Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page 8
N UBUWWAT AND K HIL A FAT 8 The editor of Badr declared this belief as following: Listen! Every Ahmad i is firmly established on the belief that the holy, noble, and righteous personage, whom people call Mirz a Qadian i , is a Nab i chosen by God. ( Badr , June 18, 1908, p. 11) According to the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at , no law-bearing Nab i can now come; indeed, anyone who makes such a claim is a disbeliever and liar. The only type of Nab i who can come is one within the ummah of the Holy Prophet sa , and that is provided he does does not bring any new law. The Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at himself writes: Now all nubuwwats are closed except the nubuwwat of Muhammad sa. No Nab i with a new shar i ‘ah can come. A Nab i without new shar i ‘ah can appear, but only if he is within the ummah. On this basis, I am an Ummat i as well as a Nab i. ( Tajalliy a t-e-Il a hiyah , Ruhani Khaz a ’in , vol. 20, p. 411–412) In March of 1914, during the establishment of the second khil a fat , some people refused to take the pledge of allegiance, and turned themselves outside the pale of khil a fat. Up until March of 1914, these people had adhered to the non-law- bearing nubuwwat of the Promised Messiah as. I will confine myself to quoting their references in their own words. These clear statements do not require any further comments or explanations. The first and the second reference deal with fundamental principles, and with the true meanings of Kh a taman-Nabiyy i n 2 and l a nabiyya ba‘d i 3. In addition to these two, there are twenty references in which the old and the young 2. Seal of the Prophets, a title bestowed upon the Holy Prophet sa in the Holy Qur’ a n—al-Ahz a b, 33:41 3. Words of a Saying of the Holy Prophet sa literally meaning: There is no Prophet after me.