Ahmadiyyat Is Not a New Religion — Page 32
32 Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad you love a prophet as much as you love God, you are an idolator. However, the definition of idolatry also shifts if love could be quantified—let’s say at one dollar, fifty cents, twenty-five cents, ten cents, and one cent. If your love for God is valued at ten cents and your love for Jesus as or another prophet is valued at ten or fifteen cents, then you would be guilty of shirk. However, if your love for Jesus as is valued at only two cents, it would not constitute idolatry. Yet, if someone else’s love for Jesus as is valued at fifteen cents while their love for God is valued at one dollar—despite their greater love for Jesus as than yours [valued at two cents]—it would not be considered idolatry. For, even though they have more love for Jesus as , their love for God is proportionally higher. It would only amount to idolatry if their love for the two had equal value. DEVOTION OF THE COMPANIONS RA It is a fact that Muslims’ love for the Holy Prophet is unparalleled among the followers of other prophets. Allah instils in true believers a boundless love that extends beyond the realms of the heavens and the earth. Consider this example: When Jesus as faced a crisis, his