Ahmadiyyat or Qadianism! Islam or Apostasy? — Page 189
LIFE SPAN OF THE MESSIAH. The adversaries of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad also argue against his claim to be the Promised Messiah on the grounds that according to the Traditions of the Holy Prophet, the Promised Messiah is 'expected to live for 40 years after his second descent' but since, according to their calculations, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 'did not live for that number of years after his descent,' he could not be considered to be the anticipated. Messiah prophesied by our beloved Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. '. To disprove Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's claim to be the Promised. Messiah, some contentious mullahs proceed to make weird calculations according to which he is calculated to have lived for either seventeen 2 or 'sixteen and a half years' 3" after his descent. . Before one proceeds to expose the bias with which Hazrat Mirza. Ghulam Ahmad's opponents have calculated his span of life, it may be pertinent to point out that if this Tradition attributed to our beloved. Prophet is taken literally, this supposition that the Messiah will positively 'live for a period of forty years after his second descent' would not only be incompatible with Islamic philosophy but would run against the very essence of Quranic teachings. . KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNSEEN. According to the wisdom of the Holy Quran, the Almighty Lord, Allah alone possesses complete knowledge of the potentialities and possibilities of the events expected to transpire in the future. The Glorious Book states: 'With Him are the keys of the Unseen, none knows that but He. ' 4. Not even the adversaries of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad would dare 1. Hasan, S: The Truth About Ahmadiyyat: pg 6 2. Zaheer, E. E: Qadianiyat. An Analytical Survey: pg 187 3. Hasan, S: The Truth About Ahmadiyyat: pg 6 4. Al Quran 6. 60 190