What is Ahmadiyyat?

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 5

( 5 ) munities in that the holy books of other religions may be called Books of God but not H~s Word; the holy Book of Muslims can be called -not only the Book of God but also His Very Word. So does "the Prophet of Islam differ from other prophets. . Every religion has ·a prophet, but no prophet exc~pt the Holy Prophet of Islam has presented to the world such a comprehensive teaching or such. a· comprehensive example for · ·other human beings to follow. Consider Christianity, the religion nearest to Islam · in historical succession. Christianity ·presents Jesus as the Son of God. But a :Son of God is not human. He cannot "-serve •:. ru,· an "example "to "human beings. · Human beblgS ' Will follow only a human , example. The ·writers. of the ·Old Testa- , ··mentdo -not ·present Moses as an exemplar to others. iNor do -the Old and' the New 'Testament· present their great teachers,. Moses and Jesus, as the exponents -of