What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 9
( 9 ) These Kalimas are fabrications. To say that they are the Kalimas of the reli- gious traditions associated with Abraham, Moses and Jesus is to indulge in sheer fancy. They are not the Kalimas ?f these older religions. They are not to be found in the writings of the old Testament or the New. They are· not mentioned any- where in their literatures. ·Muslims may have forgotten many things, but theyhave not forgotten their Kalima. No people can forget their Kalima. Then, have the Christians and the Jews forgotten their Kalimas? If they have, and their Kalimas have somehow disappeared from the books, then why have not Muslims for- gotten their Kalima ? The truth is that no prophet other than. the Prophet of Islam ever taught a Kalima. It is one of the distinctions of t~e Holy Prophet. ( on whom b~ peace ) 1 that ·of all the prophets, he is the one who. taught a Kalima to his followers. The distinction