Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page xv
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful We praise Him and invoke His blessings upon His Noble Messenger Foreword Believers in the truthfulness of the Promised Messiah, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian ( ‘alaihis sal a m ), include a community of people, variously known as the Ahmadiyyah Anjuman-e-Ish a ‘at-e- Islam , the Lahore Group of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Community, and Ahl-e-Paigh a m. During the life of Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad ( ‘alaihis sal a m ), leaders of the Lahore Group accepted all the claims of the Promised Messiah as including that of his being an Ummat i Nab i —a Prophet subordi- nate to the Holy Prophet ( s allall a hu ‘alaihi wa sallam ) and within his ummah (followers). They also took a pledge of allegiance at the hand of the first khal i fah (caliph) of the Promised Messiah as , Hadrat Al ha j Maulav i N u r-ud-D i n ( ra d i-All a ho ‘anhu ), but did not accept the khulaf a’ who followed him. Although the group is a very tiny fraction among the believers of the truthfulness of Hadrat Ahmad as —being much less than one percent of the total number of Ahmad i s—they present themselves as the mainstream of his followers and misquote the writings of the Promised Messiah as on Internet and in their publications. They may be under the impression that by this tactic, they will appease the non-Ahmad i Muslims—especially in Pakistan. They