Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 204
204 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH be entrusted to Hadrat Abu Bakr ra. The work of Hadrat David as would be performed by Hadrat Umar ra , and the work of some other Prophets, e. g. Hadrat Suleman as , would be performed by Hadrat Usman ra and Hadrat Ali ra. In short, the Holy Prophet sa has pointed out in his sayings that Allah, the Almighty has given him such a status that in his ummah the Khulaf a ’ will perform the deeds that were performed in earlier times by the Prophets. Here Ulema does not refer to the corrupt ones, but to the scholars Hadrat Abu Bakr ra , Hadrat Umar ra , Hadrat Usman ra , and Hadrat Ali ra. As long as the need remained limited, Allah, the Almighty raised these Ulema, and then when the age was in need of a Prophet more manifestly, Allah, the Almighty fulfilled His promise through the Promised Messiah as. The difference is that the previous Prophets received Prophethood directly but the Promised Messiah as obtained his Prophethood by total submission to the Holy Prophet sa. Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya The third objection is that in this verse the words are [as He made Successors from among those who were before them]. Granted that the previous Khulaf a ’ fulfilled this promise, because they headed a political system. But how can the present Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya satisfy this promise, because it does not have any political system under it.