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49 called makruhat. There have been several nabis who appeared without bringing any shariat with them. In matters not relating to shara’, a nabi is liable to commit errors of judgment. In litigation between two parties, for instance, he might give a wrong decision. Q. How you should be able to answer the question whether Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib was ma’sum in any sense? A. He was ma’sum in the sense that he could not commit a sin, sagheera or kabeera. Q. Do you believe that on yaum-ul-hisab, Mirza Sahib will be liable to account like other mortals? A. The presumption is that he will not be liable to account. Our Holy Prophet has said that numeros other persons, from among his ummat who are not nabis, will not be liable to account on yaum-ul-hisab. Q. What happens to ambiya on death? Do they lie in the grave like other human beings until the yaum-ul-hisab or do they go straight to firdaus or a’raf? A. According to my belief it is not correct that prophets on death go straight to firdaus or a’raf. It is, however, true that they are taken to a special place nearer to Allah. Since Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib was a nabi, he must have been treated by Allah in a special manner and not like other Ahmadis. Q. Do you believe that when a man dies, he is visited in his grave by Munkar and Nakir? A. Munkar and Nakir are two angels but I do not believe that they will appear in a physical form to question the dead in the grave. Q. Why do Munkar and Nakir come to the grave? A. To apprise the dead man of his past conduct. Q. Do you think that Munkar and Nakir also came to the grave