Are Ahmadis Not True Muslims? — Page 68
68 ? About the Four Im a ms The Promised Messiah as said: These four Im a ms 16 were the four walls [of the house] of Islam. ( al-Badr , Nov. 3, 1905, p. 4, vol. 1, issue no. 32) The Just and Pious in the Ummah The Promised Messiah as said: We can furnish conclusive proof to every seeker of truth that, from the time of our lord and master the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be on him, up to this day, in every century there have appeared men of God through whom God Almighty has guided other people by the display of heavenly signs. Of these were Sayyad ‘Abdul-Q a dir Jil a n i , Abu H asan Kharq a n i , Ab u Yaz i d Bas tami , Junaid Baghd a d i , Mu h iyyudd i n ibn-e-‘Arab i , Dhun-N u n Mi s r i , Mu‘ i nudd i n Chisht i Ajmer i , Qu t budd i n Bakhtiy a r K a k i , Far i dudd i n P a kpatn i , Ni za mudd i n Dehlv i , Sh a h Waliyyull a h Dehlv i , and Shaikh Ahmad Sirhind i (Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him). Their number exceeded thousands. So many extraordinary happenings concerning them are set out in the books of the learned ones that even a very bigoted opponent has to admit that these people 16 The four Sunni great Imams whose schools of jurisprudence are most revered: Im a m Abu H an i fah rta , Im a m Muslim rta , Im a m Sh a f i ‘ rta , and Imam Ahmad bin H anbal rta. [Publisher]