Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 167
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I STATUS OF KHALIFA 167 to him is the Word of God and that its recipient was a true Messenger of God. Allah has supplied conclusive proof. " Dr. Mirz a Ya‘q u b Baig said: "It is a bounty of God that for the enlightenment of people of average intelligence like us He raises Prophets, saints and righteous ones in all ages. " Maulaw i ‘Umar-ud-d i n of Simla pronounced: "Our opponents have raised a storm over the interpretation of the Hadith: 'There is no Prophet after me. ' They recite it repeatedly on every occasion and on its basis pronounce the claim of the Promised Messiah as to Prophethood as disbelief and trickery. They have become like the Jewish divines. The meaning of the Hadith is that there will be no law-bearing Prophet after the Holy Prophet sa ; but there can be a Prophet who is a servant of his. " 68 The Paigh a m-e- S ul h , the organ of the dissentient group published from Lahore, made the following announcement in its issue of 16th October, 1913: "It has come to our notice that some of our friends have been misled into thinking that those who are connected with this paper, or some of them, denigrate the exalted rank of our master and guide Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi as. All we Ahmad i s who are connected in any way with the Paigh a m-e- S ul h call God, Who is well aware of the secrets of the hearts, to witness, and announce that to attribute such a thing to us amounts to a grievous calumny. We believe in the Promised Messiah and Mahdi as as the