True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 121
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 121 ] him. Who are you going to follow: Your ‘Thinker of Islam’ or the Holy Prophet sa ? Are you going to accept the Messiah of the past or the Messiah from the ummah of the Holy Prophet sa ? Unfair Attitude on a Well-Established Doctrine As far as the Ahmad i s are concerned, we have firm faith that the one coming, in accordance with the prophecies of the Holy Prophet sa , will certainly be a Prophet of Allah. This is also the firm belief of all of you who oppose us. Why have you then stirred up this storm of falsehood and accu- sations? Why these venomous writings? Why this demand to declare Ahmad i s non-Muslims and infidels? It is part of your creed that the Messiah would be a Prophet. Whether he is the old Messiah or a new Messiah is a different argu- ment. Even that has been settled by your own previous scholars and ulema. The a ha d i th and the Holy Qur’an leave no room for doubt about it. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Com- munity belief is clear and categorical and consistent with what is stated in the a ha d i th and the Holy Qur’an. You have been arguing with us for the last one hundred years, subjecting our people to unprovoked violence. Despite our appeals to reason, you continue in your mis- guided ways, even today!. . . The opponents can massacre Ahmad i s one after another, but that will not settle this matter. They may mas-