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20 Mahzarnama beliefs. And the same can happen against the Ahle Quran sect, otherwise known as Chakrhalvi or Pervezi. An adverse consensus already exists in practice, among the religious scholars of other sects, against certain beliefs held by the Ahle Hadith, the Wahhabi and the Deobandi sects. Therefore consensus or ‘majority opinion,' in this context, is an exaggerated notion. If any one particular sect is singled out to be condemned, the rest of the sects would appear to constitute the consensus in opposition to it. Similarly, each and every sect, taken individually, would look like engendering a potential consensus opposed to its own position and such iterations would establish a consensus-led edict of disbelief against each and every sect, taken one at a time. In our view these edicts are predicated more upon appearance than reality. They cannot per se be taken as a ticket to Paradise or a warrant for Hell. As far as the reality of Islam is concerned, we reproduce below the definition of a true Muslim in the words of the Holy Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at. He says: "The accepted meanings of the term Islam is enunciated in this verse of the Holy Quran: Nay whoever submits himself completely to Allah, while he is excellent in conduct shall have his reward with his Lord. No fear shall come upon such, neither shall they grieve. (2:113) viz. a Muslim is one who surrenders his all in the way of Allah the Exalted, i. e. , one who fully devotes his being to Allah the Exalted, for the fulfilment of His designs, and to win His pleasure. Then he earnestly takes to the pursuit of righteous deeds purely for the sake of God and practically devotes every ounce of his energy in His way. In short, he must attune himself exclusively to God, doctrinally, as well as practically.