What is Ahmadiyyat?

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 71

( 71~ ') Mujaddids or Restorers who were to restore the faith · of Islam at inter:vals of 100 years. They \\ere to rise from time to time· and meet the minor crises of Islam. The history· of Islam records the. names of these Mujaddids or Restorers. They appeared in ·accordance with. the Prophet's tradition which says: Verily, God will raise for this people, at the head of every 100 years, one who will restore for them, their faith' (Abu. Daud Vol. II, p. 241}. It does not stand to reason that Islam. . should have had guides from heaven to meet its. minor crises, but no one to meet its major crisis. of to-day. This major crisis of Islam was also foretold; Accord- ing to the Holy Prophet it had been. foretold by prophet aft€r prophet from times immemorial. It is incomprehensible that, to meet their major crisis, Muslim~