Ahmadiyyat or Qadianism! Islam or Apostasy? — Page 319
CHAPTER ONE. A NEW RELIGION: A PARALLEL UMMAH. It is rather ironic that inspite of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's categoric declaration that his prophethood was a mere reflection of the prophethood of his lord and master, the Khatamal Anbiyya, Hazrat. Muhammed Mustapha, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, his opponents have the audacity to allege that by asserting his claim to prophethood, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, God forbid, created a new religion and instituted an Ummah parallel, to the. Ummah of our beloved Prophet, Hazrat Muhammed Mustapha, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. It is for instance alleged that: 'Qadiyanism [Ahmadiyyat] is a religion by itself, and the Qadianis a separate religious community (ummah), parallel to Islam and the. Ummah of Islam. ". To support this argument, the adversaries of the Ahmadiyya Muslim. Community claim to cite a certain portion of the Second Successor to the. Promised Messiah, Hazrat Mirza Bashirud Din Mahmood Ahmad's sermon wherein he is supposed to have stated that, according to the. Promised Messiah, Ahmadiyya Muslim beliefs differed from the beliefs of other Muslims not only on the question of the Promised Messiah but also ‘in respect of the essence of Allah, the Holy Prophet, the Quran, etc. , etc. ' It is also alleged that the Second Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim. Community declared that: 'their Islam (i. e. , the Islam of [non Ahmadiyya] Muslims) is different from our [the Ahmadiyya Muslims ] Islam. "2. One is rather at a loss to understand as to why the antagonists take 1. Nadwi, A. A: Qadianism. A Critical Study: pg 101 320 2. Ibid