Hazrat Mir Muhammad Ismail (ra) — Page 59
59 6: ALLEGIANCE TO AHMAD The Holy Prophet s as of Islam, the S eal of all the prophets, had two principal names - Muhammad s as and Ahmad s a s. The se two names are not merely names; they are also his defining a ttributes. "Muhammad" means the "praiseworthy" and "Ahmad" means "one who praises most", and the correspon ding attributes which these two names represent, would, in the Arabic language, be “ Mu h ammadiyyat ” and “ Ahmadiyyat ” respectively. A close examination of prophecies leads us to conclude that at the time of the appearance of the Awaited Mahdī as , it would be the attribute of "Ahmad" , in other words , the "Ahmadiyyat" of the Holy Prophet s as , which would be manifested. Some of the prophetic sayings of the Ho ly Prophet s as clearly reveal that the name of the Awaited Mahdī as would indeed be "Ahmad". Hence, it is mentioned in the books of Hadith that the Holy Prophet s as prophesied: "He is the Mahdī and his name will be Ahmad" 37A These words are prophetic. And the fulfilment of a prophecy is, in fact, the greatest proof of its being a true prophecy. Likewise, it is the fulfilment of a Hadith that is the primary proof of the authenticity of that Hadith. Academic technicalities are of secondary value.