Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page 35
Khilafat-i-Ahmadiyyah and the Pledge of Allegiance to Khilafat 35 manifest both these forms. (Footnote, Ruhani Khaz a ’in , vol. 2, p. 462) This writing also shows that the system of khil a fat would be established in the Community of the Promised Messiah as and some of the khulaf a’ would be from his progeny. 4) One and a half months before his demise, the Promised Messiah as made a speech in Lahore in which he said: The Sufi s have said that the person who is to be the khal i fah after a sheikh or a Ras u l or a Nab i is the first one who is inspired by God to accept the truth. The death of a Ras u l is a severe earthquake and is a time of great danger. But Almighty Allah provides reassurance through a khal i fah , and that khal i fah revives and strengthens afresh the purpose of the advent of the deceased. Why did the Holy Prophet sa not appoint his khal i fah to succeed him? It was because he knew very well that Almighty Allah would Himself appoint a khal i fah. The Promised Messiah as continued: In one revelation Allah the Most High has addressed me as sheikh , “You are the sheikh , the Messiah, whose time will not be wasted. ” ( al- H akm, April 14, 1905) This also proves that there would be khulaf a’ after the Promised Messiah as. 5) In Paigh a m-e- S ul h the Promised Messiah as writes: Those who are outside my Community are all disunited in their ways and thoughts. They do not follow a leader whose obedience is incumbent upon them. ( Ruhani Khaz a ’in , vol. 23, p. 455)