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prophethood, they at once ascribe. fo him a prophetic status in terms of their own concept and accord. ingly believe th. at he has initiated a ne,v creed has founded a new faith and. . is therefore in • n~ way related to Islam any more, Nothing is further from the truth. We solemnly affirm that the Prorn. ised Messiah made n? such claim ; we do not believe hirn. to be a prophet m the above sense. 0!1 ~he contrary we believe him to h~ve _bee~ commissioned, as he has repeatedly explamed m his Works, to serve Islarn. in subordinate devotion to the Holy Prophet (Allah bless him) and. to ~ave brought no ne~ religion nor a new creed; his creed and that of his followe being the one and eternal creed that Muhammad tbs Apostle of Allah (Allah bless· him) was grantede namely: •. AlJI JJMJ. ,. ,. . AlJI ~I ~I~ "There is no God except Allah and Muharnrn d is His Apostle. " a. . O ye earth and O ye heavens, 0 ye genii and 0 men, be witnes~es therefore tha~ _we testify th' on solemn affirmation and Allah wdlmg we shall 18 depart from this world that "Islam is our religio so the Quran is our book and Muhammad the bless n, ~ho is th~ Seal of Prophets, is our apostle; and hd 1s the chief of _messengers exalted a~ove all h'e predecessors and his followers and we are his (UMMAT) people. " Whosoever attributes to us a belief oth than this, is guilty of falsehood and commits a wr er for which he must answer God. We do not asc:ng to the Promised· Messiah (peace be on hirn) t~e prophethood of the non-Ahmadiyya concept. h'e station. in spiritual eminence is so granted hi~ bis virtue of allegiance, devot. ion and subordination { the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Allah b!e<,;s him) · 0 dembnstrate his glory and in simple terms it is 'u~~ 155