Claims of the Promised Messiah (as) — Page 9
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 9 ] of the writings of the Promised Messiah as for it has not established any new criticisms. The holy men previously quoted already have prophesied that the Promised Messiah as would make these claims. If the Messiah did not make similar claims, he would have to be considered an imposter. The holy men who had made these prophecies would then also have to be considered imposters. You will have to accept the truthfulness of the Promised Messiah as in accordance with the prophecy made by Imam Ja‘far S ad i q. Denying the Promised Messiah as because of these c l a i m s w o u l d b e t h e e q u i v a l e n t o f d e ny i n g t h e truthfulness and status of Imam Ja‘far S ad i q. The claims do not end there. Imam Khomeini, whom the Sh i‘ ahs have given a high status, next only in stature to their great imams , says in reference to the status of the Sh i ‘ah imams : Surely, in our religion we have a firm belief that none of the exalted angels, nor any Prophet or Messenger can attain the status of the imams. (as quoted in Khomeini As Seen Through His Writings by Dr. ‘Abdull a h Mo h ammad Al ‘Ar i b) Hadrat Sheikh ‘Abdul Q a dir J i l a n i rta neither claimed to be the Messiah nor Mahd i , but the ignorant maulav i of today cannot grasp the exalted status of holy men in the ummah of the Holy Prophet sa. In a book by al-Shaikh N u rud i n