4. Wahy Nubuwwat versus
Wahy Wilayat – 2
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Hazrat Mirza claimed only
to receive wahy wilayat, not wahy nubuwwat. (Ref)
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Placed his revelation in same category as that of the non-prophets,
e.g. Moses’ mother, Mary, Companions of Holy Prophet. See his
book written in 1902, published 1909. (Ref)
Slide References
Extracts from statements of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
RK = Ruhani Khaza’in, the 23 volume collection
of books of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
MI = Majuma Ishtiharat, collection of published announcements
of Hazrat Mirza.
Rabwah editions.
1. “Let it be clear to him that we also curse the person who claims prophethood. We hold
that ‘there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of
Allah’, and believe in the finality of prophethood of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad. And it is not wahy nubuwwat but wahy wilayat
received by the saints (auliya) through the Prophethood of
the Holy Prophet Muhammad due to their perfect following of him,
which is what we believe in. If anyone accuses us of going beyond
this, he departs from honesty and fear of God.
In brief, there is no claim of prophethood from my side either,
only the claim of sainthood (wilayat)
and reformership (mujaddidiyya).”
— Reply to Maulvi Ghulam Dastgir, January 1897; MI 2: 297-298.
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2. “Then considering that the mother of
Moses received sure revelation, and by fully believing in it she
cast her baby in the place of destruction, and she was not considered
by God to be guilty of the crime of attempted murder, is the Muslim
Umma inferior to the women of the Israelites? Likewise, Mary
also received sure revelation, and by trusting in it she cared not
for (the criticism of) her people. Pity, then, on this forsaken
Umma which is inferior to these women. In these circumstances,
this Umma could not be the ‘best of nations’, but the worst
of nations and the most ignorant of nations. Similarly Khizr, who
was not a prophet, was granted Divine knowledge. If his revelation
was doubtful, and not sure, why did he kill a child unjustly? And
if the revelation of the Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad,
to the effect that his dead body ought to be washed, was not sure
and definite, why did they act upon it?
To conclude, if a man, due to his blindness, denies my revelation,
then if he is nonetheless called a Muslim, and is not a secret atheist,
it should be part of his belief that there can be sure and definite
Divine revelation, and that just as in previous
religious communities many men and women used to receive God’s revelation,
even though they were not prophets, in this Umma too it is
essential that sure and definite revelation should exist, so
that it does not become the least of the nations instead of the
best of the nations.”
— Nuzul al-Masih, written 1902, published 1909, p. 89;
RK 18: 467. [TOP]
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