Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 195
KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH 195 “In these verses Allah, the Almighty has promised Muslim men and women that He will make some believers from among them Khalifah by His grace and mercy. ” Since the Promised Messiah as mentions that: does not refer to the whole nation, but only to some individuals in the ummah, no Ahmadi can take it to mean the whole community. Inference of Khilafat-e-Muhammadiyya The fourth answer is also for Ahmadis. the Promised Messiah as has repeatedly inferred his Khilafat-e-Muhammadiyya from this verse and has included the Khilafat-e-Nubuwwat in it. And it is evident that Khilafat-e-Nubuwwat cannot apply to the whole nation but only to some specific individuals. To illustrate, wherever the Holy Quran mentions the kingdom, it uses the expression or He made you kings. But when Nubuwwat is mentioned then it is said, or, “He has appointed Prophets from you”. The reason for this difference is that we can say that God granted kingdom to a nation but it cannot be said that nation has been appointed as Prophet. Therefore, if the promise of Nubuwwat can be fulfilled through some individuals, even when the