Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page 83
Belief of the Promised Messiah 83 He also said: 2) The surprising thing is that these people did not consider that since we accept the Promised Messiah as as a Nab i , then how can we reject his verdict. (A Muslim is one who accepts all the ones appointed by God. ) ( al- H akm , May 14, 1911) VII An Easy Way to Settle This Controversy There is scope for controversies and verbal hair-splitting in matters of debates and rhetoric. But Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra offered to the Ahmadiyyah Anjuman-e-Ish a ‘at-e-Islam a method of settlement which can quickly lead to the right deci- sion. In 1915, he took an oath that Allah’s chastisement be upon the liar and then stated the following: I speak in the name of God, Who controls my life, Who can render chastisement, Who is going to cause me to die, Who is Living, All-Powerful, Who rewards and punishes as He wills, and Who raised the Holy Prophet sa for the guidance of the world. I declare on oath, taking God as my witness, that when Hadrat Mirz a Sahib was alive, I considered him to be a Nab i in the same sense in which I believe him to be now. I also declare on oath that Almighty Allah has told me face to face in a vision that the Promised Messiah as is a Nab i. I do not say that all of those who have not taken the pledge of allegiance [to the Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyyah ] have bad character and all in our Jam a ‘at have good character. But I do declare on oath that the beliefs that we hold are true. ( al-Fa d l, September 23, 1915) But neither Maulav i Muhammad ‘Al i nor any other member of the Ahmadiyyah Anjuman-e-Ish a ‘at-e-Islam has ever been able to declare their belief under oath with such conviction and sincerity.