforhimtoappearandruletheworld.See: (1) Al-Yawaqeet wal-Jawahir Sheikh Abdul Wahhab Sha'ariini who is (according to him)
supported in this respect (a) by two saints viz.Sh.Hasan Iraqi andSh.Ali-ulKhawas, (b) bySheikhMuhyiddinIbnal-‘Arabiinthe336thChapterofFutuhat;(2)MukashafatHashiahNafahatbyMaulanaAliAkhbar Maududi (3) Shawahid-un-Nubuwwah by Maulana Jami; (4) Fasl-ul-Khitab by KhwajaMohammadParsa;(5)HashiaofFasl-ul-Khitabbytheauthorhimself;(6)KitabManaqib-wa-AhwaleAimma-e-At'har by Sh.AbdulHaqMohaddisDehlavi; (7)Rawzat-
ulAhbabby Jamal-ud-DinMohaddis; (8)TazkarahKhawas-ul-UmmahbySibt Ibn Jawzi; (9)Kitab-ul-BayanbyMohammadbinYusufKanjiShafii,whohasalsowrittenargumentsagainstthedoubtastothelengthofthelifeofImamMahdi;(10)Al-Fusul-ul-MohimmahbyNoor-ud-Din ibn-SabbaghMaliki; (11)Matalib-us-SuoolbyKamal-
ud-DinbinTalhaShafii;(12)Mir'at-ul-AsrarbyMaulanaAbdurRahmanSufi;(13)Barahin-e-SabatiahbyQaziJawadSabati.ThefulldetailsofthebirthofImamMahdi(a.j.)aregiveninthebooksnumber(3),(4)and(6)quoted
aboveandtheincidentswhichledtohisconcealmentinnumber(1),(3),(7)and(11).Shah Waliullah of Delhi in his two books (1) Musalsalat, well known as Fazl-ul-Mubin and (2)
Nawadir,hasreportedatraditionoftheProphetthrough"theImamofthepresentperiod,theconcealedImam,MohammadMahdi;sonoftheImamHasanAl-Askari".
Obviously,MirzaGhulamAhmadQadianicannotclaimthatanyofthesedetailscanfithiminanyway.14. Not a Follower of any other Muslim Scholar: Imam Mahdi (a.j.) will neither be a
followerinFiqh(TheIslamicLaws)ofanyotherpersonnorwillheactuponanalogies.Hissourceofknowledgewillbe fromGodanddirectcommunionwith theProphetof Islam,MuhammadAl-Mustafa(S).MirzaGhulamAhmadQadiani,ontheotherhand,followedtheFiqhofImamAbuHanifatillthelast
dayofhislife;andsodohisfollowersuptillnow,Therefore,MirzacannotclaimtobeImamMahdi.
Notes:[20]Takenup:ItmeansthattheHolyQur'anwillremainonlyinformandnotinspirit.Itwillcontinue
toremaininexistencebuttheinstructionsthereinwillnolongerbeputintopractice
13ChapterOtherSigns
AftertheappearanceofImamMahdi(a.j.),Qiyamah(TheDayofJudgment)willcomeverysoon.TheHolyProphet(S)hassaidthattensignswillappearbeforeQiyamah.HudhaifabinUsaidal-GhifarisaidthatoncetheHolyProphet(S)cametousandweweretalking.He
askeduswhatweweretalkingabout.Theysaid:"WearetalkingaboutQiyamah".TheHolyProphet(S)said:"Verily,itwillnotstand(itwillnotcome)untilyouseetensignsbeforeit.Thenthe(HolyProphet(S)described(1)TheSmoke;(2)andDajjal;(3)andDabbat’ul-Ardh;(4)andRisingoftheSunfromitssettingplace;(5)andComingDownofJesus,sonofMary;(6)andGogandMagog;(7)andthreeLand-slides,oneintheeast;(8)andanotherintheWest;(9)andoneintheArabianPeninsula;(10)andthelastof these signs will be a Fire which will appear from Yemen and will turn the people towardstheirMahshar(thegatheringplaceintheQiyamah)".ManyofthesesignsarementionedintheQur'an:·1.Smoke:"Soawait thedaywhen the sky shall giveout asmoke, clearly visible enveloping the
people:Thiswillbepainfulchastisement".(Qur'an,'44:10-11)2.Dabbat’ul-Ardh:"Andwhen theword shall come to pass on themWe shall bring forthunto
themawalkingonefromtheearthwhoshall speakunto themthat thepeoplebelievednot inoursigns".(27:82)ThatDabbat’ul-Ardhisreportedtobe'slappingtheSatan'(Tabarani:Mu'jam-ul·Kabir),andbranding
the people on their noses (Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal from Abu Amama). That branding will be todifferentiatebetweenbelieversandunbelievers(TraditionsoftheImamsofAhlulBayt(a.s.).3.GogandMagog:"UntilareletloosetheGogandMagogandtheyshallhastenforthfromevery
elevation,andtheTruepromise(ofQiyamah)shalldrawnigh"(21:96-97).4.RisingofSunfromWestandDajjalareincludedinthisverse:"Onthedaywhencomesomeofthe
signs of thy Lord, its faith shall profit not a soul which believed not before or earned not goodthroughitsfaith;say'Waityou;verilywetooarewaiting'."(6:159).Abu Huraira said that the Holy Prophet said: "Qiyamah will not come till appear
impostorsDajjalsnearly30innumber,everyoneofthempretendingtobemessengerofGodandtilltheSun rises from its present place of setting (West);Thus,when the peoplewill see it, all of themwillaccept the true faith, and thatwill be the timewhenwill not benefit any soul its faithwhich had notbelievedfrombeforethattimeorwhichhadnotearnedgoodinitsbelief".(Jame'ulFawaid).2ndTradition:
"Therearethreesignswhentheyappear,itsfaithshallprofitnotasoulwhichbelievednotbeforeorearned not good through its faith: Rising of the Sun from its setting place, andDajjal, andDabbat’ul-Ardh".Inpresenceofsuchclearprophecieswhichsurelyhavenotappearedyet,thepatheticattemptsofthe
Qadianistotwistthem,misinterpretthem,discreditthem,rejectthem,orinanywaytomakethemmeanwhattheydomean,isreallyveryamusing.TheybelievethatMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianiwastheImamMahdi;butnotasingleSignsamongst
thesetensignshasappearedyet.TheQadianishavenottriedtofittheSignsofSmoke,threeland-slidesandtheFireofYemenonsomeincidentssofar.Buttheypatheticallytrytotwistthemeaningsofallothersigns.
Dabbat’ul-Ardh
ForexampletheysaythatDabbat’ul-Ardh(TheWalkeroftheEarth)means'evilreligiousscholarsoftheMuslims'whorejectedMirzaQadianisclaim.PerhapstheydidnotknowthatDabbat’ul-ArdhwillbeaJudgetobrandeveryunbelieverandhealsowillslapSatan.IftheMuslimscholarswhobrandedMirzaQadianiaskafir(unbeliever)arethat'WalkerontheEarth",thenMirzaQadianiwaseitheranunbelieverortheSatan!
SunrisefromWest
Qadianissay:ThesignofImamMahdi(a.j.)thatthesunwillrisefromtheWest,doesnotmeanthatthissunofourworldwillrisefromWestinsteadofEast.ItmeansthatthelightofIslamwillreachtheWest.Facts:Thetraditionsaysthatthesunwillrisefromwest;whilethisinterpretationmeansthatthesun
willreachtowest.Thisinterpretationwouldhavebeencorrectifthetraditionwouldhavesaidthatthesunwouldreachthewest.Moreover,the,fulltraditionshowsthatthiswillbethelastofthesignsbeforetheDayofQiyamah,and
that after itsappearance, conversion by non-Muslims to Islam would be of no use. So naturally thissigncannotmeanthe"spreadofIslam",asthe'Qadianispretend.
LunarandSolarEclipses
Qadianissay:ThesignofthesolarandlunareclipsesinthemonthofRamadanwerefulfilledintheyear1894AD.(SeeSafinae-Nuh).Facts:Thetraditionmentionedisthis:"TherewillbelunareclipseonthefirstnightofRamadanandsolareclipseinthemiddleofthemonth."ThissignwillbeanextraordinarysignfromGod;becausemooneclipsealwaysoccursbetween13th
and15thnightsof the lunarmonth(but the traditionsays that itwilloccuron thefirstnight),andsolareclipsealwaysoccursattheendofthelunarmonth,i.e.,28thto30thdaysofthelunarmonth,whenmoonisnotvisible(butthetraditionsaysthatitwillbeeclipsedon15thdayofRamadan,whenthemoonisfullyvisible).Nowwhatwasthefactoftheeclipsesof1894?Thesuneclipsedasusualonthe28thRamadan,noton
the 15th Ramadan (as the tradition says) and the moon eclipse was, as usual, on the 13th night ofRamadan,andnotonthefirstnightasthetraditionsays.See Zamima-e-Anjame-Atham pages 46-48, which was written by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani
himself.IftheQadianiswanttobelievethat1=13and15=28,theyarewelcometoit.Bytheway;if'1'canbe
equalto13,whycan'titbeequalto'3',asthebelieversin3-in-lsay?LateMolwiSayyidBarkatAli,GoshaNashin,ofWazirabad(India)writesinhisbookFalseProphetof
Qadian"(p.135):"Anotherpointshouldbenotedinconnectionwiththis.Theseeclipsesshouldhavetakenplacebefore,
and not after the advent of the Mahdi. The occurrence of the solar and the lunar eclipses is not anuncommonphenomenoneveninthemonthofRamadan.Sucheclipseshavetakenplacemanytimesevenbeforethis."Many books as Ghayat.ul-Maqsoud; Ibne· Khallekan, Asl-i-Musaffa, Hidayah Mahdi, Hadith ul-
Ghashiah,Mahdi (a.j.)Nama,Tarikh-i-Ahmad and the like, show that in the followingHijri years thesolarandthelunareclipsestookplaceinoneandthesamemonth:62,63,85,92,107;108,132,152,241,242,285,286,308,508,509,531,553,554,687,688,731,732,776,911,954,959,1088,1133,1134,1200,1210,1222,1223,1267,1312."TheMirzaproclaimedhisso-calleddivinemissioninHijri1308,butthesolarandthelunareclipses
tookplaceinthemonthofRamadanin1311.TheseeclipsescannothelptheMirza".
14ChapterJesus,SonofMary(a.s.)
Afterappearanceof ImamMahdi (a.j.)and thatofDajjal,Prophet Jesus, sonofMary (a.s.) is tocomedowntohelpImamMahdi(a.j.).QadianimissionariestrytomisleadtheMuslimmassesbyquotingthetraditionsinwhichthereappearanceofProphetJesus,sonofMaryhasbeenforetold.They say that Prophet Jesus was aNabi and still his reappearance is not against the belief of the
Finalityof theProphethoodofProphetMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S).ThustheFinalityofProphethoodisalsoafact,andinspiteofthatFinalitytheadventoftheprophetMessiahisalsoafact.After that, they say that the promisedMessiah does not refer to Prophet Jesus, son ofMary (a.s.)
becauseheisalreadydeadandthetraditionswhichforetellthecomingofthepromisedMessiah'refertoa'likenessofMessiah'.ThethirdstepistoclaimthatMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianiwasthat'LikenessofJesus,sonofMary
andtherefore,thebeliefinhisProphethoodisnotcontrarytothebeliefoftheFinalityoftheProphethoodofProphetMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S).ItmustbementionedherethattheClaimthatProphetJesus(a.s.)isdeaddoesnoteffectthecommon
Muslimbelief thathewillcomeagainbefore theendof theworld tohelpImamMahdi(a.j.)Akheruz-zaman(a.s.);becauseevenifweacceptforthesakeofargumentthatProphetJesus(a.s.) isdead,GodisPowerfulenoughtomakehimalivesecondtimeandsendhimtohelpImamMahdi(a.j.)beforetheendoftheworld.AsthequestionoflifeordeathofProphetJesus(a.s.)hasnomaterialeffectontheMuslimbelief,Ipromisedtoleavethistopicoutfromthissmallbooklet.Now,letuslookattheothersuppositionoftheQadianis.Itwillbehelpfultolookatsometraditions
fromtheauthenticSunnibooks,whichhavebearingonthistopic:"AbuHurairasaidthattheHolyProphetsaid:'IswearbyAllahinWhosehandismysoul,surelywill
comedowntoyouthesonofMary,asajustruler;thenhewillbreakthecrossandkilltheswineandwillstopthewar(orasinsomeothertraditions,willrevoketheJaziya-thepersonaltax)andtherewillbesomuch wealth that nobody (be needy enough to) accept any charity and for the people, one Sajda(prostration)forAllahwillbebetterthanthewholeworldanditscontents.(Bukhari,KitabAhadithil-Anbiya,BabuNuzule IsabinMariyam;MuslimBabuNuzule Isa;Tirmizi,
Abwabul-Fitan,BabuNuzuleIsa;MusnadAhmadbinHanbal,MarwiyyatuAbiHuraira).Itisbettertoexplainthesignificanceofbreakingthecross,killingtheswineandrevokingtheJaziya.AseverybodyknowsthewholestructureofChristianityisbaseduponthebeliefthatGodcausedthe
death-acurseddeath-oncrosstoHisonlysonwhobecamea'Kaffara'(Atonementforthehereditarysinofmankind);andthepeculiarityofChristianityamongallthereligionsbroughtbythepreviousprophetsisthattheyputthewholeemphasisonfaithandabrogatedthelawsomuchsothattheystartedeatingeventheporkwhichwasstrictlyforbiddeninTorah.WhenProphetJesus(a.s.)willcomedownandwillannouncethatneitherwasheasonofGodnorwas
hecrucifiedonanycrossnorwashemadeanatonementforanyone'ssin,thewholestructureofpresentdayChristianitywillbedemolished.Andlikewise,whenhewouldexplainthathedidneverallowhisfollowers to abrogate the Law and to eat the pork and treat the Shariah as abrogated, the secondpeculiarityofChristianitywillcometoanend.Thusthewords'willbreakthecrossandwillkilltheswine'denotethefactthattheChristianityasa
religionwill be abolished; therewill be no basis for its peculiar faith nor for its peculiar deeds andbehavior.Likewisethewords"hewillrevokeJaziyameanthatthedifferencesofreligionswillcometoanend;everybodywillcomewithinthepaleofIslam;therewillbenoneedforanywartodefendIslamnoranybodywillbeliabletopayJaziya.Thus,allthesewordingspointtothefactthatthewholeworldwillcomewithinthecircleofIslam.AbuHurairasaidthattheHolyProphetsaid:"QiyamahwillnotcomeuntilJesus;sonofMary(a.s.)comesdown".Thenthesamethingshavebeen
mentionedasintheprevioustradition(BukhariKitabulMalahim,BabuKasrisalib;IbnuMajah,KitabulFitan,BabuKhurujiddajjal)."AbuHurairasaidthattheHolyProphetsaid:'WhatwillbeyourconditionwhenthesonofMarywill
comedowntoyouandyourImamwillbefromamongstyou'.(Bukhari, Kitab Ahadithil Anbiya, BabuNuzule Isa;Muslim BabuNuzu1e Isa;MusnadAhmad bin
HanbalMarwiyyatuAbiHuraira).ThisreferstothefactthatProphetJesus(a.s.)willnotleadintheprayer,buttheImamoftheMuslims
whowillleadingthemwillleadintheprayers,andProphetJesuswillfollowhim."AbuHurairasaidthattheMessengerofAllahsaid:'Jesus,sonofMarywillcomedownthenhewill
killtheswine,andwilldestroythecrossandtheprayerswillbejoinedforhim,andhewilldistributesomuch wealth that there will remain nobody in need of it, and he will revoke the revenue and rent,andwillstayatRauha(35milesfromMedina),andwilldofromthereHajjorUmratogether.(ThedoubtisfromtheRawi(narrator)whodidnotremembertheexactwordingoftheHolyProphet)'.(MusnadAhmad,MarwiyyatuAbiHuraira;Muslim,KitabulHajj,BabuJawaz-tamattufil-Hajjewal-
Queran).Abu Huraira said (after mentioning the appearance ofDajjal) that the Messenger of God said:
'MeanwhilewhentheMuslimswillbemakingpreparationtofighthimandwillbearrangingtheirlines,andIqama(establishmentofPrayer)willhavebeenrecitedfortheprayerwhenJesus,sonofMarywillcomedownandwillleadtheMuslimsintheprayers.AndtheenemyofAllah,i.e.,Dajjal,willstartdissolvingasthesaltisdissolvedinwater;andifJesus
(a.s.)weretoleavehimashewas,hewilldissolvebyhimself,butAllahwillkillhimonhis(Jesus's)hand,andhewillshowtheMuslimshisbloodinhisspear.
(Mishkat,BabulMalahim,withreferencetoMuslim)."AbuHuraira said that theMessengerofAllah said: 'There is noprophet betweenmeandhim, i.e.
between Muhammad and Jesus (a.s.) and he is surely to come down. When you see him you willrecognizehim:heisamanofmiddleweight,ofblondcolorbetweenredandwhite,hewillbewearingtworobesofyellowcolor;andthehairofhisheadwilllookasthoughwaterwilldropfromitthoughitwillnotbewet,hewill fightpeople for Islam,will shatter thecross,willkill theswine,willabolishtheJaziya,andAllahwillremoveallotherreligionsinhistime;hewillkillDajjal,andwillremainaliveforfortyyears;thenhewilldieandMuslimswillofferprayeroverhisJanaza(funeral).(AbuDawood,Kitabul-Malahim,BabuKhurujiddajjal;MusnadAhmadbinHanbal,MarwiyyatuAbi
Huraira)."Jabir bin Abdullah said that I heard theMessenger of Allah saying: 'then will come down Jesus,
sonofMary:theImamof theMuslimswill requesthimtocomeforwardand lead theprayers,buthewillsay,No,youaretheLeadersofoneanother,becauseofthehonorgivenbyAllahtothisUmmah".(Muslim Bayanu Nuzule Isa bin Mariyam, Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal, Marwiyyatu Jabir bin
Abdullah)."JabirbinAbdullahsaidthatUmarbinKhattabrequestedtheMessengerofAllahtoallowhimtokill
him(Ibn'Sayyad).ButtheMessengerofAllahrepliedthatifthisishe(i.e.Dajjal)thenyouarenot theonetokillhim;hewillbekilledbyJesussonofMaryonlyandifheisnotthatmanthenyouhavenorighttokillapersonwhoisprotectedbyus.(Mishkat,Kitabul-Fitan,BabuQissatiibnSayyi'd,withreferenceofSharhus-sunnahImamBaghawi).JabirbinAbdullahsaidthattheMessengerofAllahsaidthatthenallofasuddenJesus,sonofMary
willcomeamongtheMuslimsandprayerwillbearrangedandhewillbetold,"OSpiritofAllah,comeforward".Buthewillsay,"No,yourImamshouldleadyouintheprayers."ThenafterthemorningprayerMuslimswillcomeouttofightDajjal.When that liarwill seeProphet Jesus (a.s.)hewill startdissolvingas saltdissolves inwater.Then
ProphetJesuswilladvancetowardshimandkillhim;andatthattimeeventhetreeandstonewillstartcalling him, "O Spirit of Allah, this, Jew is hiding behind me". Thus there will be none among thefollowersofDajjalbuthe(Jesusa.s.),willkillhim".(MusnadAhmad,MarwiyyatuJabirbinAbdullah).NawwasbinSam'anKilabisays(inthestoryofDajjal)thatatthetime(whenDajjalwillbedoinghis
mischief)AllahwillsendMessiah,sonofMary;andhewillcomedownontheeasternsideofDamascus,nearthewhiteminaret,wearingtwoclothesofyellowcolor,keepinghishandsonthearmsoftwoangels;whenhewillbowdownhishead,itwillseemasthoughthedropsaredroppingfromhishead,whenhewillraisehisheadthedropswilldroplikepearls;wheneverhisbreathwillreachtoanunbeliever(andthatwillreachtothefurthestlimitofhiseyesight)thatunbelieverwilldieatonce,thenthesonofMarywillchaseDajjalandwillcatchhimatthegateofLudd(presentday'sLod,nearTelAviv,Israel,thereisanAirForcebaseofIsraelnowadays)andwillkillhim.(Muslim,Dhikruddajjal;AbuDawood,Kitabul-Malahim,BabuKhurujidDajjal;Tirmizi,Abwabul-
Fitan,BabuFitnatidDajjal;IbnuMajah,Kitabul-Fitan,BabuFitnatiddajjal).AbuAmamaBahilinarrates(inalongtraditionaboutDajjal)thatwhile their(Muslims)Imamwould
havecomeforwardtoleadthemorningprayer,Jesus,sonofMary,willcomedownamongthemandtheImamwill retreat togetJesusforwardbutJesuswillputhishandbetweenhisshouldersandwillsay,"No,youshouldleadtheprayerbecauseithasbeenestablishedforyou".Sohewillleadtheprayer.Afterfinishingtheprayer,Prophet,Jesus(a.s.)willsay,"Openthedoor".Thedoorwillbeopened.On theoutside,Dajjalwith seventy thousandwell-armed Jewswill bepresent to fight them. 'When
ProphetJesus(a.s.)willlookathim,hewillstartdissolvingassaltdissolvesinwater;andhewillflee.ProphetJesus(a.s.)willsay"Ihavefortheeanattackwhichthoucanstescape".ThenhewillcatchhimattheeasterngateofLudd(Lod);AllahwilldefeattheJews;thefaceofEarthwillbefulloftheMuslims,as a water-pot is filled with water. The whole world will recite the Kalemah and none will beworshippedbutAllah".The sameevents arenarrated inothernumerous traditions inMusnadAhmad,Tabarani,Hakimiand
everywhere thewordsused are 'Jesus sonofMarywill comedown'.Andanybodywhowill read thetraditionswillseethatthereisnohintofany'promisedMessiah','likenessofMessiah',or'appearanceofMessiah'.Andthereisnochanceforanybody,beingborn1810yearsafterJesus,sonofMary,fromthewombofhismotherandloinofhisfathertoclaimthathewasJesussonofMary.
15ChapterConclusionfromtheseTraditions
Allthesetraditionsinveryclearwordsare"foretellingtheadventofProphetJesus"sonofMary(a.s.)whowasbornfromthewombofMarywithoutanyfather,some2000yearsago.AsItoldearlier,itservesnopurposetoarguewhetherheisdeadoralive.Evenifheisdead,when
AllahwantstobringhimdownatthetimeoftheappearanceofImamMahdiAkheruz-zaman(a.j.).Heispowerfulenoughtobringhimbacktolife.ThesecondthingwhichshouldbecleareventoablindisthatImamMahdi(a.j.)andProphetJesus
(a.s.)aretwopersonsnotone.ButMirzaGhulamAhmadQadianiclaimedtobeImamMahdi(a.j.)andJesus,sonofMary,bothtogether.Theyalwaysproclaimasupposedtraditionthat'ThereisnoMahdi(a.j.)exceptJesus'But those very authors who have recorded it have declared it to be a forgery, Sheikh
SuleimanBarahiQanduziquotesinhisbook"Yanabi-ul-Mawaddah",fromJawahir-ul-IqdainofSamhudi:'Samhudiwrites:"AndthetraditionofHasanBasrifromAnasbinMalik:Theconditionwillgetfrombadtoworse;the
worldwillbe in theworst state,miserlinesswillbemostprevalentamong the,people;Qiyamahwilloccurwhen theworstof thepeoplewillbeexisting.Mahdi(a.j.) isnoother (person)butJesussonofMaryhasbeennarratedbyShafeiandbyIbnMajahinhisSunanandbyHakiminhisMustadrak;and,he(Hakim)hassaid:"lhavenarratedthistraditionthinkingitridiculous,notthatIthinkitauthentic"."AndBaihaqihassaidthat:'ThistraditionisnarratedonlybyMuhammadbinKhalid;andHakimsaid
thathewasunknownandNasaihasclearlysaidthathewasunacceptable;andIbnMajahsaidthatnobodyhasnarrateditfromMuhammadbinKhalidexceptShafei".Then the author of Yanabi-ul-Mawaddah has given three clear proofs showing that this tradition is
nothingbutforgery.Now,theattemptsofMirzaQadianiandhisfollowerstomakeMahdi(a.j.)andJesusoneandthesame
persononthestrengthofthisforgedtraditionisjustpathetic.Thosewhowroteitintheirbooksrefuteditas being unauthentic, forged and based on the authority of someone who is either non-entity orunacceptable.AndcompareitwithhundredsoftraditionswhichclearlyshowthatImamMahdi(a.j.)andJesussonof
Mary are two separate identities. Can anyone in his right senses say that all those hundredsofauthentictraditionshouldbediscardedforoneforgedtraditionjusttoprovethatMirzaGhulamAhmadwasMahdi(a.j.)andMessiahbothinoneChristians3-in-lgod?
ThethirdthingwhichiscleartothesamedegreefromthesetraditionsisthatProphetJesussonofMary
willcomeinthesecondappearanceasaNabi.Therewillnotbeanyrevelationtohim;hewillnotbringanynewmessage;noranewShariah;hewillnotaddorsubtractanythingfromtheShariahofMuhammad;hewillnotrenewtheShariahofMuhammadinthisworld;hewillnotcallpeopletobelieveinhim;hewillnotmakeaseparateummahofhisfollowers.Hewillbesentdownjustonespecialduty;thatwillbetoannihilatetheFitna(sedition)ofDajjal.He
willcomedownforthispurpose,insuchamannerthattheMuslimsamongstwhomhewillcomedown,willhavenodoubtthatheistheJesus,sonofMarywhoseadventwasforetoldbyProphetMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S).Hewillmingle in theJama'atof theMuslims, andwill follow Imamof theMuslimsandwill keep
forwardthesameImamMahdi(a.j.)whowillbetheImamoftheMuslimsatthattime,sothatnobodymayentertaintheideathathehascomebackinhispreviouspositionofanUlul-AzmProphet.WhenhewillcomeandjointheJama'atof theMuslimsasacommonMuslimhewillautomatically
demonstrate thathehasnotcomeasaprophet tocall thepeople tobelieve inhim.Anditwasfor thisreason that all theMuslimauthorshaveexpressly said that the secondadventofProphet Jesus, sonofMaryisnotagainstthebeliefintheFinalityoftheProphethoodofProphetMuhammadAl-Mustafa(S).Hissecondcomingwillbe just like thepresenceofapreviouspresidentofacountry in thecountry
duringthetenureoftheofficeoftherulingpresident.Ifhehelpsthepresentpresidentontheorderofthelatter,nobodywillsaythatthepreviouspresidentisactinginthecapacityofthepresidentofthecountry.If a previous president helps the ruling president, it is not deemed as challenging the validity of thepresidencyofthepresentpresident.Of course, if that previous president were to try to usurp the office of the present president, or if
somebody was to reject even the previous presidency of the ex-president, it would be tantamount totreason. But if nobody rejects or refutes the previous validity of the ex-president, and if that ex-presidentisnotcallingpeopletosweartheirallegiancenowtohim,nobodycansaythatjustbyhelpingthepresentpresident,theex-presidentisbreakingthetenureoftheofficeoftherulingpresident.Thus, if Prophet Jesus (a.s.) during his second advent were to callpeople to believe in him or if
somebody was to reject even his previous prophethood, it will be against the Islamic belief. But asProphetJesus(a.s.)atthattimewillnotcallpeopletobelieveinhim,theMuslimswillnotberequiredtobelieveinanewNubuwwah(Prophethood).TheywillberequiredtokeepthesamebeliefinhispreviousNubuwwah(Prophethood)whichtheydo
haveeven todayandwhichevenProphetMuhammadAl-Mustafa (S)hadhad.Thushissecondcomingwillnotaffect theKhatman-Nubuwwah (Finalityof theProphethood)neither todaynor in thedays tocome.The fourth thing which is clear from these traditions and other numerous similar traditions is
thatDajjal,whowillbeannihilatedduringthesecondadventofProphetJesus(a.s.),willbefromamongtheJews,andwillpresenthimselfasMessiah.
ItisnecessarytomentionthatafterthedeathofProphetSolomon,BaniIsrael'shistorygoesfromonefiascotoanother.Atlast,afterthecaptivityinBabyloniaandSyria,theywerescatteredeverywhere;andtheirprophetsgavethemgoodtidingsthataMessiahwastocomefromGodwhowouldsavethemfromdishonoranddisgrace.So,theywereawaitingaMessiahwhoaccordingtotheirthinkingwastobeaking,whowastofight
wars, conquering countries, gathering Israelites from all over the world, and bringing themwithin Palestine, establishing a very great, strong and powerful kingdom of the Jews. Against theirexpectations,ProphetJesus,sonofMary,camefromGod;theydidnotaccepthimasMessiahashewasnotaking,hedidnotestablishanykingdomneitherstrongnorweaksotheyrefutedhisclaimandtriedtokillhim.Thenceforth,alltheJewsintheworldareawaitingtheexpectedMessiah,hopingthathewouldbea
martialandpoliticalleaderwhowillestablishaJewishKingdomfromNiletoEuphratesandwillcollectall the Jews in that land which they believe is theirs by inheritance. Now if somebody looks at theconditionofMiddleEasttodayandstudiestheabove-mentionedpropheciesoftheHolyProphetofIslam,hewillfeelthatthestageiswellpreparedfortheappearanceofthatDajjalwhowouldclaimtobethepromisedMessiahoftheJews.Muslims have already been turned out of a bigger part ofPalestine and a Jewish state has been
established in thenameofIsrael.Theworld'sJewsarecomingtoreside in thatstateand thanks to theWesternpowers,itisnowapowertoreckonwith.TheZionistshavedeclaredopenlythattheywanttoreclaimthelandsoftheirinheritanceandthemapswhichtheyhavepublishedofthefutureJewishstateencirclethewholeofSyria,Jordan,Lebanon,almostwholeofIraqandsomepartsofTurkey,Egypt,thedeltaofNileandthepartsofSaudiArabiaincludingKhaiberandMedina.Itdoesnotrequiregreatintelligencetorealizethatifinfutureaworldwarisstarted,theJewswilltry
tocapturetheselands.AtthattimeDajjalwillappearclaimingtobethatpromisedMessiah;andastheHolyProphet(S)said,atthattimeMuslimswillundergosuchhardshipsanddisastersthatonedaywillappearlikeoneyear.ForthisreasonhetoldhisUmmahtoseektherefugewithGodfromthisFitnaofDajjal.Andtofight
againstthatimpostorMessiah,AllahwillnotsendanylikenessofMessiahbutthesameoriginalMessiahwhotwothousandyearsagowasrejectedbythesameJewsandwhomthey,accordingtotheirthinkinghecrucifiedanddestroyed; theplaceofcomingdownof thatoriginalMessiahwillnotbeIndia,AfricaorPakistan;butDamascus,becauseitwillbeatthatplacethatfightingwillbegoingonatthattime.AndthatimpostorMessiahwillenterSyriawithanarmyof70,000Jews,andwillreachnearDamascus.Exactly at that crucial time, Prophet Jesus, son of Mary will come down on the eastern part
of Damascus near the white minaret. And after the morning prayer, will lead the Muslims tofightagainstDajjalandDajjalwill fleeawayfromhisattackandat lastProphetJesuswillcatchhimnearthegateofLudd(Lod)andhewillbekilled.ThentheJewswillbekilledandJudaismwillvanish.Likewisethepresent-dayChristianitywillcome
toanendbythedeclarationofProphetJesus(a.s.).AllreligionswillmergeintoIslam.So it is clear from all these traditions that the prophecies of theHoly Prophet (S) do not entertain
theideaofanylikenessofMessiahortheappearanceofMessiah;butthesameMessiahwhowasrejectedbytheJewsandwhowillbringtheJewsaswelltheChristianstotherightpathbyhelpingImamMahdi(a.j.)Akheruz-zaman;andthusthewholeworldwillgatherunderthebannerofIslamandwillreciteoneKalema"LaIlahaIllallahMuhammadunRasulallah".
AComparisonAgain
Apartfromthatgeneralreview,letuscomparesomeoftheparticularsofProphetJesus,sonofMarywiththoseofMirzaGhulamAhmadQadiani toseewhatjustificationhehadinclaimingtobethe 'promisedMessiah':1.Genealogy:ProphetJesusalwaysbeenmentionedinthesetraditions(someofwhichbeginwiththe
oathinthenameofAllah)as'Jesus,sonofMary'.AccordingtoMirzaQadianihimself,"theoathprovesthat thenews is tobe takenat its apparentmeaningand there isno interpretationor exception". (VideHamamat-ul-Bushra,p.14).Itmeansthatthesetraditionsaretobetakenattheirface-value.WhentheysayJesussonofMarythey
domean Jesus, sonofMary; they cannot refer toGhulamAhmad sonofGhulamMurtaza andChiraghBibi.2. Minaret of Damascus: Prophet Jesus (a.s.) will come down at the eastern
minaretDamascusmosque,MirzaQadianiwasborninQadian,andneversethisfootinDamascus[21].3.FollowingtheImamoftheMuslims:ProphetJesus(a.s.)willnotcallpeople to followhimand
will not establish any newUmmah.GhulamAhmadQadiani called the people to believe in him andestablishedaseparateUmmahofhisfollowers.4. Killing of Dajjal: Prophet Jesus (a.s.) will kill theDajjal,at the gate of Ludd (Lod), which is
situatedinpresentday'sIsrael.MirzaGhulamAhmadQadianisaidthatDajjalmeans theBritishnation.Andthen,insteadofdestroyingtheBritish,hemadetheobediencetotheirtyrannicalruleandintegralpartofhisreligion.5.Hajjand/orUmrah:ProphetJesus(a.s.)willperformHajjorUmrahorwillcombineboth.Mirza
GhulamAhmadQadianididnotevenseetheKaba,letalonetheHajjorUmrah.6.Death:ProphetJesus(a.s.)willdiebetweenMeccaandMedina.MirzaGhulamAhmadQadianidid
notevenenterthelandofHejaz.HediedatLahore.7.Burial:ProphetJesus(a.s.)willbeburiedintheroominwhichisburiedtheHolyProphetofIslam
(S).MirzaGhulamAhmadQadianiisburiedinQadian.8.TwoYellowRobes:ProphetJesus(a.s.)atthetimeofhiscomingdownwillbewearingtwoyellow
robes.MirzaGhulamAhmadQadianisaysinthisconnection:"(TheHolyProphetofIslam)hadsaidthatMessiah(Thewordusedinthetraditionis 'Jesus,sonofMarynotMessiah'),atthetimeofhiscomingdownfromskywillbewearingtwoyellowrobes.'Thus,Ihavetwodiseases:oneoftheupperpartofthebody;i.e.'Miraq',andanotheroflowerpart,i.e.,diabetes(Dairy.ofMirzaQadiani;AkhbarBadr,Vol.2;No;23,dated·7/6/1906).'Miraq' is a type of 'Malikhulia' (Melancholia) which is a type of insanity; andMirza Qadiani in
variousplaceshasdeclaredhimselfMiraq'.Itwasnotanacquisitionlaidagainsthimbyhisenemies.ItwasafactacceptedbyMirzahimself.NowletusseewhatarethesymptomsofMalikhulia:
"In somepatients this abnormality reaches a stagewherehe thinkshimself to beknowing the future
eventsandunseen things,andmany timesprophesiesof futurehappenings,andsomepatients think thattheyareangels".(Sharh-ul-Asbabwal'amatbyBurhanuddinNafis)."Mostofthefanciesofthepatientconcernthatfieldofworkinwhichhewasengagedduringhishealth.
Forexample,ifthepatientisalearnedmanheclaimstobeaprophetandclaimstoshowmiracles,talksofdivinityandpreachesaccordingly.(Iksir-e-A'zam,Vol.1p.l88;byHakimMuhammadAzadKhan).Dr. Shah Nawaz (one of' the followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani) wrote in Review of
Religions(August,1926):"If it is proved about a claimant of revelation that he was suffering from Hysteria
orMaliklhulia(Melancholia)orEpilepsy,thennootherblowisneededtorefutehisclaim;becauseitissuchablowwhichknocksoutthebuildingofhistruthfromitsfoundation".(ThereferenceistakenfromMuhammadiyyaPocketBook).Anyhow,apartfromthefactthatapersonsufferingfromMiraqormelancholiacannotbeaprophet,let
usseewhatother'likenesstoJesus,sonofMary'thiscomparisonshows:Prophet Jesus (a.s.) cured the sick people. And that was his miracle. HereMirza Ghulam Ahmad
QadianclaimstobeJesus,sonofMarybyshowingthatheissufferingfromMiraqandDiabetes!And according toQadiani interpretation, coming down of Prophet Jesus (a.s.)means the birth of a
'likenesstoMessiah'.Well,MirzaGhulamAhmadwasnotwearingtwoyellowrobes(or,forthatmatter,anyrobe)atthetimeofhisbirth.All these comparisons, explanations and admissions show that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadianis
particularsdonotfittheparticularsofProphetJesus,sonofMary(a.s.)whichhavebeenmentionedinthetraditionsoftheHolyProphet.ThushisclaimtobealikenessofJesus,sonofMary(a.s.)isprovedtobeasbaselessaswashisclaim
tobetheImamMahdi(a.j.),oraprophet.
Notes:[21] A Qadiani chief missionary once wrote: “In Damascus, at a place called Karbala, Seyyidina
Husseinwaswartyredbyso-calledMuslims.KadianisexactlyontheeastofDamascusandatthesamelatitude- Kadian is given the name of a place where an innocent Imam was martyred.” (A LivelyDiscussion). This “highly qualified” chief missionary of Qadians thinks that Karbala is “ a placeinDamascus”. I think this revelation isbeyondanycomment, IfKarbala’ is inDamascus, thenTokyoisinLondon,andDar-es-SalaamisinCairo!
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