Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 397
APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 397 So, this was simple enough; everyone, where there is a similarity like that, would give a person such a name. A mountain has been made out of a molehill for nothing. Had our opponents limited their belief to the point that ‘ I s a would definitely return, but that he would follow the teaching of the Gospel, that he would not be bound to follow what is deemed lawful or unlaw- ful in Islam, and would also pray in his own manner separately, and would recite the Gospels in his prayer instead of the Holy Quran, and would consider himself a Messenger independently and not an ummat i , and, in short, would not exhibit any characteristic that would lead him to be called an ummat i ; rather, he would abide by the Torah and the Gospel and follow their faith, then the point at issue would be whether the return of such a person could be considered beneficial for Islam while he practically shows himself to be separate from and even against Islam? Obviously, the coming of such a person would not augur well for the Muslims. If a man of such stature presented himself as someone who does not conform to the norms of Islam, and did not pray like the Muslims, and preached the Gospel to the people instead of the Holy Quran, and ate what Muslims do not eat, and drank wine, then he would undoubtedly be the cause of great tribulation for Islam, and possibly there might also be some strife between him and the Muslims. Such a dangerous person would cause Muslims to be led astray, and it would hardly be surprising if they started converting to Christianity. But if ‘ I s a , immediately after his descent, professes ٌ ّٰ ل َ اِلٰہ اِل ّ الل ُّٰ مُحَمَّد رَّسُوْل ُ الل [‘There is no one worthy of worship except Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah’] with full sincerity of his heart, and abides by the Prayer which the Muslims perform and observes the fast that was taught to the Muslims, and follows the injunctions of Islam in everything lawful and unlawful, in this case there can be no doubt that he would declare himself an ummat i. There is nothing peculiar about being an ummat i , for one becomes an ummat i when he performs all the deeds necessary for being part of the Ummah. However, if ‘ I s a , may