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due to my being a Muhammed and an Ahmad, not through my own person, but as a reflection of him through whose grace I have been elated to this rank as a result of my self effacing devotion to him, the. Holy Prophet of Islam, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. " '109. Infact, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was of the opinion that any person who proposed to establish a claim to prophethood without first effacing his own identity in total submission to the Holy Prophet, upon whom be peace, was an infidel. . However: 'if a person, as a result of his complete subjection to Muhammed, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, loses his own identity and begins to reflect in himself, all the beauty and excellence of the Holy. Prophet, upon whom be peace like a mirror reflects the image - he would be called a prophet without compromising the seal of. Prophethood as such a person would be reflecting the image and the character of Muhammed, peace be upon him. And hence, the claim of such a person, who comes to be known as Muhammed and as. Ahmad, would not be incompatible with the dignity and stature of the. Khataman Nabiyeen because he would, through his subjection to. Muhammed, peace be upon him, be a reflection of Muhammed, upon whom be peace, and hence an image of him. '110. This submission by the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim. Community should hence suffice to establish that his prophethood was a mere act of grace bestowed upon Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad by God. Almighty on account of his submission to the Khataman Nabiyeen,. Hazrat Muhammed Mustapha, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. And, it was not bestowed upon him independently, but it was bequeathed to him as a heritage on account of his being a follower of the. Khatamar Rasul, Hazrat Muhammed Mustapha, peace and blessings of. Allah be upon him. Incidentally, this kind of prophethood has not been found unattainable in Islam, a fact admitted by some of the most respected saints and scholars of the Ummah. 111 109. Ibid 110. Ibid 111. Farooqi, Hazrat Sheikh Ahmad: Maktubat Imam Rabbani 317