Khilafat and Mujaddidiyyat — Page 34
34 Hadhrat Hafiz Mirza Nasir Ahmad further. And when he would distribute, he would do so as a vicegerent, he would not distribute it from himself and to this extent he became a Khalifah. It means that the army of Khulafaa is in hundreds of thousands who, attaining the bounty from the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him), push it further. The second promise in Ayati Istikhlaaf is this that the saints, and as I did explain they are numerous, for instance, it is said that there were such number of great saints of God during the time of Hazrat Umar Bin Abdul Aziz that they cannot be counted. The Promised Messiah (peace be upon him) has said that there used to be simultaneously 400 prophets in the Ummat of Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him) for the regeneration of their religion. Ummati Muhammadiyya is an Ummat of great latitudes, and it is to spread all over the world, hence, in it there should be thousands in comparison of hundreds. Therefore they are all Khulafa. And regarding Khulafaa , he said, Kamaa has come for resemblance in Kamastakhlafalladheena Min Qablihim. It means, as there had been in Ummati Mooswiya 400 prophets at one and the same time, likewise there would be Khulafaai Muhammad far more than 400 who would be serving the religion, and as they have to regenerate the religion, therefore, they would be Mujaddid also. Hence, the Promised Messiah (peace be upon him) has written that each prophet is Mujaddid but each Mujaddid cannot be a prophet. The majority of Ummat as Khulafaa of Muhammad (peace and blessings of God be upon him) for regenerating the religion to a smaller degree are also Mujaddids , because they regenerate the religion, but they did not become prophets. At this time we are experiencing the regime of the third Khalifa in Jama’at Ahmadiyya. The two Khalifas before me and myself are of one