Are Ahmadis Not True Muslims? — Page 43
? 43 Kalimah has been altered and it has been quoted by a magazine representing the community of Maul a n a Ashraf ‘Al i Th a nav i. How did this quote escape his notice? Is it now not incumbent on him to repent and leave the Deoband i s and join the Barelav i sect? The Barelav i s have adopted Maulav i Ludhi a na vi’ s method of attack and declared all Deoband i s as disbelievers, due to the irresponsible writings of a single individual. The Barelav i s claim that the kalimah of Deoband i s is completely different than the Kalimah of the Muslims; when they recite the Kalimah of the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw , they mean Ashraf ‘Al i Th a nav i. So Maulav i Ludhi a na vi can claim to be a Muslim only if he joins the Barelav i sect. The mountains of deception Maulav i Ludhi a na vi has created pertain to the following writing of Hadrat Mirz a Bash i r Ahmad: The Promised Messiah is the manifestation of the Holy Prophet saw , who came to this world again for the spread of Islam. Under these circumstances we do not need any new kalimah. Had it been somebody else instead of the Holy Prophet saw , then a new kalimah would have been required. ( Kalimatul - Fa s l , p. 158, by Hadrat Mirz a Bash i r Ahmad; Review of Religions, Urdu, March–April 1915, vol. 14, nos. 3–4) The above passage was written in view of the objections of a critic who knew that Ahmadis do not have a separate kalimah. However, he wanted to attack the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s viewpoint as inconsistent. The intention was to