What is Ahmadiyyat?

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 10

(10 is full of signficance. In the Muslim Kalima, belief in the Holy Prophet is · linked with belief in God. God is· En-. ' during, Permanent. To believe in Him is to believe in an enduring; ineffaceable truth. The messages of earlier prophets were meant for their own times; so none of them had his · name· linked with the name of God. The message of the Pro-··· phet Muhammad (on whom be peace) was to ·endure for all times. It was to remain unsuperseded for ever and ever. There- fore, in the Kalinia of Islam, the Name and Office of Muhammad (on whom be peace) were associated with the assertion of the Oneness of God. That God is One and Ev~r-enduring and that Muhammad is His Prophet, are two ineffaceable truths. Neither the one nor the other can be superseded. The followers of Moses, the followers of Jesus and the followers of Abraham had no Kalimas taught to them. They attribute no such thing to