Ahmadiyyat Destiny and Progress — Page 2
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 2 individual who enters his servitude and follows him with complete loyalty and devotion can attain the rank of prophethood. Truly, he alone possesses such distinction and honour that a prophet can be born from among his true servants. This is what I believe and profess it with total assurance. It is also my conviction the Holy Qur’an is the same glorious scripture which was revealed to the Holy Prophet sa –it is the seal of all [divine] books and all divine laws. Again I am certain the Promised Messiah as is the same prophet mentioned in Muslim and the same imam spoken of in Bukhari. I say again, nothing can be abrogated from the sharia of Islam. Follow the example of the companions of the Holy Prophet sa –may Allah be pleased with them. They are the paragons of his prayer and perfect training. The second consensus in Islam after the [demise of the] Holy Prophet sa was formed over the Rightly Guided Khilafat. If you look closely at the history of Islam, you will see the success and triumph achieved in the era of the Rightly Guided Khilafat diminished when this institution took on the form of a conventional government. So much so, you are witness to the plight of Islam and its people. In accordance with the promises of the Holy Prophet sa , Allah the Exalted sent the Promised Messiah as