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38 being having the power to change, even Almighty God himself has declared, He shall not alter. None of its commandments shall undergo change unto the Last Day and all its comm a ndments with their attendant conditions will remain binding till the Day of Judg e ment. “Next to the Holy Quran we look upon the continuous “Sunna” and the authentic sayings of the Holy Prophet as binding upon us and we regard it a sin to depart even a tittle from them. We consider the companions of the Holy Prophet and Holy member s of his household as a splend i d example of the teachings of the Holy Quran and the excellences of the Holy Prophet. He who forsakes their way indeed forsakes the way of God. We offer the same Prayers, keep the same Fasts, pay the same ‘Zakat’ and preform the same Pilgrimage and look upon the same ‘Qibla’ as the religious centre and place of resort for all Muslims as taught by the Holy Quran, the ‘Sunna’ and the Hadis’ of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him) and the saying of his companions. “We regard ourselves as a part of the “Ummat” of the Holy Prophet and so was the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement. He too recited the ‘Kalima’ of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him) and we Ahmadis also recite the same ‘Kalima’ and he who does not do so is, in our opinion, a contravener of the teachings of the Holy Quran and a denier of Islam. “We look upon every person who recites the same ‘Kalima’ and faces the same ‘Qibla’ as belonging to the ‘Ummat’ of the Holy Prophet and as a part of it. “We regard the service of, and sympathy with, all man- kind, particularly the service of Muslims and sympathy with them regardless of the country in which they live and the sect to which