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ot the finality of prophethood, more or le!!!!, coin- cide with those held by the early dignitaries of Islam, the Ahmadiyy11 community cannot therefore be declared Kafir and outside tbe • pale of Islam. If, on the other hand, the Ahmadis ~ave to be subject to the anathema of excommunication because of thetr views, what is the verdict about these luminaries for their having expressed similar beliefs. Secondly, that these specific beliefs in respect of a specific question, represent in fulfilment of the Holy Prophet's (Allah bless him) prophecy "a group of my followers shall adhere to the truth" by the grace and mercy of Allah, in the person of the Ahmadiyya community which has been chosen· for the simultane~ms pro- mise of triumph embodied in the latter part of the same tradition : •'Tht"ir opponents shall never. suCC't"ed in har- ming them until Allah eomes "'ith His Decree. " The Origin of Misconception Before reproducing individual. views it appears necessary to answer the question how and when a misconception about the meaning of the 'St"al of Prophethood' arose among the mass of Muslims. While answe. dng this question it must be clearly borne in mind that as explicitly laid down in the Quran and the Hadith, our Holy Prophet (Allah. bless him) is the Central point in the propht"tic dispensation. The Holy Prophet claimed :. . ~1. ,,~f~J~_. -~,. ,~. ,1. •\ ••I was a prophet when Adam was yet in (the transitional stage) between water and'mud. " 119