Truth About the Split

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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Truth About the Split — Page 124

124 Argument from Article by Maulawi Muhammad Ahsan The fourth misstatement in the account of Ahmadiyya dissensions as related by Maulawi Muhammad Ali, is that Maulawi Muhammad Ahsan, in his report of a controversy held at Rampur, published under the heading 'Discussion relating to Partial Prophethood in Subordination to Complete Prophethood', has stated that "by following the Holy Prophet sa one can be granted partial prophethood in subordination to complete prophethood for helping the cause of the faith of Islam. " Maulawi Muhammad Ali writes: "The same learned old man wrote an article in the monthly paper Tashhidhul Adhhan edited by M. Mahmud under the heading 'Prophethood among the Followers of Muhammad' in which he showed that the only prophethood which could be granted to Muslims was Nubuwwti Juzwi or partial prophethood. " What Maulawi Muhammad Ali means to prove by this citation is that the belief of the more eminent Companions of the Promised Messiah as was that the door of prophethood was closed after the Holy Prophet sa , the door only of partial prophethood being left open. Another point which Maulawi Muhammad Ali seeks to prove from the fact that the article was published in the magazine of which I was