The Magnificent Services of The Just Imam, The Promised Messiah — Page 54
Magnificent Services of the Just Imam, the Promised Messiah as , to Reform the Mutual Controversies and Distorted Beliefs of the Muslims [ 54 ] Madh-hab, by Ghulam Mehr ‘Al i Golarhv i , p. 131, Kutub Kh a nah, Mehriyah Manzil, Mand i Chishtiy an Shar i f, Bahawalnagar Province)) Meaning, the Holy Prophet’s sa appearance was like Maul- av i Ashraf ‘Al i Th a nw i. Since the above mentioned refer- ence is a dream, it should not be held against them. But I have mentioned it because if an Ahmadi sees a dream like this, these people criticize it and call it an impertinence against the Holy Prophet sa. They hold the belief that it is insulting to give any simile to the Holy Prophet sa. Accord- ing to that principle Deoband i s are at the forefront of insulting the Holy Prophet sa. We do not believe in that principle; rather, we contend that any dream in which the Holy Prophet sa is seen needs to be interpreted in a spiritual context. Satan cannot adopt his appearance. However, the very people who believe that seeing the Prophet sa , even in a dream as another person’s shape, is an offene are describ- ing a dream comparing the Holy Prophet sa to Maulav i Ashraf ‘Al i Th a nw i. They even elaborate the interpretation of the dream: The Holy Prophet sa is in the person of our Maul a n a Th a nw i. ( A s daqur Ro‘y a’ , p. 25, line 15, quoted from Deoband i Madh-hab, by Ghulam Mehr ‘Al i Golarhv i , p. 131, Kutub Kh a nah, Mehriyah Manzil, Mand i Chishtiy an Shar i f, Bahawalnagar Province) And then in the same book, it is written: