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would be a person below the rank of a prophet since prophethood of every description, according to the opponents of the Ahmadiyya Muslim. Community, ceased with the advent of our beloved lord and master, the. Khatamal Nabiyeen, the Holy Prophet of Islam, Hazrat Muhammed. Mustapha, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 28. This assumed phenomenon of an Almighty Lord's apostle's subjection to a person below the rank of a prophet, one must admit, has never been experienced in the history of prophethood. While prophets of God are known to have been made subordinate to other apostles of the. Almighty, 29 never in the history of prophethood has a prophet been humiliated in the manner being suggested by the exponents of this simultaneous appearance of the Promised Messiah and the Imam. Mahdi. Infact, the subscribers to this misguided view themselves admit that: 'In the presence of a Prophet amongst a Community of people, no other person can assume the office of an Imam or a leader. ' 30. In view of this admission by the opponents of the Ahmadiyya Muslim. Community, one is rather at a loss to understand as to how a prophet would subject himself to the authority of another person who would ‘not be a person of the same status ?' How one wonders would the. Promised Messiah allow the Imam Mahdi supersede him when God. Almighty has bestowed the rank of a Prophet upon him and at the same time, chosen not to raise the Imam Mahdi's status to such high designation?. Does this contradiction not expose the vanity of the misguided beliefs being entertained by the antagonists ?. MAUDUDI'S WEIRD ANALOGY. To reconcile a contradiction in his now beliefs and conceal his own 28. Government of Pakistan: Judgement of the Federal Shariah Court in Shariah Petition No 17/1 of 1984 and NO 2/1 of 1984: Dated 28th October, 1984 29. Al Quran: 20. 30/37 30. Maududi, A. A: Finality of Prophethood: pgs 63/64 128