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OPPONENTS REASON FOR DENIAL OF THESE VERSES. Apparently, the denial of these verses by the critics of the Ahmadiyya. Muslim Community is not without cause since these verses support the. Ahmadiyya interpretation of the Holy Quran and Hazrat Mirza Ghulam. Ahmad's claim as the Imam Mehdi and the Promised Messiah prophesied by the Holy Prophet of Islam, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. . For many years now, some fanatical pseudo scholars of Islam have argued a forced conversion of non Muslims to Islam, 37 a concept denied by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in view of the Quranic injunction to the effect that 'there is no compulsion in religion. '38. The founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community adhered to this maxim religiously and in strict conformity with the teachings of the. Holy Quran, 39 encouraged the use of civility in spreading the message of. Islam. But this attitude did not suit the un Islamic tendencies of those. Muslim warlords who thrive upon tension since such tension in the world is a lucrative financial asset to their purses. It is hence not surprising that these warlords insist upon denying the existence of the. Quranic passage 16. 125 as such a denial gives them the opportunity to encourage discord and hence feed their coffers with blood money. . The other Quranic passage denied by the contentious mullahs bears evidence of the truthfulness of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's claim as a commissioned apostle of Almighty Allah. The founder of the. Ahmadiyya Community declared that when the 13th century of Hijra came to the close and the beginning of the 14th century approached, he was informed by God Almighty, through revelation, that he was the Reformer for the 14th century. ' 40. A few years later he declared that 'it was made clear to him through revelation, that the Messiah whose advent amongst the Muslims had been promised from the beginning, and the Mehdi whose advent had been Divinely 37. Maududi, A. A: Jihad in Islam 39. Al Quran: 16. 126 38. Al Quran: 2. 257 40. Kitabul Bariyyah 12