Hakam and Adl: The One to Unify the Ummah — Page 21
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad—Khalifatul-Masih V aba 21 The fact of the matter is that the truth was on the side of [Ali] Al-Murtazaa. Those who fought against him were rebellious and transgressors. ’ 8 Then with regards to the services rendered by the four Khulafaa-e-Raashideen for Islam and for the safeguarding of the Holy Qur’an, and how they discharged the trust bestowed upon them, the Promised Messiah as says: ‘It is vital to believe that Siddeeq-e-Akbar ra [Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq ra ], Hazrat Farooq-e-Umar ra [Hazrat Umar Farooq ra ], Hazrat Zhun-Noorain ra [Hazrat Usman ra ] and Hazrat Ali Murtaza ra were all custodians of the faith. For Islam, Abu Bakr ra was the second coming of Adam, similarly, if Hazrat Umar Farooq ra and Hazrat Usman ra did not show sincerity in the trust bestowed upon them, then it would be impossible for us to consider even one verse of the Qur’an to be from Allah the Almighty. ’ 9 With regards to the four Khulafaa, the Promised