The Magnificent Services of The Just Imam, The Promised Messiah — Page 12
Magnificent Services of the Just Imam, the Promised Messiah as , to Reform the Mutual Controversies and Distorted Beliefs of the Muslims [ 12 ] exercising their will and those who deny that are confirmed disbelievers. In the same manner, a prominent Barelw i scholar, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan writes: The following is a commandment in the Holy Quran: 7 Meaning: do not call upon those who do not have the power of bestowing blessings or inflicting harm. It shows that you should not call upon idols because they do not have the power of bestowing blessings or inflicting harm but you can call upon the prophets and the saints as they do have the power to cause harm or bestow blessings. ( Maw a ‘ iz -e-Na‘ i mi- yyah , by Ahmad Yar Khan Badayuni, part 2, pp. 294– 295, Naimi Kutub Kh a nah, Gujrat, Pakistan) Fallacious Beliefs of Deoband i s There seem to be two opposing concepts of God. Deoband i s, another faction of ulema, have a different conception about God. Both Barelw i s and Deoband i s keep squabbling with each other over their conflicting views. The Barelw i s contend that God’s status and power are shared not only with mortal humans, but also with the 7. …on any other that can neither profit thee nor harm thee… ( S u rah Y u nus , 10:107). . . . . .