Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 230
ILLNESS Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 230 differences between Ahmad i s and non- Ahmad i s were matters of principle or of detail. He observed that it was not correct that these differences were on matters of detail. Our S al a t was performed in the same way as theirs, nor was there any difference concerning the Zakat, pilgrimage or the fast. I consider that we differ on a matter of principle, which may be put in this way. Faith requires belief in Allah, His angels, His Books, His Messengers, His measure of good and evil, and in resurrection. Our opponents also profess belief in all these, but this is where our difference starts. No one can be a believer unless he believes in Allah’s Messengers, in all of them without discrimination with regard to time or place. The rejection of any commissioned one of Allah, makes a person a disbeliever. Our opponents reject the claim of Hadrat Mirza Sahib as that he was a commissioned one of Allah. This is not a matter of detail. The Holy Quran enjoins: We make no distinction between any of His Messengers (2:286). The rejection of the Promised Messiah as amounts to making a distinction. We believe in the Holy Prophet sa as Kh a tamun Nab i yy i n , as he is designated in the Holy Quran (33:41). We believe that he who does not accept him as such is a disbeliever. We differ with our opponents on the interpretation of this expression, but that difference has no relevance to: We make no distinction between any of His Messengers. Thus I consider that there is a difference of principle between non- Ahmad i s and us. On the same day he wrote to Nawab Fati h ‘Al i Kh a n of Lahore promising a contribution of one thousand rupees towards the Muslim University Fund, and issued the following direction to the members of the community: