Truth Prevails — Page 144
( 144 ) CHAPTER VII Allegation Against Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II That He Changed His Belief In the last chapter of his book Mr. Faruqi has alleged that Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II has altered his views and beliefs. He writes: (a) “Uptil 1910 A. D. Mirza Mahmud Ahmad believed that the institution of Prophethood is definitely closed after the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and the blessings of God be upon him) and no prophet had come so far, nor would any appear in the future. He wrote in the April 1910 issue of his monthly magazine Tashhizul Azhan , (published from Qadian): ‘…Some hundreds of Prophets appeared before the Holy Prophet Muhammad, some of whom we know; but thirteen hundred years have passed after the Holy Prophet Muhammad, and nobody has yet laid a claim to prophethood with success…’” (b) “Even upto the year 1911, Mirza Mahmud Ahmad still believed that all kinds of prophethood have been terminated with the appearance of the Holy Prophet Muhammad and that through implicit obedience to his teaching, and under his seal, so to speak, righteous and holy Muslims, resembling the ancient prophets in certain attributes, would continue to appear till the day of Judgement. So Mirza Mahmud Ahmad wrote in the 22nd March 1911 issue of the Newspaper ( Badar published from Qadian): ‘…That the Almighty God made the Holy Prophet Muhammad as the last of the prophets, and terminated all types of prophethood with him… and his attributes reached such excellence that no Mojaddid could be appointed unless he bears a seal of the Prophet’s obedience. ’” (Truth Triumphs, page 50, 51). For a brief reply to this argument, it is to be noted that in the first quotation “no Prophet had come so far, nor would any come in future”, refers to a Mustaqil Nabi , not beholden to an earlier teaching and an earlier Prophet; in the second quotation no one can become a mamur minallah “ unless he bears a seal of obedience to him”, means an Ummati and Zilli Nabi.