Truth About Ahmadiyyat — Page 1
1 Introduction Ever since God Almighty has instituted the system of prophet - hood for the guidance of mankind, the opponents of these holy prophets, peace be on them, have always charged them with falsehood and untruth. They were called sorcerers and madmen and were descr ibed as disorderly and rebellious. Every prophet and God’s elect was treated in that manner. The same was the case with the Promised Messiah, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, peace be on him. when he put forth his claim of being the Reformer of the age and the Promised Mehdi, not only Muslim divines, but the leaders of other religions also, rose up against him and assailed him with false charges and insupportable objections. Muslim divines proclaimed that his teaching was opposed to Islam and the practi ce of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and showered false charges upon him. These were the vicious divines concerning whom our Lord and master, Hazrat Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had prophesied thirteen hu ndred years in advance that is: The Muslim divines of the latter days would be the worst of creation under heaven (Mishkat, Kitabul Ilm). Many eminent Muslim saints had predicted that the Mehdi would be opposed bitterly by the Muslim divines. (1) The Reformer of the second millennium, may Allah have mercy on him, wrote, concerning the Mehdi: