Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page 29
Khilafat-i-Ahmadiyyah and the Pledge of Allegiance to Khilafat 29 Islam entered upon an everlasting period of doom. ( Ruhani Khaz a ’in , vol. 6, p. 330) 2) He further states in the same book: How can I say that anyone who studies these verses care- fully would not understand that Allah the Most High has made a promise of everlasting khil a fat for the ummah ? If khil a fat was not permanent, then what was the significance of drawing a parallel with the khulaf a’ of the Mosaic dispensation? If the righteous khil a fat was to be limited to thirty years and thereafter its period was to be closed forever, then it follows that Allah the Most High had not ordained that the doors of good fortune remain open for the followers of the Holy Prophet sa. ( Ibid. , p. 353) In these writings, the Promised Messiah as is correcting the point of view of those who believed that the khil a fat was confined to the Companions ra and it closed thereafter. In these writings he made it very clear that the promise contained in the quoted verse is the promise of an everlasting bliss. 3) The basic reason for the establishment of khil a fat also requires that we believe in the general application of the quoted verse. In the same book, Shah a dat-ul-Qur’ a n , the Promised Messiah as writes: Since no one can live forever, Allah the Exalted ordained that the A ñ biy a’ , who are the most honour- able and the best people of the earth, continue their existence upon the earth by way of reflection. For this purpose, God instituted khil a fat so that the world should at no time be deprived of the blessings of the nubuwwat. He who limits it to thirty years, foolishly overlooks the true purpose of a khal i fah, and does not