The Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at — Page 14
The Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ’at [ 14 ] It is narrated that while explaining a verse of s u rah al- Jumu‘ah , the Holy Prophet sa put his hand on the shoulder of his Companion Hadrat Salm a n F a rs i ra and stated that if faith ascended to the Pleiades, then ‘one man’ or ‘some men’ from among them will bring it back to earth. They did not have the courage to narrate this H ad i th. They have intentionally distorted the words of the Holy Prophet sa as if he praised the role played by Iranian Muslims in the propa- gation of Islam, and that is why the Promised Messiah as is presenting himself as being of Iranian descent. As far as the ancestry of the Promised Messiah as is con- cerned, the Promised Messiah as states: My genealogy is from the Mogul Barl a s. According to the documents of my ancestors, which have been pre- served, my ancestors came to this country from Samarqand. They had around two hundred people from among their servants, subordinates, and family accompanying them. They entered this country as honoured nobility. ( Kit a b-ul-Bariyyah , R uha n i Khaz a ’in , vol. 13, p. 162–163, footnote) Then he states: As it is commonly understood, this family is known as the Mogul family. But God, the Knower of the Unseen, Who is aware of the reality of the situation, has repeatedly made it known to me through His sacred revelation that this is a Persian family and He