A Great Victory for Ahmadiyyat — Page 18
[ 18 ] Prophet Muhammad sa called the time of lying and deceit are described as the following: It is related by ‘Abdull a h bin ‘Amr that the Holy Prophet sa said that my ummah [followers] will go through the same stages as Ban i -Isr a’i l [people of Israel—followers of Moses as ] did. The similarities will be very striking, like one shoe of a pair has to the other. So much so that if a person from among the Ban i -Isr a’i l committed an offence against his mother, a similar unfortunate one would also be found in my ummah. Ban i -Isr a’i l split up into seventy-two sects. My people will split up into seventy-three sects. With the exception of one sect, all others will be bound for Hell. The Companions ra asked as to who these righ- teous people or sect would be. The Holy Prophet sa replied that these would be the people who would truly follow him [Holy Prophet sa ]and his Compan- ions ( Tirmadh i , Abw a b-ul- I m a n babo Ifti raq-e- h a dhihil Ummate, vol. 2, p. 88–89 ) So the demeanour and beliefs of the righteous group would be similar to the Holy Prophet sa and his Companions ra.