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exception to such a statement by Ahmadis Muslims when a considerable number of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community's adversaries beliefs conflict with the essence of Islamic teachings. . THE CONCEPT OF GOD. It is for instance, a recorded fact that according to the founder of the. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: 'Allah is He besides whom there is no god. . . He has power to do all that He wills. . . He begets not nor is He begotten; and there is none like unto him. . . God is one and has no associate. . . no one else is worthy of worship and obedience. . . To associate anything lower with Him in worship would be utterly wrong. . . Nothing is hidden from him. . . He has in his own hands the recompense of everyone. He has no agent to whom He has committed the governance of heavens and earth. . . He is single, has no father and no son and no equal and no peer. ³ He suffers from no defect. He comprehends all good qualities and manifests all holy powers. *All his attributes are appropriate to him. They are not like human qualities. ". But, is this the God of the Deobandis or the Barelvis or even the Shias?. Is their God single Who neither begets nor is He begotten? Is He perfect and does He suffer from no defects? Does He possess in His own hands, the recompense of everyone and is He the One who has not appointed any agents?. It is rather interesting to note that according to the Shia philosophy. Hazrat Ali, upon whom be peace, is, God forbid, believed to be either. God or else the son of God. '. The God of the Barelvis on the other hand is, God forbid, believed to be not the only All Powerful God since according to them: 3. Ahmad, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam: Islami Usul Ki Philosophy: pp 58/63 4. Ahmad, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam: Lecture Lahore: pg 9 5. Ahmad, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam: Malfoozat: Vol IV. pg 347 6. Tazakiratul A'imma: pg 9 7. Nau Ratan: pg 36. Manaqib i Murtazivi Hayat e Quloob: Vol 2. pg 49 321