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Community admit it or not, shall continue since God Almighty promises: 'And whoso obeys Allah and His Messenger shall be among those on whom Allah has bestowed His blessings - the Prophets, the Truthful, the Martyrs, and the Righteous. And an excellent company they are. . This grace is from Allah and Allah suffices as One Who is All. Knowing. "" '100. The critics of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad may reiterate their false assertion that the Ahmadi Muslims have misinterpreted this Quranic verse, but Muslim scholars of repute have always subscribed to the. Ahmadiyya Muslim interpretation. For instance, the Bahr al Muhit quotes Imam Al Raghib to state in relation to this particular verse of the. Holy Quran: 'God has divided believers into four classes in this verse, and has appointed for them four stages, some of which are lower than the others, and He has exhorted true believers not to remain behind in any of the stages. '101. The opponents of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community may once again argue their naive assertion that this exhortation relates to the reward in the Hereafter and prophethood of any kind cannot now be achieved in this world. Happily, the revered saint left no room for ambiguity since he also added: 'Prophethood is of two kinds, general and special. The special prophethood, viz; the law-bearing prophethood is now unattainable; but the general prophethood continues to be attainable. '102. This is exactly how Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian viewed his own prophethood. He never laid any claim to special prophethood which was now unattainable but viewed his prophethood as a general one, the doors of which are open to eternity. He stated in relation to his own prophethood: 100. Al Quran 4. 70/71 101. Hayyan, Athir al Din Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammed ibn Yusuf Abu: Al Bahr al Muhit 102. Ibid: Vol 3 pg 28 314