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Ummah but if they are unable to sustain their allegation with concrete proof on account of these allegations being false and untrue, then they would be better advised not to call the wrath of God Almighty upon themselves by repeating such a lie since Islam considers falsehood to be one of the most heinous sins and the Holy Quran demands total abstinence from it. 21. ADULTERATION OF THE QURANIC TEXT. While on one hand the adversaries of the Ahmadiyya Muslim. Community accuse the Ahmadis of holding another book in reverence over and above the Holy Quran, they, on the other hand also accuse the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Movement, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam. Ahmad of Qadian of, God forbid, committing the grave sin of interpolating the text of the sacred Quran. This false allegation is issued despite the fact that Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian held perfect faith in the Almighty Lord's promise that every word of the eternal Book was subject to Divine protection. ²². The founder of the Ahmadiyya Community declared that a 'person who did not consider the Holy Quran as the last revealed Book and its law as everlasting or who suggested the slightest change in its content, could not be considered a believer. ' 23 He believed that 'not a word or vowel point of its content could be added to or subtracted from and not one single one of its directions could be changed and anyone who did not conform to this belief but thought otherwise was not a believer but a heretic and an infidel. ' 24. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 'held fast to the word of God, the Holy. Quran to which he had been commanded to hold fast. ' 25 He believed that 'whosoever subtracted the smallest particle from the law of Islam or added to it or laid a foundation of neglecting the obligations contained in it or even showed indifference towards it was without faith and had turned away from. God. ' 26. Yet, inspite of holding the Holy Quran in such reverence, his 21. Al Quran: 22. 31 22. Al Quran: 15. 10 24. Izalah Auham: pg 70 25. Ayyamus Solh: pg 87 8 23. Al Hakam: 6th MAY, 1908 26. Ibid: pg 88