Truth About the Split

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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Truth About the Split — Page 130

130 protect us from such views! The fact is that the Holy Prophet sa is the original Prophet, and the Promised Messiah as a succeeding Prophet. Whatever of the original Prophet may be attributed to the succeeding Prophet is in the nature of a Majaz (metaphor), as may be seen in many of the revelations of the Promised Messiah as , as for example in the revelation This is the meaning of Majaz. Similarly Maulawi Muhammad Ali has also failed to understand the meaning either of Nubuwwat Juzwi or Z illi. I have already explained in Sitta-i- D ar u riya that under such circumstances if there should happen to arise an equality between the original and the reflex, there is still no harm, because the superiority will still remain with the original on account of its priority. ' This is what is signified by Z illiyyat (Reflexion). Nor has Maulawi Muhammad Ali understood the meaning of the term Juzwi ; because, according to the generally accepted Hadith, "nothing remains of Nubuwwat save