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'It would be a Divine obligation upon Christ (PBHU) to follow in letter and spirit, the law of Muhammed. He will recieve no Divine revelation, nor will he be charged with the duty of giving new religious laws. '33. Would the anticipated Messiah's deliberate act of annulling the. Quranic law requiring the collection of Jizya from such of his followers who would continue to regard him and his mother as two gods besides. Allah after his alleged death on his second advent not constitute an act of giving a new religious law? And since he is not to recieve any Divine revelation, 34 on his second advent, under what authority would he be able to abrogate or annul this essential Quranic law?. Since the Messiah would be under Divine obligation to follow the Shariah of Muhammed, upon whom be peace, in letter and spirit, one would assume that he would have no right to either add or subtract or even abridge the laws of the Holy Quran. The collection of Jizya however is a Quranic injunction 35 and as such an essential article of the Islamic faith which the. Messiah would be required to follow in letter and spirit. He would hence have no right to abrogate or annul Jizya, unless however, he proposes to act against his Divine obligations. . The critics of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community also maintain that the Messiah, Jesus Christ: 'will not recieve any Divine revelation. He will not be the bearer of any new message or repository of a fresh mandate from God, nor will he amend, enlarge or abridge the Shariah of Muhammed (PBHU)'36. How do the opponents of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community then propose to justify their argument that the Messiah will abrogate or annul the Jizya? Whatever justification they choose to present, the fact remains that the abrogation of Jizya by the Messiah would consitute an abridgement of the Shariah of our beloved master, Hazrat Muhammed. Mustapha, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and hence an 33. Maududi, A. A: Finality of Prophethood: pg 62 34. Ibid: pg 61 36. Maududi, A. A: Finality of Prophethood: pg 61 35. Al Quran 9. 29 223