Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 453
appear vvith spiritual knowledge of a yeryJij^Jb^order-, Not only. this, but a man can even. gain,,,prophethood by tbe belp of our lyord Mohammad's spiritual powers. But no Prophet with a new. book or having been appointed direct will t ever, come ; for in this. case it would be an insult to the perfect -prophethood of our Lord. and this is the meaqing of the seal of Prophets and in this. sense. the, Lord has; on the one hand said "There is no prophet^. ,. an independent prophet with a new Law) after me," and. on the jOther>hand has called the corning Messiah, a Prophet of God,. 10,, t According to ; this we believe that a man the Promised Messiah,--has gained- prophethood in spite of his being a follower of our Lord. We believe in the miracles of the Prophets which in the words of the Quran are called signs of God and this is our. firm faith that God for the manifestation of His glory and for proving the truth of His Apostles has beenj through His servants, showing signs which. are beyond the power of human beings* The duties of the Ahmadiyya Community, The Ahmadiyya community is neither an Anjuman nor is it a religion. But the meaning of the Ahmadiyya Movement is this that it is a body of Muslims that having recognised the Promised Messiah as a means of guidance have accepted the true Islam which was given to the world through our Lord Moham- mad and who have accepted all the claims of the last Messenger of God viz. , the Promised Messiah. Hence the obligations of the Ahmadis are the same as have been fixed by the Holy Quran for a Muslim and which have been sanctioned by the usage and practice of our Lord Mohammad and his Companions. Hence acting upon the laws of the Quran, the practices and sayings of the Prophet is a distinct duty o. f every Ahrnadi. But since Islam considers the proclamation of the truth as one of. the important