Truth About Ahmadiyyat — Page 80
80 son of Noah whom the Holy Quran did not accept as such. When he was about to be drowned Noah supplicated on his behalf and pleaded: ‘Lord, my son is a part of my family. ’ God responded: ‘He is surely not of thy family, Noah, for he is one of un - righteous conduct. ’ (11:46 - 47) Thus, though he was physically the son of Noah, God Almighty did not accept him as such on account of his wicked ness. In the same way, it is said in the Holy Quran that the wives of the Holy Prophet are the mothers of the believers (33:7) and this also means that they are their mothers in a spiritual sense. Their being the mothers of the believers entails that the H oly Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is the father of the believers, though physically they are not his progeny. The Holy Quran thus establishes that by the progeny of the Holy Prophet is meant his spiritual progeny, and if a person calli ng himself a Muslim is pleased when Islam is insulted and supports the enemies of Allah and His Messenger, he would cease to be the progeny of the Holy Prophet. The passage of the Nurul Islam relied upon by the opponents of the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, clearly relates to a person who, calling himself a Muslim, declared Christianity as being victorious against Islam and persisted in this assertion. Such a one cut himself asunder from b eing the progeny of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and proved that he was metaphorically a bastard as he had repudiated his spiritual father, the Holy Prophet, and had attributed himself to someon e else. The Promised Messiah explained further: