Ahmadiyyat Destiny and Progress — Page 12
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 12 misguidance; And among others from among them who have not yet joined them. He is the Mighty, the Wise. This verse correlates the respective periods of the Holy Prophet sa and the Promised Messiah; just as the Prophet of Islam sa nurtured and raised his companions, he would rear another nation in the future which had yet to come. By associating the community of the Promised Messiah with the companions of the Holy Prophet sa , God implies the same sunna would permeate both of them. The khilafat which followed the Holy Prophet sa would necessarily succeed the Promised Messiah. In [his book], The Will , the Promised Messiah as wrote that following the demise of the Holy Prophet sa , the Second Manifestation came into being with Abu Bakr ra , [therefore, his own succession] would fit into the same paradigm. The passage in question clearly reveals the Promised Messiah as fully expected khilafat to continue after him. However, like the Holy Prophet sa , he only hinted at this for it was necessary the Second Manifestation (the institution of khilafat) also pass through trial and adversity just as the First Manifestation (the Promised Messiah as ) had. Here, it should be understood, the primary task of a khalifa is to oversee the works initiated by the fore-