Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 182
182 AHMADIYY AT Eventually, he joined the Ahmadiyya Movement and proved himself a devoted Muslim throughout the rest of his life. He continued to correspond with Dr Mufti Muhammad Sadiq Sahib right till the end of his life. On 15 May the Promised Messiah granted an interview to Mian (later Sir) Fazle Husain, Barrister-at-law, who was accompanied by another Muslim Barrister. Mian Fazle Husain Sahib submitted several questions to which the Pro- mised Messiah gave detailed replies. On 17 May he received the revelation (Persian): 'Put not your trust in mortal life. ' On that day a large number of leading Muslims of Lahore were invited to meet him. He addressed them from I I a. m. till I p. m. after which they lunched in his company. They were all deeply impressed by his very learned discourse, in the course of which he declared: I claim that God has sent me for the reform of the current widespread corruption. I cannot conceal the fact that God speaks to me and honours me frequently with His converse. This amounts to prophethood, but I do not enjoy this honour in my own right. In a way this is only a verbal contention. Continuous and frequent receipt of revelation is called prophethood. The admonition of Hazrat Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her, concerning the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, say: 'He is the Seal of the Prophets', but do not say, 'There will be no prophet after him', clearly explains this aspect of prophethood. If there is no longer any prophethood in Islam, then be sure that Islam has also died like other religions, and does not possessany distinctive sign. On 20 May he received the revelation: 'It is time to move, again, it is time to move, and deathis close. ' On learning this his wife suggested that they should return to Qadian; to which he replied: 'We shall now return only when God takes us there. ' The Akhbar-i-Aam of 23 May 1908, in the course of a report of his address of the 17 May, observed that he had repudiated his claim of prophethood. Thereupon he imme- diately sent a letter to the Editor of Akhbar-i-Aam in which he stated: