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it is preserved, that it is the bounden duty of man to carry out in his life. each and every commandment of it, and whatever be against it, it must be rejected. '15. Hence, in view of this admission by the critics of the Ahmadiyya. Muslim Community, it would not be unreasonable to insist that the. Promised Messiah prophesied by the Traditions of our beloved Prophet, peace be upon him, would have no right to abrogate Jizya through any explicit declaration which would run contrary to the injunctions of the. Holy Quran. And, if there is any such Tradition attributed to the Holy. Prophet which suggests that the Promised Messiah would take such a drastic step, then a Muslim would be obliged to deny the authenticity of such a Tradition since according to the critics of the Ahmadiyya Muslim. Community also, it is a bounden duty of every man to carry out each and every commandment of the Holy Quran which is God Almighty's most complete and perfect code of law:16 'and whatever be against it, it must be rejected. ' 17. CONCEPT OF ANNULMENT THROUGH. TOTAL CONVERSION OF MANKIND TO ISLAM. The critics of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community are hence deprived of one argument against Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian and they could not be considered to have any justifiable cause for arguing against his claim on the alleged grounds that the Promised Messiah did not abrogate Jizya through a deliberate edict since such a course of action would have been against the essence of Quranic teachings. . The other proposition to the effect that after the acceptence of Islam by the people of the Book, Jizya would become unnecessary may have some substance in it only if it could be conclusively proved that after the advent of the Promised Messiah the entire population of the world would positively be converted to Islam. . Apparently, on the basis of the knowledge being imparted by the anti 15. Maududi, A. A: Towards Understanding Islam 16. Al Quran 5. 4 17. Maududi, A. A. Towards Understanding Islam 217