Khilafat Keeps Prophethood Alive — Page 2
‑ 2 ‑ the companions of the Holy Prophet sa chose someone to lead them as their imam after his demise. I am reminded here of a humorous incident. A friend of mine from Gujrat once told me that when the news of the demise of the Promised Messiah as spread, a maulawi commented that the Ahmadiyya Community is a movement full of English speakers and [thus influenced by western civilisation]; it has nothing at all to do with religion. From here on in, it will be easy to decide whether Mirza Sahib as was a prophet of God or not, for the Holy Prophet sa said that prophethood is always followed by khilafat. And because in his opinion the community was influenced by the west, its leadership would pass on to the Anjuman. This would be sufficient proof that the Promised Messiah as was not in fact a prophet. The following day a telegram reached Gujrat that Hazrat Maulawi Nur-ud-Din ra