What is Ahmadiyyat?

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 31

( 31 ) Ahmadis also hold that. when a good p~oposition is proved to have been the utterance of the Holy Prophet, th. en that utterance. must have priority over any:- thing taught by any doctor of religion, however great his position. . TAQDIR Among misunderstandings about Ahmadiyyat is one relating to Taqdir. It is said that Ahmadis deny the doctrine to taqdir ( or determination ). - This is not true. Ahmadis believe that Divine Taqdir operates in this world and will continue to· operate until Doomsday. Taqdir means law and the law of God cannot be changed by anybody. What we say, however, is that the actions of human beings can be at~ributed only to hu~an beings, to those who perpet- rate those actions, not to. God. A theft is committed by a thief, an unrighteous action by an unrighteous person; an intrigue results from· an intriguer, a