Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 267
267 (Through Associated Press. ) Lahore, 1st May 1919. The following Press Communique is issued by the Punjab Government : The Punjab Government have received a report of the activities of the Ahmadiyya community of Qadian in re- pressing the disturbances and in keeping apart from all partici- pation in any of the unlawful agitations which have disfigured the Punjab- The community has been exhorting all their fol- lowers to have nothing to do with the movements and their efforts have been reported to have been entirely successful. An Interpretation of the titles of Isa Masih and Mahomad Mahdi given to the Promised Messiah. THE HOLY PROPHET MAHOMAD, PEACE AND BLESSINGS OF GOD BE ON HIM SAYS : There is no Mahdi other than the Messiah. (Vide IBNE MAJAH. ) "As I have been given the name of Messiah by God with reference to the creatures' rights and am an incarnation of Jesus Christ on account of having been sent in his spirit and character and cast in the same mould, so I have received the name of Muhammad Ahmad by virtue of my function as a Reformer of the transgression of Creator's authority. To spread the Unity of God, therefore, I have been sent in the spirit and character and cast in the mould of the Holy Prophet, Muhammad, may peace and blessings of God be upon him. Thus I am at once Isa Masih & Muhammad Mahdi. Masih is a title given to Jesus Christ and