Islam - Peaceful Religion — Page 3
Anyhow, let us first see what the Holy Qur’an commands us to do in order to establish peace. God Almighty says in the Holy Qur’an: Whosoever killed a person – unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land – it shall be as if he had killed all mankind. (Al Maidah, Ch. 5: v. 33) Explaining this verse, the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community says: ‘A person who kills a person unfairly or who kills someone who had neither rebelled, nor became a source of violating peace amongst the people nor created disorder in the land, it is as if he has killed the whole of mankind. In other words to kill a person without any cause is, according to God Almighty, like the murder of the entire human race. It is obvious from this verse, how big a sin it is to take the life of another person without reason. ’ ( Lecture Chashma-e-Ma’rifat pp 23-24: Commentary by the Promised Messiah Vol. 2: p. 405) Thus, this is the beautiful teaching of Islam that the unlawful killing or the shedding of innocent blood of someone is like the killing of the entire human race, that is to say, the taking of a single life is like the massacre of thousands of innocent lives. Now, everyone can very well imagine what kind of sentence would be passed on someone who is found guilty of the taking of thousands of innocent lives. So this is the beautiful teaching given to us by God Almighty in the Holy Qur’an. Whosoever acts against this, acts against the teachings of Islam. Then, the Holy Founder of the Ahmadiyya community takes us further than this because it was after his true reflection and deliberation and his understanding of Islamic teachings that God Almighty provided him with the guidance. Commenting on this verse, he adds: P AGE 3 Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V, Head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim community. Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad is the great grandson of the Promised Messiah (peace be upon him). In 1977, he devoted his life for Islam and went to Ghana where he held various posts including manager of the Ahmadiyya Agricultural Farm where he successfully planted and nurtured wheat for the fist time in that country. In 1985, he returned to Pakistan and held various senior positions in the areas of financial affairs, Director of Education, Principal Director and the Executive head. In addition, he has held many other high-level positions within the community. On 22nd April, 2003, his election as Khalifatul Masih V (Fifth Successor to the Promised Messiah (peace be upon him) was announced. The worldwide Ahmadiyya Community look to their spiritual leader for guidance and leadership in matters of faith. Since the community was established over a hundred years ago, it has established itself as a community of law- abiding citizens who help all communities in various activities and has truly made its mark as one that promotes the true teachings of Islam as a religion of peace.