Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 25
25 No doubt, some of the sayings and teachings of Jesus as are said to be different from the teachings of the Torah, but if we study the Torah carefully we can discover in it the basis of all that Jesus as taught. He says himself, concerning these teachings, that they are not new and are contained in the Torah. For instance, towards the close of the Sermon on the Mount, which is regarded as laying down rules of conduct not contained in the Torah, Jesus as says, 'for this is the law and the prophets. ' 10 In short, Prophets are of two kinds, those who are law-bearers like Moses as and those who only restore and re-establish the law after mankind have forsaken it; as, for instance, Elijah as , Isaiah as , Ezekiel as , Daniel as and Jesus as. The Promised Messiah as also claimed to be a Prophet like the latter, and asserted that as Jesus was the last Khalifa (Successor) of the Mosaic dispensation, he was the last Khalifa of the Islamic dispensation. The Ahmadiyya Movement, therefore, occupies, with re- spect to the other sects of Islam, the same position which Christianity occupied with respect to the other sects of Judaism. We believe that in the Holy Prophet Muhammad was fulfilled the prophecy of Moses as which is contained in Deuteronomy (18:18), and which foretells the advent of a Prophet from among the breth- ren of the Israelites, who would be a law-bearer like Moses as. Muhammad sa , being a descendant of Ishmael, 10 Matthew. 7:12