Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 224
224 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad by making such a comment you are actually raising an objection against the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and suggest that he made a statement that was contrary to the Quran. The fact of the matter is that you only damage your own credibility. You state again and again that you have read books. My question is, in which book have you studied this issue? Questioner: I have not come to offend you. His Holiness as : Offence? I can never be offended. It is my duty to convey the message of God Almighty to the people and to answer everyone’s questions. I do not feel offended, I feel mercy for you because you intentionally ignore the facts. I put forth my claim on the basis of the Quran, and even though the Quran takes precedence, you are fixated on one word used in a Hadith, which the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has explained himself by stating: ْ اِمَامُکُم ْ مِنْکُم He would be your leader, from among you. I also ask you, are the Hadith free from contradiction? Do the Shias and Sunnis not have their own separate narrations? Do the muqallids and non- muqallids not have their own separate narrations? How then can you come to a decision in light of the Hadith alone? Do not forsake the Quran. Give precedence to the Quran. The evidence for my claims is present in the Quran. If you wish to abandon the Quran and pursue some other course, then you are free to do so. But even the Hadith—provided that they are authentic—prove the truthfulness of my claim. Even on that front, you will find nothing. Questioner: The muqallidin are free from ill will towards one another, every- one is united. His Holiness as : If the muqallidin were free from malice for one another and if everyone was united, there would not have been four different places of prayer in Mecca. 1 1 Due to mutual discord, the muqallids who associated themselves to each of the four Islamic schools