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Denials of claiming to be a prophet
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Below we quote statements published by Hazrat Mirza
Ghulam Ahmad denying that he claimed to be a prophet.
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"I have heard that some leading Ulama
of this city Delhi are giving publicity to the allegation against
me that I lay claim to prophethood. ... I respectfully state to
all these gentlemen that these allegations are an entire fabrication.
I do not make a claim to prophethood.
... After the Holy Prophet Muhammad, I consider anyone who claims
prophethood and messengership to be a liar and unbeliever."
(Statement issued in Delhi, 2 October 1891. Majmu`a Ishtiharat,
1986 edition, vol. 1, pp. 230-231)
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"Other allegations made against me are that
'this man denies the Lailat al-Qadr and miracles and the
Mi`raj, and further that he makes a claim to prophethood
and denies the finality of prophethood.'
"All these allegations are entirely untrue and false. ...
Now I make a clear and plain affirmation of the following matters
before Muslims in this house of God: I believe in the finality
of prophethood of the Khatam al-anbiya, may peace and the
blessings of Allah be upon him, and I consider
the person who denies the finality of prophethood as being without
faith and outside the pale of Islam.''
(Speech in Delhi Central mosque, 23 October 1891. Majmu`a Ishtiharat,
1986 edition, vol. 1, p. 255)
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"Question: In the booklet Fath-i Islam
you have made a claim to prophethood.
"Answer: There is no claim of prophethood.
On the contrary, the claim is of sainthood (muhaddasiyyat)
which has been advanced by the command of God.''
(Izala Auham, pp. 421-422, Ruhani Khaza'in, vol.
3, p. 320)
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"I believe also that the Holy Prophet Muhammad
is the best of messengers and the Khatam an-nabiyyin, and
those people have fabricated a lie against
me who say that this man claims to be a prophet."
(Hamamat al-Bushra, p. 8. Ruhani Khaza'in, vol.
7, p. 184)
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"One of the objections of those who call me
kafir is that they say: This man claims prophethood and
says I am one of the prophets. The answer is that you should know,
O brother, that I have not claimed prophethood,
nor have I said to them that I am a prophet. But they were hasty
and made a mistake in understanding my words ... It does not befit
me that I should claim prophethood and leave Islam and become an
unbeliever ... How could I claim prophethood
when I am a Muslim?"
(Hamamat al-Bushra, p. 79. Ruhani Khaza'in, vol.
7, pp. 296-297)
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"Look how far this is from a claim to prophethood.
O brother, do not think that what I have said contains even a whiff
of a claim to prophethood. ... God forbid
that I should claim prophethood after God has made our Prophet
and master Muhammad, peace be upon him, as the Khatam an-nabiyyin.''
(Hamamat al-Bushra p. 83. Ruhani Khaza'in, vol. 7,
p. 302)
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"By way of a fabrication, they
slander me by saying that I have made a claim to prophethood.
But it should be remembered that all this is a fabrication. Our
belief is that the Holy Prophet Muhammad is the Khatam al-anbiya."
(Kitab al-Bariyya, p. 182, footnote. Ruhani Khaza'in,
vol. 13, p. 215)
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"I make no claim to prophethood.
This is your mistake, or you have some other motive in mind.
Is it necessary that he who claims to receive revelation also becomes
a prophet?"
(Jang Muqaddas, p. 67. Ruhani Khaza'in, vol. 6,
p. 156)
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"Let it be clear to them that
I also curse the person who claims prophethood. I hold that
there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger, and I believe
in the finality of prophethood of the Holy Prophet. So, as there
is no claim of prophethood on my part either, only that of
being a wali (saint) and mujaddid ..."
(Majmu`a Ishtiharat, old edition, vol. iii, p. 224. 1986
edition, vol. 2, pp. 297-298)
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"If the objection is that I have made a claim
to prophethood, and such a thing is heresy, what else can I say
except that may the curse of Allah be upon liars and fabricators."
(Anwar-ul-Islam, p. 34. Ruhani Khaza'in, vol. 9,
p. 35)
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"Can a wretched imposter who claims messengership
and prophethood for himself have any belief in the Holy Quran? And
can a man who believes in the Holy Quran, and believes the verse
`He is the Messenger of Allah and the Khatam an-nabiyyin'
to be the word of God, say that he is a messenger and prophet after
the Holy Prophet Muhammad?"
(Anjam Atham, p. 27, footnote. Ruhani Khaza'in,
vol. 11, p. 27) |
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