Our Teaching — Page 10
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as 10 been informed by God that the Messiah of Muhammadsa occupies a higher status than the Messiah of Moses. Nevertheless, I hold the Messiah son of Mary, in high esteem, inasmuch as I am spiritually the Khaatamul-Khulafaa’ [the Seal of the Caliphs] in Islam, just as the Messiah son of Mary was the Khaatamul-Khulafaa’ of the Israelite dispensation. The Son of Mary was the Promised Messiah of the Mosaic dispensation and I am the Promised Messiah of the dispensation of Muhammadsa; so I honour greatly the one whose name I bear. Anyone who asserts that I do not revere the Messiah son of Mary is mischievous and a liar… Who Belongs to My Community and Who does Not I repeat that you should not be content with having made a super- ficial covenant of bai’at, for this amounts to nothing. God looks at your hearts and will deal with you accordingly. Look here, I discharge the obligation of conveying my message by telling you that sin is a poison—do not consume it. Disobedience to God is a filthy death—safeguard yourselves against it. Supplicate so that you might be granted strength. He who at the time of supplica- tion does not believe that God has power over all things, except that which might be contrary to His promise, is not of my com- munity. Whosoever does not give up lying and deceit, is not of my community. Whosoever is consumed by material greed and does not lift his eyes to look at the hereafter, is not of my commu- nity. Whosoever does not truly give precedence to religion over the world, is not of my community. Whosoever does not repent