Fateh Qadian

A critical Review
of the Pamphlet,
fateh-e-Qadian

By
Hadi Ali Chaudhary

A critical Review
of the Pamphlet,
fateh-e-Qadian
Was Pir Meher Ali Shah the
Conqueror of Qadian or is that the
Crude Vision of his blind followers?

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First published in Urdu in UK: 1991 as:
Fateh-e-Qadian, ya, Gustakh Akhkhin
First English translation published in UK: 2013

Written by Hadi Ali Chaudhary
Translated by Khalilur Rahman Mullick
Revised by Khurram Matin Khan

Islam International Publications Ltd.

Published by
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Tilford, Surrey GU10 2AQ
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Printed in UK at
Raqeem Press
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ISBN: 978-1-84880-073-1

Contents
Foreword ........................................................................................... ix
Ija aa azul-Masih ih ih ihA Miracle of the Promised Messiah
as
.... 1
Beginning of Pirs Opposing Attitude and the Publication of
Shamsul-Hidayah ............................................................................... 2
Publication of Letters by Hadrat Maulavi Abdul Karim ................ 5
Invitation to Debate by Maulavi Syed Muhammad Ahsan ............ 6
The Promised Messiahs
as
Challenge to Compete in the
Commentary of the Holy Quran .................................................... 8
Pirs Announcement ............................................................................... 12
The Reply of Maulavi Muhammad Ahsan ......................................... 14
Threats by the Disciples ......................................................................... 15
Sudden Arrival of Pir [Meher Ali] in Lahore ................................... 16
A Sincere Effort to bring Pir [Meher Ali] into the Contest of a
Written Commentary ..................................................................... 17
The Promised Messiah
as
s Detailed Announcement ....................... 21
An Easy Condition of Debate for the Pir ........................................... 25
Pir Meher Alis Return to Golrha ....................................................... 26
Conclusive Argument by the Promised Messiah
as
........................... 27
vi A critical Review of the Pamphletfateh-e-Qadian
Matchlessness of Ija aa azul-Masih ih ih ih: Maulavi ii i Muh hh hammad
H HH Hasan Faidi di di di and his notes ............................................ 35
A Book in Urdu Instead ......................................................................... 36
Charge of Plagiarism ............................................................................... 38
The Real Culprit of Plagiarism ............................................................. 40
Letter of Mian Shahabud-Din Addressed to the Promised
Messiah
as
............................................................................................. 40
Second Letter of Maulavi Karamud-Din Addressed to Hakim
Fadl Din .............................................................................................. 46
Empty Boasts of Victory ......................................................................... 50
Miracle ....................................................................... 53
as
did Not Bring a New Law ...... 55
Pious and Pure are All the Prophets ............................ 61
Wrong Date of Birth, Wrong Reason .......................... 69
Revival of Islam Lies in Proving the Death of Jesus
as
..... 73
Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] is Certainly Not Alive ........................................ 78
Some Far-Fetched Interpretations ....................................................... 79
Testimony of the Companions of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad
sa
..................................................................................... 82
None Shall Now Descend from the Heavens ................................... 87
A Reflection of Padre Oaring Washington and
Others of His Ilk ......................................................... 93
Signs of the Advent of the Messiah and Mahdi.............. 97
Appreciation of Flowers... ......................................... 117
Contents vii

Truth has come and falsehood has vanished .............. 133
God will Disgrace You... .................................................................... 134
...I shall Gain Honour ........................................................................ 142
Publishers Note ............................................................................. 147
Glossary .......................................................................................... 151
Index .............................................................................................. 157

Foreword
This book is a critical review of the pamphlet Fateh-e-Qadian
written by a Maulavi Mushtaq Ahmed Chishti of Norway. His
claims of the so-called victory of Pir Meher Ali Shah of Golrha
against the Promised Messiah
as
, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of
Qadian, are exposed in light of documented historical facts. Pir
Meher Ali Shah was a man who initially acknowledged the services
of the Promised Messiah
as
in defence of Islam, but later gave in to
his followers and started opposing him.
In this book, we have documented the details of the events that
occurred before and after Pir Meher Ali Shahs open criticism of
the Promised Messiah
as
along with the direct and indirect
communication which took place between him and the Promised
Messiah
as
and his Community. After studying this book, it becomes
clear that any claims of the Pirs victory against the Promised
Messiah and Mahdi
as
of the age are false and baseless. On the
contrary, one can see how Allah the Almighty fulfilled His promises
given to the Promised Messiah
as
about his victory and the victory of
his Community.
The second half of the book provides a refutation to the
allegations leveled by the author of the pamphlet Fateh-e-Qadian
as
. Issues such as the status of Hadrat
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
as
, his respect for other Prophets, his extreme
love and devotion for the Seal of Prophets, the Holy Prophet
FOREWORD x

Muhammad (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and
arguments for the natural death of Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] are
discussed.
Furthermore, the need of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi in
this age and the signs of his advent are also discussed along with
proofs of the truth of his claims.
Finally, this book documents the ill fate of Maulavi Mushtaq
Chishti - which he faced due to his opposing the Promised Messiah
and Mahdi
as
of the age - and the success and honour that Allah has
bestowed on the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community all around the
world. Allah Almighty revealed to the Promised Messiah
as
:

Verily, We have granted you a clear victory.
1

Gratitude is due to Khurram Matin Khan for the revision of the
translation. Valuable insight was provided by Munawar Ahmad
Saeed in reviewing the translation. The following offered valuable
assistence to prepare the book for publication: Abdul Wahab
Mirza, Naveed Malik, Irfan Azam and Ayyaz Mahmood Khan.
Munir-ud-Din Shams
Additional Wakilut-Tasnif
London, November 2013

1
Tadhkirah, English 2
nd
Edition, p. 114, Published by Islam International
Publications Ltd., UK, 2009 [Publishers]

i jazul-MasihA Miracle of
as

In his book, Anjam-e-Atham, published in 1896, the Promised
Messiah
as
declared that he would no longer take part in any more
debates or disputations because of his opponents mischief, their
attempts to create unrest during these gatherings, and for other
legal reasons.
In the same book, he also put forward a method to distinguish
and discriminate between truth and falsehood, which is that one
should ask for Gods guidance through prayers. Amongst the
ascetics, leaders of religious orders and their successors that he
invited to pray was a well known religious leader of the Chishtiyah
sufi sect, Pir Meher Ali Shah
2
(b. 1837, d. May 5, 1937) of Golrha
(District Rawalpindi).
In the beginning, the above-mentioned Pir held favourable
views and had expressed respect for the Promised Messiah
as
.
Around 1896 or 1897, when one of his devotees, Babu Feroz Ali,
Station Master of Golrha, asked him about the Promised Messiah
as
,
he replied without any hesitation:

2
The term Pir refers to a religious leader. In this book we have sometimes
referred to Pir Meher Ali Shah as the Pir etc. [Publishers]
2 A critical Review of the Pamphletfateh-e-Qadian
Imam Jalalud-Din Sayuti
rh
says that by ascending to certain high
stations, some spiritual pilgrims attain the rank of Messiah and
Mahdi and others acquire a similarity to those ranks. I cannot say
whether this man is at such a lofty spiritual station, or whether he
is truly the same Mahdi who was promised by the Holy Prophet
sa

to the ummah of Islam. He is working like a sharp sword against
false religions and certainly enjoys divine support. (al-Hakam,
June 24, 1904, p. 5, col. 2, 3)
On receiving such an opinion it is perhaps of little surprise that
Babu Feroz Ali, went on to join the Ahmadiyya Muslim
Community, taking the baiat [pledge of initiation] at the hand of
the Promised Messiah, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
as
.
Beginning of Pirs Opposing Attitude and
the Publication of Shamsul-Hidayah
Soon after the incident, however, Pir Meher Ali adopted the ways
of the other maulavis and began to oppose the Promised Messiah
as
.
He published a book in Urdu entitled, Shamsul-Hidayah Fi Ithbat-
e-Hayatil Masih
3
.
Hadrat Hakim Maulavi Nurud-Din
ra
was particularly saddened
when he received a copy of this book. He was particularly surprised
because Pir Meher Ali himself had recently written two letters to

3
Meaning: Sun of guidance in establishing the life of the Messiah (Hadrat
Isa
as
) [Publishers]
ijazul-MasihA Miracle of the Promised Messiah
as
3

him in which he spoke of the Promised Messiah
as
with words of
great devotion, and due to this Hadrat Maulavi Nurud-Din
ra
was
desirous of meeting the Pir.
After reading the book, Hadrat Maulavi Nurud-Din
ra
, wrote a
letter dated February 18, 1900, to Pir Meher Ali raising eleven
questions.
Shamsul-Hidayah, the Pirs book under discussion, had
references from the works of Ibn-e-Jarir and Tarikh-e-Kabir
Bukhari. Hadrat Maulavi Nurud-Din
ra
asked whether the Pir had
himself studied these books or if he had them in his library. A few
days later, the reply was received and it was discovered that the
book was actually written by a follower of the Pir, named Maulavi
Muhammad Ghazi. The follower had published the book and
ascribed it to the best of the researchers, commander of the sages,
our lord, Khwajah Meher Ali Shah. The Pir wrote:
Respected and revered Maulana, may peace and blessings of Allah
be on you!
Maulavi Muhammad Ghazi has been procuring and studying
the above-mentioned books of Tradition and the commentaries
on the Holy Quran. Maulavi Muhammad Ghazi has gone home
these days. Maulavi Ghulam Muhyiud-din and Hakim Shah
Nawaz must have expressed their good opinion about me out of
their good faith but I am well aware of my worthlessness in this
regard. It was Maulavi Muhammad Ghazi who compiled and
published the book, Shamsul-Hidayah, with his own effort and
arrangements. However, he did have exchange of views and
agreement on some topics with me personally from time to time.
If you agree, Maulavi Muhammad Ghazi will respond to your
letter and explain the situation with reference to the books you
asked about, when he returns.

May Allah keep both the parties firm on the right path.
With greetings of peace
A humble servant of the Scholars and Saints, Meher Shah
26th Shawwal 1317H & March 28, 1900 AD
(al-Hakam, April 24, 1900, p. 7, col. 1, 2)
His letter stated the truth in simple terms; however, when the word
got out to his followers, he feared of losing his disciples. He
consequently began to find flimsy excuses to cover his clear
admission. For example, he told one of his disciples, Abdul Hadi:
You must not worry. No sentence will be devoid of truth and
wisdom, inshaAllah. Whatever he [Hadrat Maulavi Nurud-Din]
said was because he did not understand the meaning of the words
compilation and publication.
4
. Ask him that
in writing essays and their compilation, is not the distinction
between general points and specifics based upon ones point of
view? You should also get a copy of the second paper which
Maulavi Nurud-Din has received and examine it closely. Salam,
Meher Shah (al-Hakam, April 24, 1900, p. 7, col. 2)
Similarly, he wrote to another disciple, Ghulam Muhammad, Clerk
in the offices of the Accountant of the Punjab:

4
He is our Lord and He will make it clear to them. [Publishers]
as
5

I wrote to Maulavi Nurud-Din regarding his request and the
appreciation of my knowledge that he received through our
friends. The gist of the letter is: I do not possess any expert
knowledge and our friends must have praised me simply out of
good faith. I further explained that Maulavi Muhammad Ghazi
would write to him upon his return, because he carried out the
research on it.
I often gave him unpublished papers to prepare for publication
i.e. to collect and put them in some order and to print them.
Maulavi Nurud-Din thought I had denied being the author of the
book since the compilation had been attributed to Maulavi
Muhammad Ghazi, as was the case. Sometimes the author and the
publisher are the same and sometimes they are not. I had assigned
the collation and ordering of the book to him for lack of time.
Anyway, the aim that people should not be misled was fully
achieved with the Grace of God. We learn daily of the popularity
of the book through letters. We need not concern ourselves with
the views expressed by the common folks. Salam. (al-Hakam,
April 24, 1900, p. 7, col. 3)
Publication of Letters
by Hadrat Maulavi Abdul Karim
Hadrat Maulavi Abdul Karim could not bear this obvious duplicity
on the part of Pir Meher Ali and duly published all the above
letters in the newspaper al-Hakam on April 24, 1900. He
demanded again a reply to all the queries raised about the Pirs book
and thus revealed the facts. In so doing, he showed the Pir to be a
clear fulfilment of the Promised Messiahs prophecy:

I will disgrace whoever will aim to disgrace you.
After the publication of the note by Hadrat Maulavi Abdul Karim,
a full-fledged conflict ensued. To find an escape, Pir [Meher Ali]
asked Maulavi Muhammad Ghazi to publish an announcement
that:
Maulana Hadrat Pir Meher Ali Shah had written the reply to
the questions raised by Maulavi Nurud-Din the very first day he
received his letter, however, for some reasons it was not sent to him.
Now that the answers have been demanded again in al-Hakam, we
are publishing them.
After this, the answers given by Pir Meher Ali were noted.
These replies were more meaningless than his previous letters had
been. Their diction was not correct and neither was the style.
Similarly, the expression was not elegant and neither was the
thought behind it. They were nothing but incongruous and
disjointed pieces put together incoherently.
Invitation to Debate
by Maulavi Syed Muhammad Ahsan
As far as the book Shamsul-Hidayah Fi Ithbat-e-Hayatil Masih was
concerned, Pir [Meher Ali] did his utmost to prove that Jesus
as
7

[Hadrat Isa
as
] was alive, using the same arguments as Maulavi
Muhammad Ghazi did. Yet, the fact totally escaped the Pir that just
as a weak rope cannot give support to anything, a weak argument
does not help anyone either. Hence, the logical and historically
accurate arguments presented by the Promised Messiah, Hadrat
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
as
on the death of Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] stood
tall and firm, like an unscaled mountain.
Hadrat Syed Muhammad Ahsan of Amroha, a companion of
Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, wrote an excellent book to rebut
Shamsul-Hidayah.the book published in the name of Pir [Meher
Ali]. He entitled his book Shams-e-Bazighah
5
. Through the
publication of this book, he not only proved the absolute
hollowness of the Pirs arguments but also manifested how
degraded were the views held by the Pir. Indeed, the arguments
presented in this book serve to cause shame for the followers of the
Pir even to this age.
On the last page of Shamsul-Hidayah, the real author of the
book, Maulavi Muhammad Ghazi, had invited the Promised
Messiah, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
as
to a debate subject to
satisfactory arrangements. Syed Muhammad Ahsan of Amroha
informed the Pir in an announcement made on the July 9, 1900,
that he was ready for the debate. He invited the Pir stating:
You should announce your readiness otherwise it will prove that
the truth is on our side. (al-Hakam, July 9, 1900, pp.1011 and
July 23, 1900, p. 5, col. 3)

5
Meaning: The Rising Sun [Publishers]
Pir Meher Ali Shah did not reply to Hadrat Syed Muhammad
Ahsans invitation to debate, imagining, perhaps, that he could thus
retreat quietly.
The Promised Messiahs
as
Challenge to Compete
in the Commentary of the Holy Quran
as
, who was awaiting the Pirs own response
upto that point, addressed him directly in a public announcement
which was published on July 20, 1900 pointing out that thousands
of Pir Meher Ali Shahs disciples believed him to be the most
eminent maulavi in the country with regard to his knowledge,
understanding of the Divine verities and subtleties, and also in
literary comprehension. In fact, he himself had made a claim in
Shamsul-Hidayah that he had been given an understanding of the
Holy Quran. To determine the truth in these claims, the Promised
Messiah
as
put forward a simple solution as follows:
According to the Holy Quran, the truly sincere servants of God
are given Divine help in three ways:
1. ...They are afforded miraculous support by God at the time
of confrontation... as shown by the verse
6

6
He will grant you a distinction... (Surah al-Anfal 8:30) [Publishers]
as
9

2. They are endowed with a deep knowledge and
understanding of the Holy Quran... as shown by the verse
7

.
3. The majority of their prayers are accepted... as shown by the
verse
8
.
(Announcement dated July 20, 1900, Majmuah Ishtiharat, vol. 3,
published by Ash-Shirkatul Islamiyyah Ltd., Rabwah, Pakistan, p.
327)
So, to make a clear differentiation between truth and falsehood, Pir
Meher Ali was advised to compete in writing a commentary of the
Holy Quran.
as
invited him to enter into a scholarly
contest by writing a commentary on the Holy Quran on the
following terms:
In order to distinguish the honest from the deceitful, a public
meeting in Lahorethe headquarters of the Punjabshould be
held. After drawing lots to select forty verses from any chapter of
the Holy Quran, or an entire chapter (if it contains forty or less
verses), the two competing parties should pray to God that: O
Allah! Please grant whichever of us in Your view is in the right, the
spiritual power to write, in this very gathering, the verities and fine
points of this chapter in eloquent and clear Arabic language and

7
Which none shall touch except those who are purified. (Surah al-Waqiah
56:80) [Publishers]
8
Pray unto Me; I will answer your prayer. (Surah al-Mumin 40:61)
[Publishers]
help him with the Holy Spirit. And whichever of us two is acting
against Your will and is not truthful, deprive him of this ability
and prevent him from the expression in eloquent Arabic and the
insight into the Holy Quran, so that people may know whom You
support and from whom Your blessings and the help of the Holy
Spirit is withheld.
After this prayer, the two parties should start writing their
commentaries in Arabic with the condition that both parties
should neither have any book with them nor any assistant to aid
them. It shall be essential for each person to write quietly, with his
own hand, so that the other competitor can not extract or
plagiarize anything from the eloquent composition and the fine
points they may overhear. Each party shall be allowed exactly
seven hours to write this commentary, which must be done face to
face and not behind any veils.
Each party shall have the authority to search the other to make
sure that he is not secretly getting help from any books. Both
parties should complete their commentaries in seven hours but on
the same day and in the same gathering, in the presence of
witnesses.
Once written, the commentaries should then be signed and
read out to three scholars (with the responsibility of their
selection and arrangement for their attendance being on Pir
Meher Ali Shah). It shall be the duty of each of these three
maulavis to give their opinion, on oath, as to which of the two has
been written with the help of the Holy Spirit both regarding the
commentary and the Arabic composition. It shall be necessary
that the three maulavis are neither the followers of this humble
one nor the disciples of Meher Ali Shah.
as
11

It would be acceptable to me that Pir [Meher Ali Shah] may
select Maulavi Muhammad Husain Batalvi, Maulavi Abdul
Jabbar Ghaznavi and Maulavi Abdullah, Professor of Lahore, or
any other three maulavis who are not his disciples or elders. It shall
be incumbent upon the three maulavis that they express their
opinion, under oath, stating which commentary and Arabic
composition is superior and shows signs of Divine support. This
oath should be similar to the oath mentioned in the Holy Quran
in reference to defamation of chaste women in which the
declaration is repeated three times.
It shall also be required that the above-mentioned
commentaries be no less than twenty pages in length (where a page
is determined to be of average size and in average print, as is to be
found in thousands of existing printed copies of the Holy Quran
in the Punjab and India).
If, with this form of contest, together with the testimony of
three such maulavis, it is decided that Pir Meher Ali Shah had
Divine support in his commentary [of the Holy Quran] and
Arabic composition and I was not able to show the same or even
that we both accomplished the task to the same degree, the whole
world can be a witness that I shall admit that the truth is with Pir
Meher Shah. I also give a solemn undertaking that, in this case, I
will burn all my books about this claim, and shall consider myself
forsaken and reprobate.
However, if my God makes me victorious in this competition
and Meher Ali Shah remains tongue-tied; not being able to write
in eloquent Arabic, or to express the subtleties and truths
mentioned in the chapter of the Holy Quran, or if he altogether
rejects this competition, then in all these cases it shall be
incumbent upon him to repent and take the baiat [pledge of
initiation] at my hand. (Announcement dated July 20, 1900,
Majmuah Ishtiharat, vol. 3, published by Ash-Shirkatul
Islamiyyah Ltd., Rabwah, Pakistan, pp. 327330)
as
published this announcement with
signatures of twenty of his followers as witnesses. He asked Pir
[Meher Ali] to publish an announcement of his acceptance of this
challenge within 10 days of receiving this announcement, endorsed
by the signatures of twenty other respectable people, and to include
a solemn promise to take baiat if he was to be defeated. (see
Majmuah Ishtiharat, vol. 3, published by Ash-Shirkatul Islamiyyah
Ltd., Rabwah, Pakistan, p. 331)
Pirs Announcement
Since Pir [Meher Ali Shah] did not have the strength to enter the
field of scholarly contest, and did not want to disclose his true state
of mind either by issuing a clear rejection, he published an
announcement on July 25 saying that: I whole-heartedly accept the
invitation to attend the meeting in Lahore with the conditions laid
down by Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad], but first of all we will have a
verbal debate on his claim to be the Messiah. Then, if Maulavi
Muhammad Husain Batalvi and both of his companions express
the opinion that in this debate Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad] is not right
in his claim, he will have to take the baiat [pledge of initiation] on
my hand. The contest of writing commentary shall only be allowed
as
13

to begin after that. (To refer to the complete letter see Waqiat-e-
Sahihah by Hadrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiq, published by Anwar-
e-Ahmadi, Lahore, 1900, pp. 2526)
Discussing the deceptive plan of Pir [Meher Ali], the Promised
Messiah
as
, said:
...It is obvious that if I am victorios [in the verbal debate], I would
have no further need for a contest of manifesting Divine support.
On the other hand, if I am overpowered, I would be expected to
take the baiat. Now the readers should decide whether there is
any room for the contest of manifesting divine support which I
had invited him to. (Tohfah Golarhviyyah p. 2, Ruhani Khazain,
vol. 17, p. 88)
as
further states:
Pir [Meher Ali] wants me to revert to the same position...
regarding which I have made a written declaration in my book
Anjam-e-Atham,... that in future I will not enter into verbal
debates. ... he has put forward the excuse of a verbal debate with
the intention that if he [Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad] will not
come for the debate, we will beat the drum of victory in public.
And if he will debate we will say he has broken a solemn promise
which he had made with God. (Tohfah Golarhviyyah pp. 23,
Ruhani Khazain, vol. 17, pp. 8990)
It is also very clear that this acceptance of a verbal debate was
actually a clear rejection of a written contest, and was a ridiculous
escape from the sincere invitation of the Promised Messiah
as
.
Instead of a contest in written commentary, Pir [Meher Ali] put
forward a suggestion for a debate about the Promised Messiah
as
s
claim of being the Messiah. He went on to appoint a person
9
as
judge who was the leader of the disbelievers and was known to hold
the same views as those of Pir [Meher Ali]. He was a declared
opponent of the Promsied Messiah
as
over the matter of the death of
Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] and based his entire faith on the continued life
of Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] and on apposing the Promised Messiah
as
. It
was also ridiculous that Pir [Meher Ali Shah] Golarhvi himself
appointed Maulavi Muhammad Batalvi to judge the verbal debate
together with two other similar people, because these people were
already supporting the Pir in his rejection of the Promised
Messiah
as
.
The Reply of Maulavi Muhammad Ahsan
Maulavi Muhammad Ahsan published an announcement on
August 14, 1900, that if Pir [Meher Ali Shah] is not avoiding the
contest, then the same three ulema
10
who were appointed by the
Promised Messiah
as
to judge the written commentary should
publish an oath that the Pirs method is not a proof of his
helplessness in the matter of writing a commentary. Then, if within
a year, no sign appears in support of Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad] we

9
That is, Maulavi Muhammad Husain Batalvi [Publishers]
10
Maulavi Muhammad Husain Batalvi, Maulavi Abdul Jabbar Ghaznavi
and Maulavi Abdullah. See page 11 above [Publishers]
as
15

will be considered defeated. Also, on behalf of Anjuman-e-Furqan,
the followers of the Promised Messiah
as
in Lahore, (whose officers
were: President: Hakim Fadl Ilahi, Secretary: Munshi Taj Din and
Joint-Secretary: Mian Miraj Din Umar) published an
announcement twice, on August 19 and August 20, 1900, that:
Should Pir [Meher Ali] write a commentary according to the
conditions of the Promised Messiah
as
, we will give him a reward of
1,000 rupees in cash. (For details see Waqiat-e-Sahihah,
published by Anwar-e-Ahmadi, Lahore, 1900, pp. 3637)
As a reply to these announcements, Pir [Meher Ali] once again
published a statement in which, to avoid a written commentary, the
emphasis was entirely on a verbal debate. Moreover, he one-sidedly
fixed the date of this verbal contest as August 25, 1900. (For details
see Asa-e-Musa, published by Maulavi Muhammad Abdul Majid,
Delhi, 1900, p. 418)
[Bear in mind that Munshi Ilahi Bakhsh Accountant, from whose
book the above reference is taken, was a bitter opponent of the
Promised Messiah
as
and was unparalleled in the malice and
animosity he bore against him].
Threats by the Disciples
Furthermore, some disciples of Pir [Meher Ali] were enraged and
they began to write a series of abusive letters to the Promised
Messiah
as
. In these letters, they not only took the abusive language
to its limits, but also gave threats of murder, which clearly showed
that they had speeded up the movement to poison the public mind
as
. (For details see Asa-e-Musa, p.
418)
Sudden Arrival of Pir [Meher Ali] in Lahore
Pir [Meher Ali] made a clever move at this time. His
announcement had been published on August 21. A few days after
publishing his announcementwithout waiting for the reply of the
Promised Messiah
as
Pir Sahib arrived in Lahore on August 24,
1900, accompanied by a large entourage of his disciples. Out of the
three people the Promised Messiah
as
had suggested as arbiters for
the contest of written commentary, Maulavi Muhammad Husain
Batalvi, set out towards Shimla on the pretext of some personal
business and the other two arbiters, Maulavi Abdul Jabbar
Ghaznavi and Maulavi Abdullah Tonki, Professor at the Oriental
College, Lahore, presented themselves in Lahore on the same day as
the Pir. Many people from outlying areas also gathered to hear the
proceedings of the so-called debate. Muhammad Husain Batalvi
wrote:
My humble self...considered the claims of Mirza of the face-to-face
contest of writing commentary and manifestation of signs as his
old boast... and avoided any part in it by going to Shimla on some
personal business. (Ishaat-us-Sunnah, vol. 19, p. 129)
as
17

Immediately on arrival, the disciples of Pir [Meher Ali] made the
announcement that the Pir has come for the debate and that he
has accepted all of Mirzas
11
conditions. As soon as Pir [Meher Ali]
stepped into Lahore, flood of hatred for Ahmadis swelled like a
flood... Abuses and profanities were rampant, and sermons were
delivered from the pulpits declaring that the Promised Messiah
as

was worthy of being killed. (For details see Waqiat-e-Sahihah by
Hadrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiq, published by Anwar-e-Ahmadi,
Lahore, 1900, p. 41, p. 63)
Eventually, though, the arrival of Pir [Meher Ali] in Lahore and
the publication of the inflammatory announcements by his
disciples were to prove an inextricable embarrassment for him.
A Sincere Effort to bring Pir [Meher Ali] into the
Contest of a Written Commentary
As soon as they learnt of the arrival of Pir [Meher Ali], the sincere
Ahmadis in Lahore made an earnest attempt to persuade him for
the contest of a written commentary. They published a statement
on August 24, the day of his arrival, that the devotees of Pir [Meher
Ali] are publishing announcements full of abuses from Lahore and
Rawalpindi, but why dont Hakim Sultan Mahmud of Rawalpindi,
Muhammad Din, the bookseller of Lahore, and other devotees of
the revered Pir ask him to announce in clear terms that he accepts
the challenge of the Promised Messiah
as
for a contest of written

11
I.e. The Promised Messiah
as
[Publishers]
commentary. Although the date set for the contest by the Promised
Messiah
as
has already passed, if they were to accept the challenge
even now, another suitable date can be set and the Promised
Messiah
as
would attend it.
Pir Meher Ali made no response to this announcement.
Followers of the Promised Messiah
as
respectfully wrote a personal
letter and delivered by hand to Pir [Meher Ali] stating:
If you have truly come to Lahore due to concern for the faith of
Islam and want to remove this vicious turmoil you should
immediately publish a signed statement saying that: I am ready to
enter unconditionally into a contest on written commentary with
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, in accordance with his announcement of
July 25, 1900.
You should also get the signatures of at least four renowned
chiefs and maulavis of Lahore as witnesses to this statement....We
respectfully request you that for Gods sake agree to this
settlement and do not think of avoiding it. (For full text of the
letter see Waqiat-e-Sahihah, published by Anwar-e-Ahmadi,
Lahore, 1900, pp. 4546)
This letter was written the following day, on August 25. A non-
Ahmadi friend, Mian Abdur Rahim, Inspector of the Market,
accompanied by Hakim Syed Muhammad Abdullah, Arab of
Baghdad, Munshi Abdul Qadir, the teacher, and Mian Mir
Bakhsh, the shopkeeper of Lahore, visited the Pir at the time of
Zuhr prayer. Pir [Meher Ali] stated that he would reply to the
letter after Asr prayer. However, when the said Inspector of the
Market, visited his residence again at 5 p.m., the Pirs disciples did
as
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not let him enter, and asked him to leave with the message that Pir
[Meher Ali] will not reply. (For details see Waqiat-e-Sahihah,
published by Anwar-e-Ahmadi, Lahore, 1900, pp. 4445, 47)
Earlier, on June 27, 1900, the Ahmadis in Lahore had published
an announcement for a standing challenge to any scholar or
custodian of any shrine, who considered himself to be following the
truth in opposition to the Promised Messiah
as
, to take part in a
prayer duel with the Promised Messiah
as
. The method suggested for
the prayer duel was that a few incurable patients and other afflicted
people should be distributed equally between both contestents
according to the the drawing of lots. The contestants should then
engage in prayer for the recovery of their particular group of
invalids. Within 40 days, the information that the contestants
receive from God as a result of their prayers should be published,
indicating which of their patients would recover fully. The
contestant whose patients recover or their afflictions are eased
should then be considered to be in the right.
After a lengthy silence, a written announcement in answer to
this straightforward and simple challenge was distributed in Lahore
on August 25, 1900the date of the above-mentioned incident at
the Pirs house. In this statement Maulavi Muhammad Ghazi and
other disciples of the Pir conceded quite clearly that they neither
had the backing of God nor could the sick be healed with their
prayers. They asked that Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
as
should
perform this miracle on his own and heal the sick. (For details see
Waqiat-e-Sahihah, published by Anwar-e-Ahmadi, Lahore, 1900,
pp. 1920)
After these negotiations completely fell through, Hakim Fadl
Ilahi and Mian Mairajud-Din Umar sent a registered letter
addressed to Pir [Meher Ali] on August 26, 1900. In it they asked
the Pir to publish a statement bearing his signature that he
unconditionally accepts the invitation of July 20, 1900 to the
contest of writing a commentary on the verses of the Holy Quran.
(For details see Waqiat-e-Sahihah, published by Anwar-e-Ahmadi,
Lahore, 1900, p. 47)
Alas, the Pir refused outright to accept the registered letter. (For
details see Waqiat-e-Sahihah, published by Anwar-e-Ahmadi,
Lahore, 1900, p. 47)
However, his disciples started spreading a rumour that Pir
[Meher Ali] had sent many telegrams on August 25, to which
Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad] had not replied. As a response, an
announcement was published on August 27 daring Pir Meher Ali
that if he were to publish a written affirmation accompanied with
his oath, attesting to the authenticity of this rumour, the followers
as
would present him with 51 rupees. (For
details see Waqiat-e-Sahihah, published by Anwar-e-Ahmadi,
Lahore, 1900, p. 49)
Pir [Meher Ali] himself remained silent as usual. However, on
the same day, several maulavis held a large public gathering in the
Badshahi Mosque, attempting to cover up the truth. These
maulavis told their audience that no heed should be paid to Mirza
[Ghulam Ahmad] and his Community, nor should any reply be
made to anything they may ask.
In a report of the proceedings, published in Ishaat-us-Sunnah,
the verdict of these maulavis appeared as following:
In future, no Muslim should pay heed to any written
communication of Mirza Qadiani or his followers. Neither should
as
21

they speak to them or give them any reply, as their beliefs are
entirely contradictory to Islam. (Ishaat-us-Sunnah, vol. 19,
no. 132)
On this occasion, Munshi Nizamud-Din, financial secretary
Anjuman Himayat-e-Islam, made a persistent request to the Pir
that he should also address the gathering and furthermore, people
made a humble request to him to address the gathering in the
Badshahi Mosque. However, he refused by saying that his voice was
too soft and he was not able of speak from a pulpit. (For details see
al-Hakam, October 24, 1900, pp. 67)
as
s
Detailed Announcement
When the Promised Messiah
as
learnt of this situation, he published
a detailed announcement, on August 28, 1900, in which he wrote:
I have learnt that the disciples of Pir [Meher Ali] and others who
share their views are spreading rumours in the streets of Lahore
that Pir [Meher Ali] did arrive in Lahore for the contest of a
written commentary, but Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad] fled from it. I
hereby inform the public once again that these rumours are
contrary to the facts, for it is the Pir who has fled and has not
agreed to write the commentary. He has neither the capacity for it,
nor is he blessed with Divine support.
I would have done my best to go to Lahore, but it has been
reported that many illiterate people from Peshawar, in the
Frontier [Province], accompany the Pir as his allies and many of
the petty-minded and vulgar people of Lahore are roaming in the
streets hurling abuses like drunks. The opponent maulavis, in a
frenzy, are telling people that I deserve to be put to death. In such
circumstances, how could it be right for me to go to Lahore
without proper arrangements...? (Announcement of August 28,
1900, Majmuah Ishtiharat, vol. 3, published by Ash-Shirkatul
Islamiyyah Ltd., Rabwah, Pakistan, pp. 350351)
The announcement of the Promised Messiah
as
continues:
However, if Pir [Meher Ali] has made up his mind sincerely, and
is ready to write the commentary in Arabic, without adding
further conditions, then I declare on oath, bearing Allah as my
witness, that I will definitely go to Lahore, solely for the face-to-
face contest of writing commentary in Arabic. I only desire two
things on which depends my arrival in Lahore:
1. Firstly, Pir [Meher Ali] should publish an announcement in
simple and clear text, without adding complications or more
conditions, that: I have agreed to enter into a contest with
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, to write a commentary on
the Holy Quran, in eloquent and literal Arabic. The
announcement should be signed and verified by five
respected and well known dignitaries of Lahore....Since it is
the rainy season they should set the date of this contest in
as
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the above announcement, at least three days in advance, so
that I may be informed of the event.
2. The second thing which is a condition for my arrival in
Lahore, is that three chiefs of Lahore, namely: Nawab
Sheikh Ghulam Mahbub Subhan; Nawab Fateh Ali Shah;
and retired Extra Assistant, Syed Barkat Ali Khan, should
publish a mutually agreed statement to the effect that we
take responsibility for the disciples of Pir Meher Ali Shah
and their ilk, that they will not utter any abuse nor commit
any uncivilized act.
Bear in mind that there are no more than 1520 people in Lahore
who support me and I can make arrangements to deposit a sum of
2,000 rupees with the three said chiefs, stipulating that if any of
my followers were to abuse or beat someone, they may confiscate
my deposit. I promise they will remain quiet as if they were not
even breathing. However, Pir Meher Ali Shah, who has good
relations with some of the chiefs of Lahore, and some of them may
possibly have allegiance to him, need not deposit any money. It
will be sufficient that the above-mentioned chiefs agree to take
responsibility for the words and deeds of the incitable people from
the Frontier [Province] who accompany the Pir at present. They
should also accept the responsibility for the actions and
statements of other disciples, supporters and other maulavis of
Lahore, who are openly pronouncing religious fatwas that I
deserve to be put to death. When the afore-mentioned chiefs will
publish these few lines of assurance, with their signatures, and
after the above-mentioned announcement of Pir [Meher Ali] has
been published, if I do not speedily go to Lahore, I may be openly
declared a liar. (Announcement of August 28, 1900, Majmuah
Ishtiharat, vol. 3, published by Ash-Shirkatul Islamiyyah Ltd.,
Rabwah, Pakistan, pp. 351353)
Munshi Ilahi Bakhsh wrote regarding the above mentioned second
condition set by the Promised Messiah
as
:
Holy is Allah! This is strange justice, that Mirza himself is not
prepared to accept a single condition from others but is adding
condition upon condition himself. Furthermore, the stipulated
conditions are impossible to implement. (Asa-e-Musa, p. 420)
The above words highlight the importance of the conditions. In
fact, the biggest concern of the Promised Messiah
as
was that the
environment of morality and restraint, which a religious contest
demanded, was altogether lacking. If this were not the case, why
would they declare the demand for responsibility as impossible to
implement, especially, since these people were disciples of Pir
[Meher Ali] and shared his beliefs.
We find a similar incident in the life of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad
sa
. It is reported in Sunano Abi Dawud (Kitab-ul-
Khiraj Wal Fai Wal Amarah Babo Khabarin-Nadir) that the tribe
Banu Nadir sent a message to the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
that
he should bring 30 people, and that they would bring their priests.
If their priests attested to the truth of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad
sa
they would readily believe in him. However, since
they had secretly prepared for rebellion at this meeting, the Holy
Prophet Muhammad
sa
, wisely sent word that unless they gave him a
written agreement, he would not trust them.
as
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An Easy Condition of Debate for the Pir
At the end of the above-mentioned Announcement, the Promised
Messiah
as
put forward the following suggestion, with a view of
fulfilling the Pirs demand for a debate:
If Pir Mehr Ali Shah is incapable of participating in a face-to-face
contest of writing a Quranic commentary in Arabic as is evident,
then there is another easy method which is different from the kind
of debates I have undertaken to avoid. The method is that after
the above mentioned acceptance of responsibility [by the three
chiefs
12
] I should arrive in Lahore and should be allowed to speak
for three hours, explaining my claim and its supporting arguments
in a public meeting, where the aforementioned three chiefs should
also be present. My address will not contain any direct reference to
Pir Meher Ali Shah. After my speech, Meher Ali Shah should
take the stand and should likewise address the public for three
hours, presenting his arguments from the Quran and Hadith for
the physical advent of the Messiah from the Heavens. People can
compare and judge between the two speeches themselves. If Pir
[Meher Ali Shah] were to agree to any one of the two options,
then having received in writing the assumption of responsibility
by the aforementioned chiefs, I will gladly come to Lahore.
(Majmuah Ishtiharat, vol. 3, published by Ash-Shirkatul
Islamiyyah Ltd., Rabwah, Pakistan, p. 354)

12
Nawab Sheikh Ghulam Mahbub Subhan; Nawab Fateh Ali Shah; and
retired Extra Assistant, Syed Barkat Ali Khan. See page 23 above.
[Publishers]
Pir Meher Alis Return to Golrha
Initially Pir Meher Ali had intended to stay in Lahore until Friday
September 1. However, fearing that he would once again be faced
with public demands to give a speech which would ruin his
remaining prestige, he cancelled the rest of his itinerary in Lahore
and, instead of leaving on Friday as was planned, he left the city
right away. He instructed his disciples not to read the Promised
Messiahs
as
announcements and books as it would cause them to
lose their faith. Thus, when the above mentioned Announcement
as
reached Lahore, Pir Meher Ali was no
longer in Lahore and had already reached Golrha. Nevertheless
Hadrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiq, Munshi Tajud-Din, Secretary
Anjuman-e-Furqaniyyah, and other Ahmadis immediately sent him
the Announcement by registered mail and wrote:
As you have unexpectedly left Lahore before Friday, we are
sending you this Announcement by registered mail. Nevertheless,
as a precautionary measure, we are also leaving two copies of the
Announcement with your respected disciples so that they can be
presented to you. (For details see Waqiat-e-Sahihah, published by
Anwar-e-Ahmadi, Lahore, 1900, pp. 6162)
They also wrote:
From the Promised Messiahs
as
last Announcement, the period of
five days, which was set aside for you to obtain signatures from the
as
27

relevant chiefs, has now been extended to 15 days. Please send the
signed announcement within this timeframe. (Ibid.)
In addition, they offered to pay for one second-class and two
intermediate-class return tickets for the railway, for Pir [Meher
Ali] and two of his followers, to assist with their expenses for their
return trip to Lahore. They concluded by saying:
We hope that, to bring the truth to light, you will soon make the
necessary arrangements and return back to Lahore. (Ibid.)
Alas, on this occasion also, Pir Meher Ali refused to accept the
registered letter. Thus despite the offer of paying for travel
expenses, the Pir and the other like-minded maulavis did not have
the courage to present any hadith, as demanded by the Promised
Messiah, about the claim of the physical ascent toand descent
fromHeaven of Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
]. They also could not venture
into the contest on writing a commentary, nor to make a
convincing speech on their position.
Conclusive Argument
by the Promised Messiah
as

Once Pir Meher Ali left Lahore, his devotees began to circulate a
series of claims, asserting that a holy personage such as Pir Meher
Ali had taken the trouble to come to Lahore for a contest on
writing a commentary on the Holy Quran, but that when Mirza
[Ghulam Ahmad] realised that this holy man was indeed the
genius of our time, beloved of our period, full of knowledge and
wisdom regarding the Quran, and unique in the world, he went
into hiding in some corner of his home. Otherwise, the Pirs
disciples asserted, there would surely have been a great
manifestation of a sign of elucidating the wisdom of the Holy
Quran, and a display of eloquence in the Arabic language on the
part of Pir Meher Ali.
When the Promised Messiah
as
witnessed how the truth was
being concealed, he proposed, under Divine inspiration, another
method of writing a Quranic commentary, which he outlined as
follows in his book Arbain, no. 4, on December 15, 1900:
If Pir [Meher Ali] has a genuine command of composing
eloquent commentary in Arabic, and has not used any deception,
he will still possess this command. Therefore, I ask him, in the
name of Allah, that he should fulfil my request in the following
way. He should write a learned commentary in Arabic of not less
than four juzw
13
of a book, on Surah al-Fatihah to refute my
claims. I, in turn, will write a learned commentary in eloquent
Arabic on the same chapter of the Holy Quran, with the grace and
power granted by God, in support of my claims.
He is permitted to get help from the scholars of the world,
inviting the learned and eloquent men from Arabia, and seeking
the help of the professors of Arabic in Lahore and other cities.
Starting from December 15, 1900, we shall both be permitted 70

13
A juzw comprises 16 pages. [Publishers]
as
29

days to complete this task. This time will not be extended by a
single day.
Having completed this commentary in contest with me, if
three well known writers from Arabia were to declare that the
Pirs commentary indeed contains all the essential elements of
eloquence and learning, and is full of spiritual wisdom, I will give
him a prize of 500 rupees in cash. I will also set fire to all my books
and will take the baiat [pledge of initiation] at his hands.
However, if the result is contrary, or if Pir [Meher Ali] fails to
write anything in the allocated time, then I have no need to take
baiat from such people, nor do I need their money. I only want to
demonstrate that despite being known as a pir, he has uttered such
a despicable lie. (Arbain, no. 4, pp. 1819 footnote, Ruhani
Khazain, vol. 17, pp. 449450 footnote)
as
also said:
I allow him, by all means to call Muhammad Husain Batalvi,
Maulavi Abdul Jabbar Ghaznavi, Muhammad Hasan Bheen or
other similar people. He even has the discretion to get the services
of some writers from Arabia. The commentary of both parties
should not be less than four juzw. If in the allocated period of 70
days i.e. December 15, 1900 to February 25, 1901, one of the two
parties does not publish the commentary, and the time has passed,
then he will be considered a liar and no other proof will be needed
to prove him to be in the wrong. (Damimah Arbain, no. 3, 4, p. 4,
Ruhani Khazain, vol. 17, p. 484)
In accord with this announcement, with the Grace and special Help
of God, the Promised Messiah
as
published a learned and eloquent
commentary on Surah al-Fatihah entitled, Ijazul-Masih, within
the specified time, on February 23, 1901. The Promised Messiah
as

gave a clear warning on the title page of the book declaring the
commentary to be matchless:

He who, being incensed, sets out to write a reply, will soon
find that he is filled with remorse and has come to a sorry
end.
14

as
stated that the purpose of writing the
commentary was to prove false Pir Mehr Ali Shahs claim that he
had the knowledge of the Holy Quran, drank at the fountain of
deep Divine knowledge and was a man of miracles. (For details see
Ijazul-Masih, pp. 3437, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 18, pp. 3639)
as
also challenged Pir Meher Alis sense of
honour by saying:

14
Nuzulul-Masih, pp. 193194, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 18, pp. 571572
[Publishers]
as
31

If this ignorant man lacks capacity to undertake this task himself,
then I give him permission to get help from the scholars who share
his views, or call a group of writers from Arabia, or ask the pious
people of his nation to pray that he may be granted the capacity. I
say this so that the public becomes aware that all these people are
ignorant. Not one among them, nor all of them put together, have
the ability to do this work. To put forward the argument that the
Pir, who has been challenged for the contest, used to be a scholar
but now his knowledge has melted away like ice and the spiders of
dust have spun webs over his memory, is merely an excuse.
(Ijazul-Masih, pp. 4041, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 18, pp. 4243)
Then, in great grandeur the Promised Messiah
as
made the
announcement:

It is a fact and I speak the truth that my writing is a sharp sword
that has cut away all those who dispute, and no opponent is left. It
is incumbent upon anyone who thinks that he has eloquent
speech and that his writing shines like the full moon to not remain
silent. He should bring out a book to match mine. Even if their
fathers, their sons, their friends, their scholars, philosophers and
jurists were all to join hands to attempt to match this commentary
within the short period of time specified, they will not be able to
do so. The fact is that I prayed for this, and my prayer was granted.
Therefore no writer, whether old or young, will have the power to
write a response to this. This commentary is a treasurein fact, a
cityof divine knowledge that has been built with the water and
clay of truth. (Ijazul-Masih, pp. 5455, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 18,
pp. 5657)
About this miraculous writing the Promised Messiah
as
also said:
I prayed that Allah may make this book a miraculous sign for
scholars and no writer should have the power to come up with and
write its match.... My prayer was accepted, and Allah gave me the
glad tiding, saying:
as
33

15

I understood that this meant that the antagonists would not have
the power to produce its like. (Ijazul-Masih, p. 66, Ruhani
Khazain, vol. 18, p. 68)
Hence, according to this prophecy, neither Pir Meher Ali nor any
other writer from Arabia or any other country had the courage to
produce anything like it.

15
The Forbidder has forbidden him from Heaven. [Publishers]

Matchlessness of I JAZUL-MASIH:
Maulavi Muhammad hasan Faidi
and his notes
Ijazul-Masih, a book of the Promised Messiah
as
, was published on
February 23, 1901. He sent a copy to Pir Meher Ali. In addition to
him, this book contained an open invitation to Arabs and non-
Arabs to enter into the contest of writing a commentary in the
Arabic language. Accepting this challenge, Maulavi Muhammad
Hasan Faidi of Bheen, Sub-district Chakwal, District Jhelum,
declared that he would write its rebuttal. He was a teacher at the
Nomaniah School in the Shahi Mosque, Lahore. For this rebuttal,
he started compiling notes on the Promised Messiahs
as
book
Ijazul-Masih, and on a book written by a companion of the
Promised Messiah
as
, Hadrat Syed Muhammad Ahsan Amrohvi
called Shams-e-Bazighah.
At one place amongst his notes he wrote:
16

16
Curse of Allah on those who lie. [Publishers]
Hardly a week had passed since he had written the above statement,
he died under Divine decree.
His extraordinary death proved him to be a liar in opposing the
Promised Messiah
as
, and at the same time provided a great sign of
the fulfilment of the revelation of the Promised Messiah
as
:

He has been forbidden by the Forbidder from Heaven.
17

The belongings left behind by Maulavi Muhammad Hasan Faidi,
which was sent to his village Bheen, Sub-district Chakwal, District
Jhelum after his death, contained the two books Ijazul-Masih and
Shams-e-Bazighah, on which he had written his notes.
A Book in Urdu Instead
Since many intelligent people did not approve of the behaviour of
Pir Meher Ali, which he had displayed in Lahore (and which has
been reported above), the Promised Messiah
as
expected that Pir
Meher Ali, in order to wash away the stains of insult, would make
an attempt to write and publish a commentary on Surah Fatihah in
eloquent Arabic, to try and match Ijazul-Masih, and thereby show
the public that the venerated Pir knew Arabic and could write a
commentary. Finally on July 1, 1902, the Promised Messiah
as

received a book, Saif-e-Chishtiyai from Pir Meher Ali. The book,

17
nd
edition, p. 518, published by Islam International
Publications Ltd., UK, 2009 [Publishers]
Matchlessness of IJAZUL-MASIH 37

instead of being written in Arabic according to the terms laid out in
the challenge, was written in Urdu. Rather than being a
commentary, it contained nothing but baseless objections and
criticisms of the two books, Ijazul-Masih and Shams-e-Bazighah. It
shows that neither did Pir Meher Ali accept the challenge to write
the Arabic commentary face-to-face in order to prove his
scholarship and miraculous powers, nor did he discharge this duty
even after such a long time. Instead, he firmly established his own
helplessness. Not only did it prove the Pirs inability to write a
commentary, but it also manifested, once again, a powerful sign of
the truth of the Divine revelation vouchsafed to the Promised
Messiah
as
:

The Forbidder has forbidden him from heaven.
18

The Pir also put a stamp on the truth on what the Promised
Messiah had stated:

He who, being incensed, sets out to write a reply, will soon find
that he is filled with remorse and has come to a sorry end.

18
Ibid. [Publishers]
Charge of Plagiarism
In his book Saif-e-Chishtiyai, the biggest objection Pir Meher Ali
raised was that some sentences in the book Ijazul-Masih (which
amounted to no more than four lines in a book comprising over
200 pages), had been plagiarised from Muqamat-e-Hariri, the Holy
Quran or some other books; some of which had been written with
minor variations. Moreover, some were from well-known Arabic
proverbs. This was the allegation of plagiarism, which the Pir had
raised against Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.
In his book Nuzulul-Masih, the Promised Messiah
as
gave a
sufficient and well reasoned response to this allegation. Here we
shall mention some points briefly:
It is common to find a similar theme in one or two sentences
of writers.
Sentences are sometimes used as excerpts by authors.
In Hariris book, some verses of the Holy Quran are found as
excerpts.
19

We find some sentences and couplets of other authors
without any change or reconstruction in Hariris writings.
Some sentences of Abul Fadl Badi-uz-Zaman, the genius
author of his age, exactly match Hariri.

19
Hariri is an authentic Arabic author, and a celebrated master of prose,
whose writing comprises rhythmic and rhyming prose. The collection of
his writings is called Muqamat-e-Hariri.

Two poets of Sabah Muallaqah (the collection of high
ranking odes which, during the pre-Islamic period, was
hung in the Kabah) have similar lines of poetry.
One poet said:

The other said:

The Jews prove that some passages of the New Testament
have been taken word for word from Talmud.
Some evil-minded critics have alleged that the topics in the
Holy Quran have been adopted from the Old and New
Testaments and its parables are those of the ancient Arabs.
Only a man ignorant of the rules of literature could believe that
because of similarity of theme or because of excerpts, the above
books and writings were filled with stolen passages and poems.
In great eloquent books, you find examples of repetition and use
of appropriate excerpts. Anyone who declares such examples as
plagiarism, either does not know the ABC of elegant writing and
rhetoric, or he is being dishonest.
To adorn the writing with excerpts and to repeat the theme is
an accepted way in rhetoric. If this is called plagiarism, then this
allegation would also apply to the best authors, poets and masters of
prose, who are considered the masters of eloquence and command
of language.
The Real Culprit of Plagiarism
Dear reader, witness now the special Divine Decree which always
crowns the truthful with honour and grandeur and bestows, on the
liars, not just defeat, but also disgrace, misfortune and ignominy.
On July 26, 1902, while the Promised Messiah
as
was engaged in
replying to the criticism raised by Pir Meher Alis book Saif-e-
Chishtiyai, he received a letter by Mian Shahabud-Din from the
village of Bheen who was a friend and neighbour of the late Maulavi
Muhammad Hasan Faidi. The letter showed the pilfering activities
of Pir Meher Ali so clearly, as though one had been caught in the
act. We shall reproduce here, to the very letter, this missive.
Letter of Mian Shahabud-Din
Addressed to the Promised Messiah
as

Text of the letter is given below:
Messenger of God and appointee of the Gracious God, your
holiness, dear Hadrat Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad], may your blessings
and benficences perpetuate. Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi
wa barakatuhu
20

I received your registered letter. It refreshed my grieving heart
and I learnt the situation.

20
Peace be on you with Allahs Mercy and His Blessings. [Publishers]

The situation is that I was not shown the manuscript of
Muhammad Hasan separately because, after his death, all his
books and papers had been locked away. However, I did see the
notes that were written by him on Shams-e-Bazighah and Ijazul-
Masih. They are the same notes which the wicked Golarhvi
21
has
copied, he has not written anything of his own merit. Now, the
father of Muhammad Hasan and some others have become my
mortal enemies. They do not show me even a page from these
books. Previously, I found an opportunity to see these books when
Golarhvi returned the copieswhich he had obtained in the past.
That was possible only because the man who brought the book
back was an outsider. When he lost his way, he came to the
mosque and asked me for the directions to the house of Maulavi
Muhammad Hasan. I asked him his purpose. He said that he was
sent by Meher Ali Shah to return the books, Shams-e-Bazighah
and Ijazul-Masih to Maulavi Muhammad Hasans father. Then I
looked through the books and saw the notes appended to every
page, against each line. I had Saif-e-Chishtiyai with me so I
compared the text with the notes. It was the same, word for word.
I would like to do what you have asked for; however
Muhammad Hasans father does not let me have the book. He
says that I can only look through them in his presence, and he will
not allow me to take them away. I am helpless and cannot do
anything about it.
I have made a mistake by writing a letter to Golarhvi telling
him that he has written nothing at all; what he has done is to copy
Muhammad Hasans notes. Consequently, Golarhvi has written

21
Referring to Pir Meher Ali. [Publishers]
to Muhammad Hasans father asking him not to show me the
notes because I oppose him. Now the dilemma is that Muhammad
Hasans father is a disciple of Golarhvi and follows his commands.
I feel truley regretful that I wrote to him, for it is because of this
that all have become my enemies. Please forgive me as my coming
to Qadian by myself will be an unnecessary expense due to the fact
that he does not let me have the books.
Humbly,
Shahabud-Din from Bheen, Sub-district Chakwal
Concerning this matter, Mian Shahabud-Din also wrote the
following letter to Hadrat Maulavi Abdul Karim
ra
, a companion of
as
:
Respectful and revered Maulavi Abdul Karim
ra
,
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu
I am enjoying good health and wish the same for you. I would not
have declined to come but they do not give me the books, Shams-
e-Bazighah and Ijazul-Masih, which contain the desired notes [of
Maulavi Muhammad Hasan Faidi of Bheen]. The harsh tone of
Saif-e-Chishtiyai is mostly of Muhammad Hasan. That is why his
death ... was an example.... Now that I have written the letter,
Golarhvi
22
himself admits his mistake, as is clear from the postcard

22
Referring to Pir Meher Ali Shah [Publishers]

written by Golarhvi with his own hand which he sent to Maulavi
Karamud-Din. In short, Golarhvi has urged Muhammad Hasans
father not to show me the books. Golarhvi says in the postcard
that he wrote with the permission of Muhammad Hasan. This is
not a sincere statement. He was compelled to say this because he
was ashamed that we came to know of the secret. I am sending the
postcard separately. You will see that it has been written by
Golarhvi in his own handwriting.
Humbly,
Shahabud-Din from Bheen
Maulavi Karamud-Din, mentioned in Mian Shahabud-Dins letter,
wrote to the Promised Messiah
as
and to Hakim Fadlud-Din, the
proprietor of Dia-ul-Islam Press, Qadian. We reproduce these
letters below:
Revered, your holiness, Mirza Sahib, May you live long.
For some time, I have been reading your books and I love your
writings. Many times in my dreams I have seen good scenes about
you. I often argue with your adversaries. I have not yet become
your disciple, for I feel one has to take great care; as long as one is
not satisfied through a private face-to-face meeting it is not right
to take a pledge. However, I have love for you in absentia.
A few days ago, I saw your holiness in my dream in which you
congratulated me and gave me some sweets and disclosed two
things which were on my mind. In the same dream, I said that I
was convinced that you are the recipient of visions. God knows
the real facts.
I am still unable to understand some matters, which is why I
remain undecided, though I believe in your goodness and piety.
The other day I shed tears as I read a few lines of a poem in Persian
and a few lines of one in Urdu in the first pages of your book
Surmah Chashm-e-Aryah and I thought that one can never find
such moving feeling and pain in the writings of liars.
Yesterday, I received a registered letter, concerning Pir
Golarhvis
23
book Saif-e-Chishtiyai, from Maulavi Abdul Karim,
through a dear friend of mine, Mian Shahabud-Din, who is a
student. I had also told Mian Shahabud-Din that most of Pir
Meher Alis book comprised of the notes of the late Maulavi
Muhammad Hasan, which he made in the margins of the books
Ijazul-Masih and Shams-e-Bazighah, to record his thoughts. Pir
Meher Ali had borrowed the two books from me (which have
now been returned). On comparison, we found the notes word for
word copied into his book. This is an extreme example of
pilfering, that he copied the thoughts of a dead person and
attributed them to himself, without mentioning the original
author. How strange it is that some of the faults that he attributes
to your book, are to be found in his own book. Since both books
are now in the possession of Maulavi Muhammad Hasans

23
Referring to Pir Meher Ali Shah. [Publishers]

fatherand he holds views against youit is difficult to send
them to you.
However, it will be possible to copy those notes and send the
copy to you. Another possibility is that an appointed member of
your Community could come here and see those notes for himself.
This will be possible only if someone is sent without delay. Only
the day before yesterday, I received a postcard from Pir Meher Ali
in which he admitted that he stole Muhammad Hasans notes to
enhance the effectiveness of Saif-e-Chishtiyai. I am sending it for
you to see. It will be inadvisable to disclose that all this
information has been provided by me. However, there will be no
harm if Mian Shahabud-Dins name is disclosed. I dont want to
face the rancour of the Pirs followers.
Please pray that my faith in you becomes clear and I should be
convinced that you receive revelations and are commissioned by
God.
I send my humble salam to Maulavi Abdul Karim and
Maulana Maulavi Nurud-Din.
Constraint of time prevents me from writing more. Salam
from Shahabud-Din and he concurs with the contents of this
letter.
Humbly,
Muhammad Karamud-Din,
From Bheen, Sub-district Chakwal,
Dated July 21, 1902.
Second Letter of Maulavi Karamud-Din
Addressed to Hakim Fadl Din
An English rendering of the text of the letter follows:
Revered Hakim [Fadl Din], may you live long.
The boy reached home on July 31 and immediately I started trying
to convince him to assist us in the matter. At first, he refused
vehemently to give us the books and said that the books belonged
to Jafar Zattly, who recognizes the handwriting of the late
Maulavi Muhammad Hasan and who had told the boy strictly
that the books must be taken at once to Zattly in Lahore.
However, after employing many tactics and enticements, I
convinced him. Eventually, he settled for a payment of six rupees.
Having transferred the notes on another copy of Ijazul-Masih, we
are sending with the bearer of this letter, the original book which
has the notes of late Maulavi [Muhammad Hasan] in his own
handwriting. Please send a note for the receipt of the book with
the bearer of the letter and, if possible, give him six rupees also, so
that we can pay the boy and there is no difficulty in acquiring the
other book, Shams-e-Bazighah. As soon as you will send us a copy
of the book Shams-e-Bazighah, we will immediately send you the
original book containing Maulavis handwritten notes. Please rest
assured, there will be no going back on his word if Allah wills. The
boy says that there are many other notes written by the late

maulavi which can be traced. When found, we will settle its price
and, if needed, send the handwritten notes of the late
[Muhammad Hasan] Faidi to you. Please procure and send a copy
of Shams-e-Bazighah soon, because the boy is home on only a
months vacation. After that, he will take the book to Lahore and
it will be impossible to acquire the original. Try in Chakwal, you
may find a copy and then send it with the bearer of this letter and
send your man with him so that he can take the book.
I hope that Hadrat Mirza Sahib and your Jamaat will accept
my insignificant services and pray for me. However, I request that
for the time being my name is not disclosed, so that I can render
similar help again. Salam from Maulavi Shahabud-Din.

Yours sincerely,
Muhammad Karamud-Din
from Bheen, Sub-district Chakwal
August 3, 1902
(Note: The boy mentioned in the letter was the son of late
Muhammad Hasan, who was also his heir. As stated by Maulavi
Karamud-Din, the son accepted six rupees cash and gave us the two
books, Ijazul-Masih and Shams-e-Bazighah, which contained the
notes of Muhammad Hasan in his own hand. This was how Pir
Meher Ali was exposed.)
It may be observed that if the notes were not stolen and were used
with the permission of Muhammad Hasan Faidi then why was it
not stated in the book that the material was written with his
permission? Why did Pir Meher Ali lie and claim to be the author
of this book? Why did he not publish Muhammad Hasan Faidis
permission in the book? Why did he remain silent until God
exposed his secret and his theft was caught?
We shall present, below, the postcard of Pir Mehr Ali, which
Maulavi Karamud-Din referred to in both his letters above. In it,
you will note that Pir Meher Ali has openly admitted that in fact
his book Saif-e-Chishtiyai is a composition of the late Muhammad
Hasan Faidi. Addressing Maulavi Karamud-Din, the Pir wrote in
this postcard:
My dear and sincere friend Maulavi Karamud-Din,
I am enjoying good health. Waalaikum wa rahmatullah
24
. I
want to send you a copy by post or through some reliable man.
Let it be known to you that in this book
25
the refutation of
commentary on Surah Fatihah (i.e. the book Ijazul-Masih) is a
compilation of the late [Muhammad Hasan] Faidi and it was
included with his permission. This was decided verbally and in
writing in Jhelum. Actually, at the request of the late [Muhammad
Hasan] Faidi, I sent the necessary material in reply of Shams-e-
Bazighah to him in Lahore and had given him permission to
publish it under his own name. Unfortunately, his life did not
allow him to do so and neither did I find that material in Lahore.
Eventually I had to do this work myself. Therefore, I had to get
the books from you and to publish the refutation of the
commentary with my changes on the basis of the prior permission

24
And peace be on you with Allahs Mercy. [Publishers]
25
Saif-e-Chishtiyai [Publishers]

to publish it. In future you or Maulavi Ghulam Muhammad may
have to take the trouble of doing the same.
as
included all this correspondence in his
book Nuzulul-Masih, which was published during the lifetime of
Pir Meher Ali. In the same book, the Promised Messiah
as
also gave
a crushing reply to the objections which were raised by the book,
Saif-e-Chishtiyai. Pir Meher Ali had alleged that some excerpts
from others included in that book constituted plagiarism.
Ironically, the secret striving which the Pir undertook to steal
materialso that he could declare Saif-e-Chishtiyai his own book
was divulged to the public. Pir Meher Ali was caught red-
handed. The books of Maulavi Muhammad Hasan containing his
hand-written notes reached Qadian. Comparing these notes with
Saif-e-Chishtiyai, everyone witnessed that Pir Meher Ali had
decidedly plagiarized the writings of a dead man. This was the
shameful defeat which the special decree of God had destined for
Pir Meher Ali. This way, his contest with a man commissioned by
God, who was the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, uncovered his
true state of lowliness as depicted by his own line of poetry:

What is worth of Meher Ali to do justice to Your homage?
O!, the one possessing crude vision, who are you meddling with!
Empty Boasts of Victory
Lets ponder over it with a sense of fairness. The Promised
Messiah
as
wrote twenty-two books in eloquent Arabic as well as
several announcements in Arabic. Pir Meher Ali Shah continued to
brag:

If we wished, we could cetainly utter the like of this.
26

Yet, despite living a long life, and having much free time, Pir Meher
Ali was unable to write even a few pages of commentary on the
Holy Quran in Arabic.
Because of the cunningness of Pir Meher Ali, from beginning to
end, and his excuses of running away, his helplessness and defeat
was the talk of the town. This was the reason which led some of his
close disciples to accept the truth and they joined the Ahmadiyya
Community. Moreover, as the people, rather very respectable
people, demanded that Pir Meher Ali write the commentary, his
helplessness became all the more evident. For instance Maulavi Faid
Ahmad Faid of Jamiah Ghosia
27
of Golrha wrote:
On the insistence of Hadrat Divan Syed Muhammad of Pakpatan,
once Hadrat [Pir Meher Ali]... thought of writing a commentary
of the Holy Quran, but thereafter he excused himself by telling

26
Surah al-Anfal 8:32 [Publishers]
27
He was a teacher in Jamiah Ghosia in Pir Meher Alis native town,
Golrha. [Publishers]

the Divan that, as I thought of writing the commentary such a
heavy downpour of meanings and subjects fell upon my heart, that
I realised it would require my whole life to put it in writing and I
would not be able to do anything else. (Mehr-e-Munir, p. 245)
It would have been a great achievement if Pir [Meher Ali] had
accomplished this work instead of other engagements. However,
the heavy rain fell on the barren land and produced nothing. All
their claims were empty boasts which had no real substance.
Finally, the contest between the Promised Messiah
as
and Pir
MehrAli Shah, concluded with a glorious victory for the Promised
Messiah
as
. Every machination that the Pir devised turned against
him. It is a great miracle indeed that Saif-e-Chishtiyai (sword of
Chishtiyah), which was sharpened to attack the Promised
Messiah
as
, ended up killing its author himself.

Miracle
Opponents of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community sometimes ask
us to describe the true nature of miracles. That reminds us about
those who, when the verses of the Holy Quran were recited to
them, said
:

If we wished, we could certainly utter the like of this.
28

Such people have never understood the true nature of miracles.
How could they appreciate Ijazul-Masih? Every machination of Pir
Meher Ali rebounded on him, his tricks were laid bare, and he was
himself wounded by every weapon with which he tried to attack the
Promised Messiah
as
. In particular, the way Saif-e-Chishtiyai (sword
of Chishtiyah) was sharpened to attack the Promised Messiah
as
, but
ended up killing its author instead, was a great miracle but Pir
Meher Ali still paid no heed like those before him about whom
Allah the Almighty testifies:

28
Surah al-Anfal 8:32 [Publishers]

And if they see a Sign, they turn away and say, A passing feat of
magic.
29

If someone wants to know the true nature of miracles, he should
read the following books by the founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim
Community, the Promised Messiah, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad
as
of Qadian:

Surmah Chashm-e-Aryah

Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya

Chashmah-e-Marifat

Haqiqatul-Wahi

29
Surah al-Qamar 54:3

as
did Not Bring a New Law
The author of the pamphlet Fateh-e-Qadian, Maulavi Mushtaq
Ahmed Chishti, carved a new standard for the truth of the
Prophets, which is mentioned neither in the Holy Quran nor in the
ahadith of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (may peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him), nor will you find any trace of it in old
Scriptures. He writes:
One of the innumerable pious attributes of the Prophets is that
they receive a book and call people towards the book which has
been sent. They do not write books. (Fateh-e-Qadian, p. 11)
This is a senseless objection. Everyone knows that it is up to Allah
the Almighty that He should provide signs to prove the truth of a
Prophet according to the needs of the time. Noah [Hadrat Nuh
as
],
was commanded to construct a boat according to the circumstances
of his time, and that very boat proved to be a great sign for him, and
became a proof of his true prophethood. Similarly, each Prophet is
granted distinctive signs by God. For our time, as Allah says in the
Holy Quran:

When books are spread abroad.
30

as
, the one commissioned by God was
granted the miracle of knowledge and publications as proof of his
prophethood. Among these, Ijazul-Masih is a splendid sign.
These people have been helpless against this sign of the
Promised Messiah
as
, and they speak like the chiefs of Mecca when
they were helpless against the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
. The
Holy Quran cites them as saying:

What is the matter with this Messenger that he eats food, and
walks in the streets?
31

In the present case, [Mushtaq] Chishti objects on the prophethood
of the Promsied Messiah
as
, calling him a strange Prophet who writes
a book; as though to write a book is an awful and objectionable
thing for a Prophet.
As far as the reading and writing of a Prophet is concerned, it is
a distinctive feature of our Lord and Master, the Holy Prophet
Muhammad
sa
, that he was unlettered. Apart from him, however,
you will not find any mention of this distinctive feature in any
other Prophet. Instead, regarding David [Hadrat Dawud
as
], Moses
[Hadrat Musa
as
] and Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] you will find stated in a

30
Surah at-Takwir 81:11
31
Surah al-Furqan 25:8
as
did not bring a new law 57

commentary of the Holy Quran, Tafsir-e-Baidavi,

that they used to
write.
Whether the Promised Messiah
as
becomes the target of his
attack or not, the above Prophets are certainly becoming its target.
If you look at the above mentioned text of Mushtaq Chishti
from another angle, it points to a clear deception. About the
Prophets he writes:

They bring a book and call people to the book which has been
sent. They do not write a book. (Fateh-e-Qadian, p. 11)
If one reflects a little, he will realise that the books which the
Prophets bring, or the books which they ask people to follow, are of
a different kind altogether. They are called Divine Books and
contain the Shariah law. It is an audacity to link the books of the
Promised Messiah
as
with them, and then to compare them with the
Divine Books is an affront. Never did the Promised Messiah
as
claim
that any of his books is a book of Shariah . Each of his books is
comprised of commentary and elucidation of the Shariah of Holy
Prophet Muhammad
sa
. As for instance, the book Ijazul-Masih
comprises a narration of the truth and wisdom contained in Surah
al-Fatihah.
Therefore, it is inconceivable to imagine any book of the
Promised Messiah
as
to be akin to a Divine Book or like the Books of
Shariah which the Prophets bring or teach.
The status of the Promised Messiah
as
is only as a servant and
slave of his Lord and Master, the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
and it
is supported by the following revelations that he received:

Every blessing is from Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him. Then blessed is he who has taught and he who has been
taught.
32

_=- Q--- ;--- -,~-
He will revive the faith and will establish the law.
33

Therefore, the Promised Messiah
as
is from among those Prophets
who urge people to act upon the Divine Book previously sent.
Accordingly, the Promised Messiah
as
exhorted his Community:
The only path to becoming a beloved of God is to follow the Holy
Prophet
sa
. There is no other path that can lead you to God....
Hearken! I say it again; in no way can man succeed without
following the true path of the Holy Prophet
sa
. We have only one
Messenger and only one Quran which was revealed to him. By
being obedient to him, we can find God. (al-Hakam, March 10,
1903)

32
Haqiqatul-Wahi, p. 95, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 22, p. 99; Tadhkirah, English
2
nd
Edition, p. 848, published by Islam International Publications Ltd.,
UK, 2009 [Publishers]
33
Haqiqatul-Wahi, p. 107, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 22, p. 110; Tadhkirah,
English 2
nd
Edition, p. 854, published by Islam International Publications
Ltd., UK, 2009 [Publishers]
as
did not bring a new law 59

He also said:
God has sent me so that I prove that the living book is the Quran,
the living religion is Islam and the living Prophet is Muhammad
Mustafa
sa
[the Chosen One]. Hearken! I say this holding Heaven
and earth as my witness, these statements are true and God is the
only God who is described in the affirmation of
34
V - V = --=- ;~ = . He alone is the living Prophet in whose
footsteps, once again, the dead are coming to life, the signs are
manifesting themselves, blessings are descending and fountains of
the unseen are sprouting. (Ibid., May 31, 1900)
Again he said:
I have not come with a new Shariah and my heart can never
accept that a new Shariah can come after the Holy Quran,
because it is the perfect law and Khatamul-Kutab
35
. Allah has
raised me in this century to revive the Shariah of Muhammad
sa
.
(Ibid., May 10, 1901)

34
There is none worthy of worship except God and Muhammad
sa
is His
Messenger. [Publishers]
35
Final/Perfect book [Publishers]

Pious and pure
are all the prophets
In his booklet, Fateh-e-Qadian, [Mushtaq] Chishti has used
boasting, lying, slander, foul talk in short all kinds of bragging and
nonsense. For example, after his usual ramble on page 14, he writes
about the Promised Messiah
as
on page 15:
His goal was to break peoples devotional ties with other Prophets
and to captivate them to himself. For instance, when he found the
speaking ability of infant Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] in the lap of his
mother unpalatable, he compared his own son with him and
wrote,
Hadrat Masih had spoke only in the cradle, but this boy
spoke twice when he was still in the belly.
36

Here, [Mushtaq] Chishti treated the writings of the Promised
Messiah
as
with blatant unfairness. If you read the whole text of the
Promised Messiahs
as
book, the matter becomes very clear and there
is no room for objection. The Promised Messiah
as
says:

36
Tiryaqul-Qulub, p. 41, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 15, p. 217 [Publishers]
...the soul of that boy spoke to me under divine direction and I
heard his words as revelation:
--~ = Q- =-~ -
That is: My time has now arrived. I shall fall upon the earth from
Allah and from His hands and then shall proceed towards Him.
After this he says:
This is amazing that Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] spoke in the cradle, but
this boy spoke twice in the belly.
From the above text, it is clear that the reference to the talk of the
boy who was still in the belly was not equated with the talk of a
child walking about and speaking with a physical tongue. On the
contrary, it was clearly stated to be a revelation which God had sent
down to the Promised Messiah
as
. Thus, it was to be taken as a
narrative from the soul of the child. His sentence is worth
consideration:
The soul of that boy spoke to me under divine direction
It is strange whyif [Mushtaq] Chishti had read this bookdid he
not ponder over this sentence. Everyone who is blessed with insight
understands that visions and revelations relate to the spiritual
world. If at all times one measures them in terms of the material
world, the outcome may well be laughable. In Islamic literature, one
finds many experiences of holy men, which are vouchsafed visions
and revelations, in which the people who have diedand have even
Pious and pure are all the prophets 63

been dead for centuriescome and convey messages and
revelations. Sometimes they also see children talking, who have not
yet been born. Many times they see birds and beasts talking; often
they have been known to have seen dreams in which buildings, trees
and stones are also talking. Sometimes, [in dreams] even buildings
move thousands of miles, as once the Kabah came to meet
Mujaddid Alif Thani
ra 37
.
(For details see the book Hadiqah Mahmudiyah translation by
Hadrat Abul-Faid Kamalud-Din Sarhindi, published by Roda
Qayyumi p. 68, printed at Balid Press, Faridkoat, Punjab, India).
If, in view of [Mushtaq] Chishti, these experiences are
objectionable, then the same objections will apply to the vision that
he has narrated in his booklet, Fateh-e-Qadian on page 7. Let us not
get into whether the vision is authentic or not. But the vision talks
about the appearance of Muhajir Makki to Pir Mehr Ali. May we
ask whether he appeard in his physical body, and if he spoke with
his physical tongue?
We can cite several examples to [Mushtaq] Chishti of his noble
elders, but our aim is not to raise objections against anyone, but
only to explain that one needs an eye for the inner sight and a
thinking abounding in piety to understand the world of visions and
revelation, for they relate to spiritual domain.

37
Literally, Reformer of the second millennium. Hadrat Ahmad Sirhindi
known as Mujaddid Alif Thani
ra
- was an Indian scholar from the Punjab,
a Hanafi jurist and a prominent member of the Naqshbandi sufi order.
[Publishers]
Therefore, when the Promised Messiah
as
said that the boy
talked twice in the belly, it was not a physical conversation. He had
previously stated it clearly:
The soul of that boy spoke to me under divine direction.
In accordance with what the spirit of the boy said that:
- ~ - = - = Q --~
That is: My time has now arrived. I shall fall upon the earth from
Allah and from His hands and then shall proceed towards Him.
His birth and his death is a clear proof of the truth of this
revelation, which God sent down on the Promised Messiah
as
, as a
narrative from the soul of the child.
As far as the linking of this is concerned, In view of the complete
text of the Promised Messiah
as
, the parallel between the speech of
the boy in the belly and the speech of Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] becomes
crystal clear. It has no other purpose except to show that as the
speech of Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] in his cradle was from the wondrous
powers of God, similarly the speech of the soul of the boy before his
birth was a manifestation of the amazing powers of the same
wondrous God. Beyond that, you cannot ascribe any other meaning
to it, because Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] spoke with his physical tongue,
whilst, as the Promised Messiah
as
says, The soul of that boy spoke
to me under divine direction and I heard his words as revelation.
The accusation made by Maulavi Mushtaq Ahmad against the
Promised Messiah
as
, in his own words is that:

His goal was to break peoples devotional ties with other Prophets
and to captivate them towards himself.
The accusation is worthy of being rejected outright. In his hostility
against the Ahmadiyya Community, he has become so blind that he
is ready to use all kinds of deceit; indeed he considers it his duty to
do so. The fact of the matter is that the Promised Messiah
as
has
taught his followers to develop devotional ties with all Prophets. He
says:
The Prophets are spiritual physicians and the proof of their being
accomplished physicians is that the prescription they give i.e. the
Word of God, is so efficacious that if one uses it without any
explicit or implicit reservation, one is healed. The disease of
sinfulness is removed and transcendence of God is established in
the heart and the heart becomes engrossed in the love of God.
(Chashmah-e-Marifat, p. 127, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 23, p. 135)
as
also says:
They are vicegerents of God on Earth, therefore, at the
appropriate time, Gods attributes manifest themselves in them
and they do not display anything which is against the attributes of
God. (Chashmah-e-Marifat, p. 283, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 23, p.
296)
He also imparted the following words of wisdom to his
Community:

The source of all light; Is our great leader
His name is Muhammad
sa
; He alone has captivated My heart
Pious (Pure) are all the prophets; One excelling the other
But raised by Allah, the Most High; Muhammad
sa
excels them
all. (Qadian ke Aryah Aur Hum, pp. 5758, Ruhani Khazain,
vol. 20, p. 456)
Regarding Prophets, the belief of the Ahmadiyya Muslim
Commmunity, as explained by Hadrat Mirza Bashirud-Din
Mahmud Ahmad
ra
, Khalifatul-Masih II is:
We believe that whenever darkness prevails in the world and
human beings sink deep in sin and evil, when without the help of
God it becomes difficult for them to release themselves from the
hold of Satan, then out of His ultimate Mercy and Beneficence,
God chooses, from out of His own pious, pure and loyal servants,
those whom He charges with the duty to guide the world. God
says:
38

meaning, there is no people to whom a Prophet has not been sent
by us. Their pure lives and perfect examples have ever served as
guides for other human beings. Through them, God reveals His

38
Surah Fatir 35:25

will and purpose. Those who turn away from them degrade
themselves. Those who turn to them earn the love of God. The
doors of His blessings are opened to them; His Grace and Mercy
descend on them. They become spiritual preceptors for
generations to come and attain greatness in this world and the
next.
We also believe that Divine Messengers, who in the past have
helped mankind out of darkness and evil, have belonged to
different levels of spiritual greatness and have fulfilled, in different
degrees, the divine purpose which determined their advent. The
greatest of them was the Holy Prophet, on whom be peace and
blessings of Allah. God described him as the Chief of men and a
Messenger unto all mankind. God revealed to him the perfect
knowledge of things and blessed him with such awe-inspiring and
mighty help that the most powerful earthly rulers trembled in awe
of him. The entire earth was made a mosque for him and his
followers have bowed and prostrated themselves before the One
God, the God without an equal, in every nook and corner of the
earth. Justice began to reign instead of injustice, kindness instead
of cruelty. And we also believe that if the earlier Prophets had
lived in the time of our Holy Prophet, they would have had no
option but to obey and follow him. Truly has the Quran said:

And remember the time when Allah took a covenant from the
people through the Prophets, saying Whatever I give you of the
Book and Wisdom and then there comes to you a Messenger,
fulfilling that which is with you, you shall believe in him and help
him.
39

Truly has the Holy Prophet, on whom be peace and the blessings
of Allah, himself said:
,- ' _~,- _~-- Q--= '-- '-~ V _-'--
If Moses [Hadrat Musa
as
] and Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] were alive
today, they would have had to believe in me and follow me.
40

(Dawatul-Amir, pp. 67, Anwarul-Ulum, vol. 7, p. 334)
To anyone still doubting our faith, we can only say:

If you call it disbelief then by God we are disbelievers in the
extreme.

39
Surah Al-e-Imran 3:82
40
Al-Yawaqit Wal Jawahir, vol. 2, p. 22, printed Egypt 1321 A.H. has the
word instead of ; See also Tafsir Ibn-e-Kathir, vol. 2, p. 240

Wrong date of birth,
wrong reason
Mushtaq Chishti has used a novel approach to prove Pir Meher Ali
to be the reformer of the 14
th
century. He has coined a phrase
41
-=- ,- -, ,~- . From its gematrical value, which is 1275, Chishti
has come up with the view that since this figure taken as a year of
Hijrah is the same year as the birth of Pir Meher Ali, it proves that
Pir Meher Ali was the mujaddid [reformer] of the 14th century.
[Mushtaq] Chishti has fixed the year of the birth of Pir Meher
Ali as 1275 Hijrah, which according to the Christian calendar is
1859 AD. Whereas according to Maulavi Muhammad Fadil Sabir
of Thekrian, who was one of the special devotees of the Pir Meher
Ali and an elder of [Mushtaq] Chishti, the year of Pir Meher Alis
birth was 1837 AD, making a difference of 23 years. To elaborate,
in Mehr-e-Munir, the biography of Pir Meher Ali published by
Maulana Faid Ahmad of Jamiah Ghosia Golrha Sharif, with the
permission of Syed Ghulam Muhyiud-Din Shah who adorned the
high Ghosia throne of Golrha Sharif, has recorded a dirge of
Muhammad Fadil Sabir, the last line of which settles the years of

41
Mujaddid [reformer] of the 14th century [Publishers]
Pir Meher Alis birth and death for certain as 1837 and 1937
respectively. The verse, exactly as published in the book, is as
follows:

Muhammad Fadil Sabir declares Pir Meher Alis year of birth as
1837 and then adds the gematrical values of -- -- (which totals 100)
to come up with 1937 as the year of his death. Thus the testimony
within Mehr-e-Munir establishes that in fact the year of Pir Meher
Alis birth was 1837 AD or 1252 AH.
To begin with the reasoning involved in lowering the age of the
Pir by twenty three years and using a self coined phrase on which to
base the gematrical value was fake and utterly baseless. Add to it
that the so called touchstoneconcocted from the gematrical
values of the Arabic letters to prove that Pir Meher Ali was a
mujaddidwas shattered by determining 1252 AH as the year of
his birth.
It may be of interest to the reader that under the verse of
Maulavi Muhammad Fadil Sabirs dirge referred to earlier, the
author of Mehr-e-Munir has written:
The date of the death of Pir [Meher Ali] which I arrived at from
the sum of the gematrical values of the Arabic sentence
_ -;- = -=- --,= meaning Friend of Allah and the mujaddid of
the Divine path has died.
REVIVAL of Islam LiEs in PROVING the Death of Jesus 71

Here the Arabic word _-;- (tawaffi) was used as death. With this
comment, the author of the book has proved the lifelong work of
Pir Meher Ali purposeless and all his efforts futile.
Pir Meher Ali spent all his life proving that the Arabic word _-;-
(tawaffi) means To take away in its entirety. So that when this
word is used for Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
], its purport is that Allah took
Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] as a whole to Heaven, where he still lives; but
notice the irony. As soon as the Pir breathed his last, his special
devotee Maulana Faid Ahmad Faid ruined all his hard work and
proved that _-;- (tawaffi) does not mean to take
up in its entirety; it simply means to die. This devotee of his wrote

_-;- = -=- --,= that is, friend of Allah and Mujaddid of the
Divine path has died, not taken up as a whole.
We must remember that permission to publish this book, Mehr-
e-Munir, was specially obtained from Syed Ghulam Muhyiud-Din,
son of Pir [Meher Ali], who adored the throne of Golrha.

REVIVAL of Islam LiEs in PROVING
the Death of Jesus
as

Mushtaq Chishti, in his pamphlet Fateh-e-Qadian, has also raised
the issue of the life and death of Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
]. To prove that
Jesus is still alive, he has quoted a fatwa [edict] of Pir Meher Ali
Shah as following:
Even if you take the Arabic word, _-;- (tawaffi) to mean death,
Mirzas [Ghulam Ahmad] purpose is not achieved because the
word -;-- _ (mutawaffi)... covers both the present and the future.
Therefore, it will mean that I will cause you to die at some future
time. The Jews will not be able to kill you. All the Muslims agree
that Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] will die after having descended from
Heaven, close to the Day of Judgement. (Mehr-e-Munir, p. 528)
If one reads this edict carefully, it implies that when Jesus [Hadrat
Isa
as
] will die after having descended close to the Day of Judgement,
the same word ~--;-- (mutawaffika) will indicate his death. Thus, it
is established that ~--;-- (mutawaffika) has no other meaning
except death. If, for the sake of argument, we suppose that he will
die close to the Day of Judgement, then his - (ascension) will not
happen till after his death, because the Holy Quran says:

I will cause you to die a natural death and will exalt
you to Myself.
42

Thus the author of the pamphlet claims that Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
]
will die after having descended close to the Day of Judgement, and
then he will be raised; his ascension will not happen while he is alive
but only after his death.
May we point out that according to this belief, if he is still alive,
his - (ascension) has yet to happen.
To impress his followers with his knowledge of Arabic,
Mushtaq Chishti has used technical terms of Arabic grammar
which have done him more harm than good. He has gotten himself
into such a deep hole that he will never be able to get out of it. He
writes:
If you look carefully at the Arabic word - ~ (rafiuka), it destroys
all Qadiani
43
research. When any of the forms of - (rafaa), -,-
(yarfao), '- ;- - (rafaan fahuwa rafiun), are used where the
subject is Allah and the object is some matter, the particle ila is
mentioned, its pronoun not noun being in the genitive case,
and its pronouns antecedent is the subject, in such a case, the

42
Surah Al-e-Imran 3:56 [Publishers]
43
Reference is to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community [Publishers]

word will have no meaning except to lift to the Heavens. (Fateh-
e-Qadian, p.13)
The author, Mushtaq Chishti, did not cite any example or
precedent according to the rules of grammar that he mentions. All
he has stated is the grammar of the verse of the Holy Quran
44
. One can not present a verse as a claim and then
present the same verse as its proof. Neither is he able to cite a single
example to support his claim nor can he prove, till the Day of
Judgement, that the word Heavens occurs in this verse. The Holy
Quran has no mention of ascension towards the Heaven. The
height of his deception is that he has concocted something himself,
yet he is attributing it to the Holy Quran.
Then, we also have to wonder where Heaven is and in which
direction? As long as we do not fix the direction of God, how will a
physical body move towards Him?
The fact is that neither can his argument be proven from the
Holy Quransince it is against its tenornor will we find any
example outside the Holy Quran that would support his argument.
When one holds a belief according to the true intent of the Holy
Quran, the Holy Quran also supports him and supporting examples
can be found in abundance outside the Holy Quran. We are
confident that our opponents cannot produce a single example to
back the above mentioned principles of grammar. We produce here
an example against this interpretation which they will not be able to
counter. In his book Ma Thabata Bissunnati fi Ayyamis-Sunnah,
which is one of the fundamental books of the beliefs of Mushtaq

44
Surah an-Nisa 4:159 [Publishers]
Chishtis group, the mujaddid [reformer] of the eleventh century,
Hadrat Sheikh Abdul Haqq Muhaddith Delhvi (may Allahs
mercy be upon him) says:
' --=- _- -- _-~ = --- ;-~ -- _-=- ;---- '-- >=V
J---- _-'-- Q--- Q-=- ~= J - ,-V ;- - ,~--- - = -- _- _--
Q---- -'-,- = , Q- ~-- Q--~
The various purposes of the advent of the Holy Prophet
sa
were: to
guide mankind, to perfect high moral values and to complete the
principles of religion. When these tasks were completed and the
purposes were fulfilled then
45
- = - -'-;- = . He was sixty
three years of age.
But, according to Mushtaq Chishtis argument, it would mean that
Allah took him to the Heavens with his physical body and
according to Pir Meher Alis interpretation, he will die close to the
Day of Judgement.
So, here we have quoted an authentic and decisive passage which
conforms to the rules mentioned by Mushtaq Chishti, but
contradicts his interpretation. Therefore, according to the rules
which he has put forward, our Lord and Master Holy Prophet
Muhammad
sa
has not died but was lifted to the Heavens and to put
it in his own words, it can have no other meaning.
In that case, we are left with one of two options. Either these
opponents believe that just like our Lord and Master Holy Prophet
Muhammad
sa
, Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] attained nearness to God, a high

45
That is: Allah raised his station to ultimate height and then caused him to
die. [Publishers]

station in the sight of God, exceptional honour and great height
and then died his natural death, or accept that Holy Prophet
Muhammad
sa
beloved of God and an authority in both worlds, like
Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] is alive in the Heavens with his physical body.
The same words - = - (rafaahullah Ilaih) have been used for
both of them. As the Promised Messiah, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad
as
said:

It shoud incite our sense of honour to believe that Jesus [Hadrat
Isa
as
] is alive in the Heavens
While our emperor of the world
sa
, should lie buried in the
ground.
Allah has displayed this sense of honour for the Holy Prophet
Muhammad
sa
in the Holy Quran:

We granted not everlasting life to any human being before you. If
then you should die, shall they live here for ever?
46

46
Surah al-Anbiya 21:35 [Publishers]
Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] is Certainly Not Alive
The Holy Quran has presented many sure proofs of the death of
Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
]. To be brief, we shall present only two verses
which are decisive and leave no room for escape for those who stand
to oppose the clear import of the Holy Quran.
FIRST VERSE
One of the clear verses that give news of the death of Jesus [Hadrat
Isa
as
] is:

The Messiah, son of Mary [Masih Ibn-e-Maryam
as
], was only a
Messenger; surely, Messengers like unto him had indeed passed
away before him. And his mother was a truthful woman. They
both used to eat food.
47

The death of Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] is clearly established from this
verse. First, it is stated that the Messiah, son of Mary [Masih Ibn-e-
Maryam
as
], was no more than a messenger. At the same time, it is
declared that all the messengers before him have passed away as
though an irrefutable proof is given of the death of Jesus. It is the
same sort of speech as if one were to say, Tom is nothing but a man
and all men are created from dust. As this sentence establishes that
certainly Tom is created from dust in the same way the above

47
Surah al-Maidah 5:76

mentioned verse establishes the death of Jesus. Otherwise, he will
have to be accepted as someone outside the group of holy
messengers, which is clearly wrong.
Shedding further light on this matter, the Holy Quran says that
the mother of Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] was a truthful woman and both
of them used to eat food. It is worth reflecting that if Jesus was still
alive, should the words in this verse: used to eat food have been
used for him? Certainly not! In such a case, the mention of Jesus
should have been made separately from Mary [Hadrat Maryam
as
]
and the statement should be something like Mary used to eat food
and Jesus still eats food and will continue to eat till the day of his
death. But this has not been stated.
Therefore, by making a mention of Jesus together with Mary
[Hadrat Maryam
as
] as people in the past tense, the matter is further
clarified that the station of Jesus was no more than that of a
messenger, and as other messengers had died, so had he. As the rest
of them needed food so did he; and he did not possess the Divine
attribute of living without food. Despite the presence of this verse,
if someone believes that Jesus is still alive, it will only be out of his
own high-handedness.
Some Far-Fetched Interpretations
To exclude Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] from the subject of this verse, some
people make far-fetched interpretations of this verse. For instance,
they contend that although Allah has stated in this verse that all the
Prophets before Jesus had passed away, He did not say that Jesus
himself had also passed away. Alas, they do not reflect over this style
of speech. One can understand, even with a little command of the
language, that in this verse, the news of the death of Jesus has been
given by including him among the group of all the past Prophets,
thus, it will be illogical to imagine that Jesus has not died. However
if one persists in the belief that this verse proves only the death of
the previous Prophets and not of Jesus, we ask them to fairly assess
what this other verse proves:
SECOND VERSE

And Muhammad
sa
is only a messenger. Verily, all Messengers have
passed away before him. If then he die or be slain, will you turn
back on your heels?
48

Now, how can Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] be excluded from the scope of
this verse? If his advent was before that of the Holy Prophet
Muhammads
sa
and we know it is a fact; then we will have to accept
Jesuss
as
death; for the verse tells us so clearly that all the Prophets
before the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
have died.
Sadly, some Muslim theologians show stubbornness; instead of
accepting this fact righteously and honestly, they start making far-
fetched interpretations of this verse. For instance, they say that the
Arabic word ~= (khalat) used in the verse does not only mean
death, it also means to move from one place to another. Therefore,

48
Surah Al-e-Imran 3:145

they take it to mean that all the Prophets before the Holy Prophet
Muhammad
sa
either died or left their place to move elsewhere.
However, we will make it absolutely clear to the readers that this
is only high-handedness because when this word >= (khala) is used
in the Arabic language exclusively for a person, its meaning is always
death, not to leave a place. It is a strange coincidence that, apart
from Arabic, the phrase passed away is used for the two
meaningsto die and to go over a pathin Urdu and English as
well. However, when we say all the Prophets have passed away it
would be ludicrous to interpret that some of the Prophets have died
while some others merely went over a path, or that they moved
from one place to another. Arabic grammar bears testimony that
when the word >= (khala) is used for someone exclusively, it means
the person has died. The Arabic dictionary Tajul-Urus states:
When you say someone has passed away (khala) it means he has
died.
Not only the Arabic dictionary but even the commentaries of this
verse say >= (khala) means end of life. For instance, under the
commentary of this verse in Tafsirul-Qonawi Ali al-Baidavi,
volume 3 and Tafsir Khazin, volume 1, it is stated:
The Holy Prophet
sa
will leave this temporary world in the same
way as the other Prophets
as
left by a natural death or assassination.
This proves that it is certainly not permissible to interpret the
meaning of this word >= [khala] anything other than death. In the
presence of this verse, it cannot be accepted that Jesus [Hadrat
Isa
as
] was alive at the time when this verse was revealed. Then how
is it possible for any intelligent man to believe that the same word
which gives news of the death of 124,000 Prophets, suddenly
changes its meaning and instead of the death of Jesus, it now means
that he has been taken to the Heavens [alive]? If words start
changing their meaning in this way, then every statement can be
interpreted to mean anything with anyones wishes. One could take
death to mean life and life to mean death. You can call a scholar, an
ignorant man and an ignorant man a scholar. You can call night,
day, and day, night. In short, there will be such upheaval that the
world of communication would be turned upside down.
Testimony of the Companions of
the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa

Still, if one is not fully satisfied, we present an irrefutable testimony
of the Companions of the Holy Prophet
sa
(may Allah be pleased
with them), after which there should remain not the least bit of
doubt that according to the Companions - the meaning of the verse
(And Muhammad
sa
is only a
messenger. Verily, all Messengers have passed away before him) was
that all the Prophets before the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
had
died and none of them lived physically in the Heavens.
An incident is reported in the books of history and authentic
ahadith, including Sahih Bukhari, that when the Holy Prophet
Muhammad
sa
passed away, the Companions
ra
were deeply grief
stricken as though they were mad. Some could not believe that their

beloved Master had separated from them for good. Affected by this
deep grief, Hadrat Umar
ra
refused to accept that the Holy Prophet
Muhammad
sa
had died. With a sword in his hand, he stood up and
declared that he will cut off the head of anyone who declared that
sa
had died. He said that the Holy
Prophet
sa
had certainly not died and, as Moses [Hadrat Musa
as
]
temporarily separated from his people to supplicate to God,
similarly the Holy Prophet
sa
had left them temporarily and would
come back.
In this state of affairs, some Companions
ra
dispatched runners
to fetch Hadrat Abu Bakr
ra
. When he came, he visited the holy
body wrapped in a white sheet. He lifted the sheet from the blessed
face and realized that the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
had in fact
died. Uncontrollably, tears began to flow from his eyes. He leaned
and kissed his forehead and observed, God will never let you suffer
two deaths, implying that he will not come back after dying to die
again. Maybe he meant that he has died physically, but his Faith will
live forever. He then came out weeping and, standing among the
gathering of the Companions recited some verses of the Holy
Quran. The first verse he recited was Surah Al-e-Imran chapter 3
verse 145:

And Muhammad
sa
is only a messenger. Verily, all Messengers have
passed away before him. If then he die or be slain, will you turn
back on your heels?
It is reported that, after the Companions
ra
heard this verse, they
understood that the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
had indeed died.
Hadrat Umar
ra
felt weak in the knees due to the intensity of grief.
He staggered and fell to the floor. The Companions
ra
report that
after hearing this verse, they felt as this verse had been revealed for
the first time, that is, for the first time the meaning of this verse was
fully understood by them that the Holy Prophet
sa
was to die like all
other Prophets, with no exceptions.
Have we not the right to ask the Muslim theologians: Does this
verse not prove that as all Prophets before the Holy Prophet
sa
have
died, similarly the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
will also die. And
why did Hadrat Umar
ra
and the other Companions
ra
not ask
Hadrat Abu Bakr
ra
, sword drawn, that the verse with which you
give us the news of the death of the Holy Prophet
sa
does not have
the power to declare the death of a Prophet of an ordinary station
i.e. Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] of Nazareth. Despite this verse, if he can
ascend to the Heavens, then why can our Master
sa
not do the same?
He was the pride of both worlds and was granted the leadership
over all the Prophets. How is it possible that the Holy Prophet
Muhammad
sa
, who was the purpose of the universe and for whose
sake the universe was created is being declared to be subject to death
by this verse, while a Prophet of an ordinary station who would
have taken pride to be his servant is declared by the same verse to
have ascended to the Heavens?
But, this did not happen and not a single Companion raised this
objection. Hadrat Abu Bakr
ra
, Umar
ra
, Usman
ra
, Ali
ra
and Aisha
ra

and Fatimatuz-Zahra
ra
were also among them. All these people
intense lovers of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
were present at
the time, but no one uttered a single word of objection. All of them

bowed their heads weeping, and submitted to the pleasure and
decree of their Lord. Each verdict of the Holy Quran was an
absolute and final word for them. Praise be to Allah! What a great
spirit of righteousness and obedience did the Companions
ra
have.
On the one hand, this was evidence of the state of the
abundance of their love, that they could not bear the thought of the
death of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
and were ready to draw
their swords to cut off the head of anyone who would utter a word
about his death, and on the other, an unparalleled display of their
submission to God. From a short verse of the Holy Quran, they
tolerated, without hesitation, the separation from the one for
whose life they would unhesitatingly have given a thousand lives
and for whose sake, they were ready to die a thousand times. Notice,
what revolutionary change was wrought in them by these few words
of the Holy Quran. The lives of those intense lovers, who a few
moments ago were ready to kill anyone who spoke of the death of
sa
, were themselves jeopardized and
the robust young men staggered and fell to the ground. Not one of
them entertained any thought of interpreting a small verse of the
Holy Quran according to their liking and refusing to accept the
demise of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
.
We wonder what has come over the Muslim theologians of
today. Why is the flow of their love turning away from Muhammad
of Arabia
sa
and turning instead to Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] of Nazareth?
Why have they crossed all limits in the love of a past messenger of
the children of Israel that they dare to ignore such a clear guidance
from the Holy Quran? Even in their words, the theologians believe
the Holy Quran had given the news of the demise of the Holy
Prophet
sa
but when the exact same words of are
used for Jesus of Nazareth, they give them an entirely different
meaning. Would that they had the capacity to see, through the
insight of the physically blind Hassan bin Thabit
ra
, the light that
appeared in Arabia and appreciate the beauty of that Perfect Man
sa
,
who was embodied in light. Who, with his perfect beauty, had
enamoured and fascinated the hearts of his Companions. Would
that they could raise the same voices as that of Hassan bin Thabit
ra

to address the Holy Prophet
sa
, the Pride of the two worlds, and say:
~- ,~- ,='-- _-- 4--- ,='--
Q- '~ -- ~---- 4--- ~- '=
O my beloved, you were the pupil of my eye. With your death today,
the pupil of my eye is blinded;
I care not who dies after you. For I feared only your death.
These are the lines of a poem which was composed by a blind man,
Hadrat Hassan bin Thabit
ra
, addressing the Holy Prophet
sa
.
O! Those who claim to love our Master
sa
of Mecca and Medina,
notice the spirit with which the Companions (may Allah be pleased
with them) loved their beloved Lord and Master Holy Prophet
Muhammad
sa
, without parallel. In their view, if there was anyone in
the world who had the right to live, it was none other than the
Messenger
sa
of Arabia. After his death, they cared not if all the
Prophets appearing on the globe died a thousand times. But the
Muslim theologians of today willingly accept the death of our
beloved Muhammad
sa
and are adamant about their belief of the life
of Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] of Nazareth. Alas! They totally ignore that
the supposed life of Jesus spells death of their beliefsthe tenets

which every Muslim should love more than their own lives and
desires. They fail to realize that the erroneous concept of unusually
long life of Jesus has filled the world, from East to West, with
idolatory and has rendered Islam utterly defenceless against the
onslaughts of Christianity.
Please ponder over the following Persian couplets written by the
Promised Messiah
as
:

They think that Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] of Nazareth lives till the Day of
Judgement
But allow no such excellence to the one buried in Yathrib
With their belief they themselves have helped Christianity
That is why the worshippers of the dead one have become daring
(Aina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam, p. 56, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 5,
p. 56)
None Shall Now Descend
from the Heavens
Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
] of Nazareth is neither alive nor will he descend
from the Heavens. The Messiah who was to come has already come.
The days are approaching when every Muslim will lose hope in
the belief in the life of Jesus and will feel frustrated. The Promised
Messiah and Mahdi
as
has prophesied as a great challenge:
Remember very well that no one shall ever come down from
Heaven. All our opponents who live today shall die and none
from among them shall ever see Jesus, son of Mary [Hadrat Isa
as

Ibn-e-Maryam
as
], coming down from Heaven; then their children
that are left after them shall also die and none from among them
shall ever see Jesus, son of Mary [Hadrat Isa
as
Ibn-e-Maryam
as
],
coming down from Heaven, and then their third generation shall
also die and they too shall not see Jesus, son of Mary [Hadrat Isa
as

Ibn-e-Maryam
as
] coming down. Then, God shall cause great
consternation in their minds and they shall then say that the
period of the dominance of the Cross has also passed and the way
of life has changed completely, yet the son of Mary has not come
down. Then, in dismay, the wise among them shall forsake their
belief. (Tadhkiratush-Shahadatain, published in 1903, p. 65)
In view of this fundamental difference, another clear, open and
realistic declaration was made by Hadrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad,
Khalifatul Masih IV
rh
, the then Imam of the Ahmadiyya Muslim
Community, on April 7, 1985, in London during the Annual
Convention. It should be noted that Mushtaq Chishti did not pay
any attention to this declaration, nor did he inform the public
about it. Therefore, it is not unlikely that he had given up on the
idea of the second coming of his presumed Messiah. We bring, once
again, this magnificent and challenging announcement addressed to
our opponents, to everyones attention:

The Holy Prophet [Muhammad
sa
] has given us the news, through
numerous chains of narrators, about the advent [of Hadrat Isa
as
].
Therefore, you will have to make a decision whether you will
follow your so-called thinkers of Islam, or follow Hadrat
Muhammad
sa
. Whether you will follow the Messiah who belonged
to the ummah of Moses [Hadrat Musa
as
], or follow the Messiah
who was born among the ummah of Muhammad
sa
, belongs to this
ummah and is a servant of Muhammad Mustafa
sa
[the Chosen
One]. Now, what is to be decided is whether the ummah will agree
to the Mosaic Messiah or to the Muhammadi
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Messiah. As far as
we are concerned we are pleased with the Muhammadi Messiah.
As far as the station of the Messiah is concerned, we hold the same
belief as your belief that the Messiah who has to come in the latter
days will be completely obedient to Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa
sa

[the Chosen One] and his Shariah and will be a subordinate
Prophet. There is hardly any difference between us regarding the
status of that Messiah. We firmly believe, and you also believe that
the one who is to come will be a subordinate Prophet and there is
no difference in this belief. Our contention is only whether the
Messiah who appears among the Muslims of the Latter Days is the
one from the Mosaic ummah or is a Messiah who will be born as a
subordinate Prophet resembling Jesus, son of Mary [Hadrat Isa
as

Ibn-e-Maryam
as
].
You believe and believe universally: That whoever will come
with the name Messiah will certainly be a Prophet of God,
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sa
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discussion. Moreover, your own prominent theologians, your own
thinkers have written that he will certainly be:
A. A Prophet of GodAnyone who will believe him to be
devoid of prophethood will be a disbeliever, rather some
of your great pious leaders have accepted that:
B. He will not be the old Prophet - he will come in a new
body i.e. not the old body but another person will appear.
The Holy Prophet
sa
has himself given the verdict that Mahdi and
Messiah will not be two separate persons but will be two names of
one and the same person. The statement of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad
sa
, V --- V _~-- bears a testimony to this.
Addressing our opponents who insist that Jesus [Isa
as
] was taken to
the Heaven, Hadrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih IV
rh

further said:
You have been defeated... and will remain defeated... and will
never be able to bring to life Jesus, son of Mary [Hadrat Isa
as
Ibn-
e-Maryam
as
], who was a Prophet of the Mosaic ummah. If,
according to your view, he is sitting in Heaven, you will never be
given the ability to bring him down. You may continue to wait
generation after generation, but, by God, this longing of yours will
never be fulfilled. (Ibid.)
In this connection, our adversaries throughout the world have not
been able to accept the challenge which was given to them by the
then Imam of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The challenge,
which stands today, was that if the old Messiah had to guide the

Muslim ummah, then they should use all their power in
supplication, should cry in their prostrations and employ whatever
ways necessary, to bring the Messiah down from the Heaven. Then,
this quarrel will end all at once. Witnessing such a magnificent sign,
the Ahmadis will outstrip you in accepting him. However,
remember that it is utterly impossible. It shall never come to pass
that a man who has never ascended to Heaven bodily and had died
a natural death like other Prophets should come down bodily from
Heaven.

Mourn and lament, for none shall now descend from Heaven.
The world has even reached the age of seven thousand now.

A reflection of
Padre Oaring Washington
and others of his ilk
Maulavi [Mushtaq] Chishti has written with extreme temerity that:
If I were to go into the prophecy of Muhammadi Begum and her
special progeny and describe the special sign in detail, you will be
delighted more than the story of Laila Majnun.
Dear reader, with this statement of Maulavi [Mushtaq] Chishti,
one is reminded of the phrase Cat is out of the bag. His statement
has proved that the real pastime of this maulavi during the private
moments at night is to read the stories of Laila Majnun and delight
in them and during the daylight hours, his disguise is to display his
religiosity by becoming Khatib-e-Millat, Hadrat and Allamah.
This is why he has tried to test the truth of the holy Messiah and
Mahdi of God by setting the story of Laila Majnun as his measure.
A worldly person will obviously scrutinize the Prophets and others
commissioned by God at the touchstone of his own baser thought.
In his book, Sawaneh Umri Muhammad Sahib, Padre Oaring
Washington has criticized the marriages of our Lord and Master,
the chief of the elect and most righteous Hadrat Muhammad
Mustafa
sa
[the Chosen One]. Padre Oaring Washingtons book was
translated by Lala Ralia Ram Gholati and was printed in Aror Bans
Press, Lahore, Pakistan.
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community are the people
who have believed in the Messiah and Mahdi, that true lover and
the perfect servant of Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa
sa
[the Chosen
One], the aim and object of whose life was:

Would that my life is sacrificed for the religion of Muhammad
Mustafa
sa
.
This is the aim and object of my heart. Would that I attain it.
We cannot tolerate to repeat the venomous writings of these
enemies of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
. However, we will
mention here some names as a mirror, so that Maulavi [Mushtaq]
Chishti can see his own image reflected in it. They are Padre
Thakur Das, Padre Rogers, Padre Imadud-Din, Padre Abdullah
Atham, Padre William, Master Ram Chandar Christian and Padre
Ranclen, who have displayed extreme impudence about the
marriages of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
and his wives. If
today, a maulavi were to publish material, similar to the above
mentioned Padres, against Gods holy Promised Messiah, everyone
would understand the category such a man would fall into, who
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uses such venomous speech against holy and pious personages. In
fact it is the same old venom which is spitting out from new fangs.
As far as the prophecy of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
,
regarding the Promised Messiah
as
is concerned, that

,
that is, he will marry and have children, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad, the Promised Messiah, did marry under a specific
command of God and his special destiny was that he was blessed
with that Promised progeny which was mentioned in this hadith.
Then, it is utter dishonesty of Maulavi Chishti to call the
prophecy of Muhammadi Begum an attempt to fulfil the above-
mentioned prophecy of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
.
The prophecy of Muhammadi Begum was a prophecy of
warning and was conditional. It was predicted for a specific aim,
and by the revelation of God. There was no involvement of the
personal wishes of the Promised Messiah
as
in it, nor did he need
another marriage, since Allah had already blessed him the promised
progeny. Allah had also told the Promised Messiah
as
:
4---- -- ,-V
This woman will suffice you. [From whom Allah had granted the
promised children] (Tadhkirah, English 2
nd
edition, p. 793,
published by Islam International Publications Ltd., UK, 2009)
In this detailed prophecy, marriage with Muhammadi Begum was
only one part which was conditional to its basic parts. When some
parts of this prophecy, that contained warnings, were fulfilled and
after Ahmad Beg, the father of Muhammadi Begum died, this
family was extremely terrified and they turned to God and they
repented from their idolatrous views and from being disrespectful
to the Holy Prophet
sa
. This fulfilled the object of the prophecy.
Hence the conditional parts of the prophecy were annulled as we
find its precedent in the incident of the Prophet Jonah [Hadrat
Yunas
as
], when punishment was put off because of the repentance
of his people.
It may be of benefit to mention that most of the members of
this family put a stamp on the fulfilment of this prophecy and they
believed in the Promised Messiah
as
. They always remained attached
to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community with great steadfastness.
Notable among them were Muhammadi Begums mother, sisters,
brother, son and brother-in-law.

Signs of the advent of the
Messiah and Mahdi
Under the title Recognition of the Promised Messiah, [Mushtaq]
Chishti has given an incomplete quote of a hadith from Mishkat
and the reference is also wrong. With the apparent words of this
hadith, he has tried to prove that the signs mentioned in this hadith
do not fit Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad [The Promised
Messiah
as
].
For the benefit of the reader we will quote here the full words of
the actual hadith:
Q- --- = Q- ,-- '- '- ,~ = _-~ = --- ;-~ ,-- _~-- Q-
;-,- _- V ,--- --,- - ~--- '~-= Q-- -~ ;- ,--
Q---- _- _- ,-- ,-'- '- _~-- Q- ;-,- _- ,-- -= Q-- _- ,--
,--
Hadrat Abdullah bin Umru reports that the Holy Prophet
sa
said,
Jesus, son of Mary [Hadrat Isa
as
Ibn-e-Maryam
as
], will descend
onto the earth. He will marry and have children. He will stay on
the earth for 45 years and will then die, and will be buried with
me in my grave. Then Jesus, son of Mary, and I will rise from the
same grave between those of Abu Bakr
ra
and Umar
ra
. (Mishkat,
Babu Nuzuli Isa
as 50
, section 3)
Respected reader, if we depend only on the apparent words of this
deeply meaningful saying of the Holy Prophet
sa
and overlook its
underlying wisdom, then the picture will look somewhat like this:
when that imaginary Messiah, which is imagined to have been
sitting, for the last 2,000 years in Heaven, will come down to earth,
people will listen to his claim, but instead of believing in him, they
will claim that it is not enough to descend from Heaven, we will
wait and see whether or not you will marry.
Firstly, it is ludicrous that a decrepit old man of more than
2,000 years of age will descend from Heaven and will go out looking
for a wife, so that he can provide a proof of his truth. Secondly,
Allah says in the Holy Quran quite clearly:

And him whom We grant long lifeWe revert him to a weak
condition of creation.
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As one reaches old age his limbs and muscles gradually decline in
strength and man becomes weakened. How can the imaginary
Messiah, who has been sitting in the imaginary Heavens for 2,000
years, be outside the law mentioned in this verse? Everyone knows
what happens to the physical condition of a man who is 100 years
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as
] [Publishers]
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2,000 year old man. Therefore, the very story of the life of Jesus
[Hadrat Isa
as
] in the Heavens is absurd. It is against the Holy
Quran, the ahadith of the Holy Prophet
sa
and against the law of
nature as we have proved in the previous pages.
However, even if he marries, they will say, it is not possible for a
2,000 year old man to have children; therefore, we will wait and see
whether or not you can have children.
When he has children, he will ask people to believe in him but
instead of believing, every Muslim will regard it as his duty not to
believe. They will argue that according to the apparent words of the
hadith, it is necessary for you to live on earth for exactly 45 years.
Therefore, we will not believe but wait 45 years first. If your life is
longer or shorter by even a day, it will prove that you are not the
true Messiah and your coming down from Heaven, marrying and
then having children was meaningless and was not enough to prove
the truth of your claim.
Waiting for 45 years, many of the people will have died and the
remainder will wait and see if he lives on earth exactly 45 years.
Even if he leaves the world exactly after 45 years, then firstly, it
would be unprecedented that not a single soul would have believed
in such a helpless and oppressed Prophet and one commissioned by
God until his death. That even those who may have wanted to
believe in him will have been compelled to wait 45 years for his
death. Secondly, having completed his 45 years, when such an
imaginary Messiah will leave this world alone, without anyone
supporting him, people will not believe even after his death. They
will wait and see whether or not his corpse is taken to Medina. Even
if his corpse reaches Medina, the difficult stage will still remain of
digging up the grave, God forbid, of our Lord and Master Hadrat
Muhammad Mustafa
sa
[the Chosen One] between the graves of
Hadrat Abu Bakr
ra
and Hadrat Umar
ra
, and then bury him with
sa
in his grave. Besides, who will let a
Prophet, on whom not a single Muslim from the ummah will have
believed in, be buried in the grave of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad
sa
?
Each and every particle of our body and our soul is intoxicated
with passionate love for Muhammad Mustafa
sa
[the Chosen One],
our condition is:

May our head, our soul, be sacrificed in the path of the
passionate love of Muhammad
sa
.
This is our longing, this our prayer and this our unshakable
resolve.
Our soul trembles, and our body shivers at the thought that the
grave of our Lord and Master Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
, who was
more loving than a mother and more affectionate than a father,
should be dug up. With Allahs grace, the Ahmadiyya Muslim
Community has been fermented with the passionate love of Holy
Prophet Muhammad
sa
, but any Muslim having even slight sense of
honour cannot tolerate that his fathers grave be dug up. Then, how
could he tolerate that someone should dig up the grave of the
person for whom he is ready to sacrifice his mother and father?
However, this [Mushtaq] Chishti might insist that we will
certainly see the grave of the sovereign of the two worlds, the

beloved of Allah, the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
, dug up because
according to the apparent words
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Q--- _- _- ,-- , there can be no
other meaning except that, God forbid, he will be buried with the
Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
after his grave is dug up.
Even if people continue to watch this soul-rending painful
scene, with the false hope that after the burial they will believe in
the dead Messiah, they will still have to sit and wait on the
threshold for the Day of Judgement because the final stage is still
outstanding. Which is that on the Day of Judgement, the Holy
Prophet Muhammad
sa
and the Messiah will rise from the same
grave which is between the graves of Hadrat Abu Bakr
ra
and Hadrat
Umar
ra
.
Now, you see, how literal interpretation and superficial thinking
has pushed [Mushtaq] Chishti and people of his ilk in the misery of
waiting, and as yet they will remain deprived of faith. They will
remain without faith till the Day of Judgement. This was not the
purpose of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
; by declaring

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V -;- V _~-- he determined that they were one and the same
person.
The Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
stated such signs of the
coming of the Messiah that a discerning eye could recognize him,
not just in the twilight hours but in the deep darkness of the night,
as you can see a white lit-up tower from a distance. As a hadith of
the Holy Prophet
sa
mentions:

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There is no Mahdi except Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
]. Ibn-e-Majah, Kitabul-
Fitan, Bab Shiddatuz-Zaman.
,-- --- '--- '~--- _-,~ _~-
The Promised Messiah will descend near a white minaret in the
east of Demascus.
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The hadith does not say that he will come down from the minaret
but the words are that he will descend near a minaret. We know
that Qadian, Province Punjab, India, which is the homeland of
Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah
as
, is exactly
in the east of Syria, on the same latitude. Thus, there is no
ambiguity as far as the words east of Demascus are concerned. Let
us now turn to the word minaret. It could mean that the Promised
Messiah will descend at a time when, because of improved means of
travel and communications (for instance, railways, ships,
aeroplanes, postal services, telegraph and printing press etc.), the
work of propagation and preaching will be much facilitated as
though a man is standing on a minaret and his call was reaching far
and wide. His light will spread quickly far and wide in the world, as
is the quality of a minaret. As to what is meant about the advent of
the Promised Messiah by a white minaret, it could be a portent that
the best means for the propagation of Islam will be available to him.
In this sense, the word east also indicates that the sun of the
Promised Messiah will rise in the best possible surroundings, of its
eastern horizon, and its rays will spread rapidly throughout the
world. The word minaret also means that as something on a height
is easily visible and people living at a distance can also see it,
similarly the stand of the Promised Messiah will be on a minaret
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provided the people do not close their eyes and turn their heads
away from his light, they will certainly be able to see him because he
will be on a high station.
The underlying wisdom in adding the word white with the
minaret appears to be that although every minaret is visible from a
distance, a white minaret is specially so because it shines brighter
and eyes are attracted to it. The word white may also indicate that
the position of the Promised Messiah will be without any blemish
i.e. his high station will not be because of some worldly importance
but it will be purely spiritual. He will be seen by people in this
sacred form, provided that they do not close their eyes because of
prejudice or a preference for darkness.
Explaining further signs of the Messiah and Mahdi, Hadrat
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
as
, the Promised Messiah
as
says:
So remember that amongst the specific signs of the Promised
Messiah, it is written that:
1. He will descend with two yellow sheets.
2. He will descend with his hands supported on the
shoulders of two angels.
3. The disbelievers will die with his breath.
4. He will be seen in such a state as though he has just come
out of a bath and the water drops will be seen falling from
his head like pearl beads.
5. He will circuit round the Kabah confronting the
Antichrist.
6. He will break the Cross.
7. He will kill the swine.
8. He will marry and will be blessed with children.
9. He is the one who will kill the Antichrist.
10. He will not be killed but will die a natural death and will
be buried in the grave of the Holy Prophet
sa
.
This completes the 10 conditions.
as
continues:
The two yellow sheets stand for ailments
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which from the
beginning were destined to affect the body of the Promised
Messiah, so that his exceptional health may also became a sign.
The purport of two angels is the double support from the
unseen on which depends the completion of his argument.
A. One is the completing of the argument with innate
knowledge bestowed on him, rational as well as
traditional.
B. Second is the completion of the argument with signs
which without the agency of man will descend from God.
His descent with his hands supported on the shoulders of the two
angels is an indication that, for his progress, means will be
provided from the unseen to support him in accomplishing his
work. Earlier, I had mentioned a dream. I saw that I was given a
sword in my hand the hilt of which was in my hand but its tip
touched the skies. I was wielding it in both directions. As I

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wielded it hundreds of people were being killed on both sides. Still
in my dream, a righteous man interpreted it that it is a sword of
the completion of the argument. By the right side is meant the
completion of the argument which will be achieved through signs
and by the left side is meant the completion of the argument
which will be achieved through rational and traditional argument.
Both kinds of completion of argument will occur without human
support and effort.
as
further states:
Killing the disbelievers with his breath means the non-believers
will be destroyed by the breath of the Promised Messiah i.e. with
his attention. The Promised Messiahs appearance, as though he
has come out of a bath with water drops falling from his head like
pearl beads, is a vision. The interpretation is that with his repeated
repentance and supplications, the Promised Messiah will
continuously refresh his link with God, as if he was bathing all the
time and the pure drops of this sacred bath drop from his head as
pearls. This does not mean that he has some supernatural powers;
certainly not. Have the people not seen before, the result of
assigning supernatural powers to Jesus, son of Mary [Isa Ibn-e-
Maryam
as
], which only made millions of people the fuel of Hell
fire? Does their desire still linger that, against human nature, Jesus
[Hadrat Isa
as
] should descend bodily from Heaven accompanied
by the angels and should kill people by his breath and that drops
of pearl should fall from his body? The meaning of the drops
falling from the body of the Promised Messiah, which I have
mentioned is correct. When the Holy Prophet
sa
saw bangles in his
hands, did it mean actual bangles? Similarly, when the Holy
Prophet
sa
saw cows being slaughtered did it mean real cows?
Certainly not, they implied other things. Similarly, when the Holy
Prophet
sa
saw the Promised Messiah as though he had come out
after bathing and saw water dropping from his head like pearl
drops, it means he would be a man who would repeatedly repent
and turn to God and his link with Him will always be refreshed as
though he were bathing all the time. The pure drops of the purity
of his turning to God will drop like pearls from his head. In
another hadith, mans turning to God is compared to bathing. For
instance, discussing the excellence of Prayer, the Holy Prophet
sa

said that if a stream runs in front of the door of ones house and he
were to bathe in it five times daily; can any filth remain on his
body? The Companions replied that it cannot. Then, the Holy
Prophet
sa
said that in the same way, no filth of sin can remain on
the soul of one who observes Prayer (which combines repentance,
seeking of forgiveness, supplication, humility, offering praise and
glorification) five times daily, as though he were bathing five times
daily. This hadith makes it clear that the meaning of the Promised
Messiahs bathing is the same, otherwise what special excellence is
in the physical act of bathing? Even the Hindus bathe this way
every morning, and the drops of water also fall from their body.
Alas, people with material thoughts always drag spiritual matters
to a material level, and like the Jews remain ignorant of the
mysteries of truths.

as
continues:
The fact that both the Promised Messiah and the dajjal will
perform circuits of the Kabah proves that this does not mean that
they will physically perform circuits of the Kabah, for in that case
we would have to concede that the dajjal will succeed in entering
the Kabah or that he will become a Muslim; both of which
assertions go against the clear purport of ahadith. This hadith has
to be interpreted, and the interpretation which God has made
manifest to me is that, in the latter days, a group of people will
emerge who will be called dajjal. This group will be a bitter enemy
of Islam and in order to completely bring down the structure of
Islam, it will go circuiting round the Kabah, which is the centre of
Islam, like a thief. As against this, the Promised Messiah will also
perform the circuit of the centre of Islam, which the Kabah
symbolises. The purpose of the Promised Messiah in performing
the circuit of the Kabah would be to apprehend the thief named
dajjal, and to safeguard the centre of Islam from his designs. We
know that the thief goes around the houses at night and so does a
watchman, but while the purpose of the thief is to rob and
plunder a household, the purpose of the watchman is to
apprehend the thief and to have him locked in a prison of severe
punishment so that people are safeguarded from his mischief.
Thus, this hadith indicates that in the latter days, the thief
who is designated dajjal, will try his utmost to demolish the
structure of Islam, and that the Promised Messiah, out of his
devotion to Islam, will raise his supplications to Heaven and that
all angels will lend him their support so that he should be
victorious in this final battle. He will neither get tired, nor
dejected, nor will he slacken his efforts, but will try his utmost to
catch the thief. When his supplications reach their climax, God
will see how his heart has melted in his love for Islam. Heaven will
do what the earth cannot. And the victory that cannot be achieved
by man will be won at the hands of angels.
as
further states:
Great calamities will descend towards the end of the latter days of
this Messiah and there will be strong earthquakes and peace will
depart entirely from the world. These calamities will descend as a
result of the supplications of the Messiah and after these signs, he
will gain victory. It is the same angels that are referred to in the
metaphorical term when it is stated that the Messiah will descend
supported on the shoulders of two angels. Who can conceive
today that the mischief of the anti-Christ, which is understood to
be the designs of the wayward Christian clergy, can be quelled by
human effort; certainly not. It will in fact be quelled by the God of
Heaven alone. He will fall on them like a thunderbolt, He will
come like a storm and will shake the world like a hurricane
because the time of His wrath has come, but He is Independent.
The fire of the stone of decree demands a strike of deep
supplication by men. Alas! how difficult a task it is, how hard! We
have to offer a sacrifice and as long as we do not give this sacrifice,
the Cross cannot be broken. As long as a Prophet has not offered
such a sacrifice, he has not become victorious. It is this very
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which means that the Prophets desired victory by throwing
themselves in the fire of holy struggle. The result was that every
tyrant and rebel was annihilated....
as
further states:
To imagine, that breaking of the Cross means to physically break
crosses made from wood or gold, is a gross error. Such crosses have
often been broken in Islamic battles. What is meant here is that
the Promised Messiah will shatter the doctrine of the Cross and
this doctrine will never flourish in the world. It will break in such
a way that it will never be grafted again. It will not be broken by
human hands but God, who possesses all powers, will destroy it
just as He had created it. Everything is in His sight; He knows
who is true and who is false. He will not grant this honour to the
others, but will grant it to the Messiah, raised by Him, with his
own Hands. Whoever is given honour by God, none can disgrace
him. The Messiah has been created to accomplish a great task and
that task will be successfully completed at his hands. His
prosperity will cause the decline of the Cross, and the life of the
doctrine of the Cross will come to an end with the appearance of
the Messiah. The views of the people will naturally continue to
show signs of weariness with the doctrine of the Cross, as is
happening these days in Europe. It is evident that these days the
work of Christianity is being carried out only by the salaried
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a wind which is blowing against the doctrine of the Cross and is
becoming fiercer and faster. These are the very signs of the advent
of the Promised Messiah and the same two angels who were to
come down with him are working against the doctrine of the
Cross. The world is continuously coming out of darkness into
light and the time is near when the spell of the anti-Christ will
break completely, for it has completed its life.
The prophecy that the Messiah will kill swine, points to the
defect of a filthy and foul-mouthed enemy and it indicates that
such an enemy will be killed with the prayers of the Promised
Messiah.
The prophecy that the Promised Messiah will be blessed with
progeny indicates that God will create from his progeny a man
who will succeed him and will defend Islam, as this news has
already been given in some of my prophecies.
as
continues:
The prophecy that he will kill the anti-Christ means that with his
advent, the teachings of the anti-Christ will decline and will
automatically fade away. The hearts of the intelligent ones will
turn to the unity of God. Be it known that the word dajjal (anti-
Christ) has two connotations: First, it signifies a group which
supports falsehood and works with cunning and deceit. Secondly,
it is the name of the Satan who is the father of all falsehood and
corruption. Therefore, killing it means that this satanic treachery
will be destroyed in such a way that it will never flourish again till
Doomsday, as though in the final battle, Satan will be killed.

The prophecy that after his demise, the Promised Messiah will
enter the grave of the Holy Prophet
sa
could not mean that, God
forbid, the grave of the Holy Prophet
sa
will be exhumed. These are
fallacies, full of insolence and disrespect, of these people who
think only material thoughts. What it means is that in his station
of nearness he will be so close to the Holy Prophet
sa
, that after
death he will be granted the station of being closest to the Holy
Prophet
sa
and the Promised Messiahs soul will unite with the soul
of the Holy Prophet
sa
as though they were both in one grave. This
is the true meaning but anyone can imagine whatever other
meaning they like. The spiritual people do know that after death
physical nearness has no relevance. Everyone who has any spiritual
nearness to the Holy Prophet
sa
, his soul is brought near to the
Holy Prophet
sa
. As Allah says in the Holy Quran:
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The prophecy that he will not be killed indicates that letting the
final Caliph killed would be a cause for disgrace to Islam. For the
same reason, the Holy Prophet
sa
was saved from being killed.

(Haqiqatul-Wahi, pp. 307313, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 22, pp.
320326)
Finally, we present here another sign of the Promised Messiah and
end our discussion on the subject. Hadrat Imam Baqir has reported
this hadith:

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So enter you among My chosen servants. And enter you My Garden.
(Surah al-Fajr 89:3031)
'----- Q---' ;- '-,-- --- _-= ,-~- V =~--- ,--- V ---
Q- '~- =~=-- Q-~- _- =~-- --
Two signs have been appointed for our Mahdi, which have never
been manifested since the creation of the Heavens and earth for
anyone else commissioned by God. Firstly, there will be an eclipse
of the moon on the first night in Ramadan followed by an eclipse
of the sun on its middle date.
58

This means the moon will eclipse on the 13th lunar date, because
according to principles of astronomy, a lunar eclipse can only occur
on the 13
th
, 14
th
or 15
th
lunar days, and the sun will eclipse on the
28
th
of the same month, because a solar eclipse can only occur on
the 27
th
, 28
th
or 29
th
lunar days.
This sign was fulfilled clearly and the entire world saw it in the
year 1311 Hijra i.e. in 1894 AD. In the month of Ramadan 1311
Hijra, the moon eclipsed on the first night of the possible three
nights, i.e. on the 13
th
, and in the same month of Ramadan the sun
eclipsed on the middle day of the possible three days, i.e. on the 28
th
.
This sign manifested twice. First it occurred for the Eastern half of
the globe and then it happened in America [the following year].
Both times it occurred on the same dates as specified in the hadith.
The sign is mentioned not just in the hadith but the Holy Quran
has also indicated it:

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And the moon is eclipsed, and the sun and the moon are
brought together.
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This means the sun will also eclipse in the same month.
Now, you can see how clearly the fulfilment of this sign tells us
that this indeed is the time when the Mahdi must appear, because
the sign of his appearance has been fulfilled. Some people raise the
objection that this hadith has a gap in its chain of narrators and
stops at Imam Muhammad Baqir (may Allah be pleased with him).
Furthermore they say, it states that the lunar eclipse will occur on
the first night of Ramadan and the solar eclipse in the middle of
Ramadan, whereas the actual lunar eclipse occurred on the 13
th
and
the solar eclipse on the 28
th
. The answer to this objection is that
though this hadith is apparently mauquf [i.e. the narrators of this
hadith narrated up to Imam Baqir], but according to the verdict of
the scholars of ahadith, infact, this report is marfu [attributed to
the Holy Prophet
sa
] You have also to consider who the narrator
was. Was he not a shining jewel of the Holy Prophets family?
Everyone knows it was a point of style for the Imams from the Holy
Prophets family, in view of their dignity, that they did not consider
it essential to link the chain of reporters by name to the Holy
Prophet
sa
. This is their publicized and well known custom. In any
case, we have not coined this hadith but it has existed for the last
1,300 years.
The answer to the second objection is that it is against Gods
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first day and the solar eclipse in the middle of the month. The law
of nature which is set by God, has limited the lunar eclipse to occur
only on the 13
th
, 14
th
or 15
th
date and the solar eclipse on the 27
th
,
28
th
and 29
th
of the lunar month. Therefore, the first and the
middle mean the first and the middle of the three possible dates
respectively, and not first and middle dates of the month. Another
proof is that in the Arabic language the early days moon is called
halal, whereas the word for the moon used in the hadith is qamar
which shows clearly that it does not mean the first night.
Furthermore, Muslims in all ages have been explaining these dates
the same way, as we have just explained. For instance, even in more
recent times, Maulavi Muhammad of Lakhoke had written before
the appearance of this sign:

During that year, the moon will eclipse on the 13
th
and the sun on
the 27
th
of Ramadan, this is what one reporter of the hadith has
written.
In this line of poetry, Maulavi Muhammad had written 27
th
by
mistake instead of the 28
th
, but he has followed the same principle
as we have mentioned above. Above all else, the events have sealed
their stamp on its true interpretation, that by first is meant the 13
th

and by the middle, the 28
th
.
In short, this sign has been fulfilled so clearly that it leaves no
room for any excuse or any contention. We have heard from
reliable sources that when this sign was fulfilled some maulavis were
striking their thighs to express regret and were uttering, now the

people will be misled, now the people will be misled. This also is a
clear sign of the fulfilment of the hadith that:
;'--- ,~ Q- ~=- ;- '-~-
Their scholars will be the worst creatures under the firmament of
Heaven.
On the one hand, a sign of God was being manifested, and on the
other, the maulavis were suffering grief that the appearance of the
sign would allow the people to slip out of their hold and start
believing in Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
as
and Mahdi.
We have mentioned here only a few of the signs mentioned by
our Lord and Master, the leader of all the Prophets Hadrat
Muhammad Mustafa
sa
[the Chosen One], by which to recognize
the Messiah and Mahdi. Everyone with a discerning eye and
illumined heart, who saw these signs being fulfilled in the people
and in the Heavens, bore, on the one hand, the testimony of the
truth of the prophecies of the Holy Prophet
sa
, and on the other
hand believed in the Promised Messiah and Mahdi and joined the
jamaat of the believers. However, there were also those who were
beating their thighs and shouting and suffering grief over why the
proofs were manifesting themselves for the true Messiah and
Mahdi, testifying to the truth of the words of the hadith of the
Holy Prophet
sa
, ;~ ;~ , that is, they remained misguided and
continued to misguide others.

Appreciation of Flowers. . .
The well known Punjabi poet Muhammad Bakhsh, whose poems
abound in shining gems of similes and metaphors, says:

Appreciation of the flowers is known to the nightingale; of the
illumined mind
Appreciation of the flowers cannot be known by the vulture;
devourer of the dead corpse.
If you need to ask of the appreciation and worth of the fragrance of
the flowers, their colourful beauty, their blossom and their elegance,
do not ask the vulture who is eager to see the living suffer death and
then devour their helpless corpses which rot and stink. Ask the
nightingale whose mind is clear, who loves the grace and elegance of
the blossoming and flourishing, colourful and beautiful saplings
because they possess the capacity to grow, to live and to grant life.
She knows the worth of the beauty of the flower, its refulgence, its
fragrance and its colourful elegance.
If you want to know the holiness and the truth of Jesus [Hadrat
Isa
as
], you need to refer not to the utterances of Caiaphas the
Soothsayer but to the narrations of his apostles such as Peter, Jacob
and Nicodemus. If you want to witness the sacred powers of the
Chief of the Prophets Hadrat Muhammad
sa
Mustafa [the Chosen
One] and see the manifestation of his grace and kindness, do not
ask the leaders of the Quraish, ask Hadrat Abu Bakr, Umar, Talha,
Miqdad Bin Aswad (may Allah be pleased with all of them) instead
who used to say: O the Messenger of Allah! we will fight in front of
you, at your back, on your right and on your left. The enemy cannot
reach you unless he walks over our corpses.
Or perhaps you should observe the Muhammadan beauty
through the eyes of Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
as
, the Promised
Messiah and Mahdi, then you will also see:

I see hundreds of thousands of Josephs in the mere dimple of his chin
I see untold Messiahs born out of his breath

Comeliness in his face, Is better than the moon and the sun
The very dust of his street, is more fragrant than hundreds of
muskpods of the musk of Tartar. (Qadian ke Aryah Aur
Hamm)
Appreciation of Flowers 119

Also, if you want to witness the character and biography of Hadrat
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
as
, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, do not
see through the eyes of the maulavis, but look at it from the eyes of
insight of those who recognized and believed in the Messiah and
Mahdi. The high station of Hadrat Hakim Nurud-Din
ra
is well
known.
The well known Muslim leader Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, the founder
of Aligarh University used to say that when a scholar progresses, he
becomes a philosopher; when a philosopher progresses, he becomes
a sufi; and when a sufi progresses he becomes Nurud-Din. (For
more details please see Badr, May 6, 1909, as referenced by Hayat-e-
Nur, By Sheikh Abdul-Qadir (Sabiq Sodagarmal), Published by
Sheikh Abdul-Hadi Zad, Chiragh Street No. 3, Delhi Darwazah
Lahore, Punjab Press, Watan Building, Lahore.)
You should see Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, the
Promised Messiah and Mahdi through the eyes of this Nurud-Din.
What testimony did he bear when he saw Hadrat Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad? When the same Nurud-Din believed in him, what did he
receive? He says in his own words:
The wealth that I have received here is everlasting wealth. A thief
or a robber cannot dispossess you of it. I have found here, what the
people, longing for it, did not find for the last 1,300 years.
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He further says with great humility:
Who am I and what is my worth. If I were great, I would have
stayed home; if I possessed piety on my own, then what was the
need for me to accept the Imam? If this object could be gained
from books alone, I had no need for anyone, for I have loads of
books. The fact of the matter is that you cannot gain your
objective by any of these things.
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[Mushtaq] Chishti has introduced Hadrat Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad
as
, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, on page 9 of his book
in this way:
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, son of Mirza Ghulam Murtada,
was born in Qadian District, Gurdaspur, in 1839 AD. In 1864,
after his customary education, he was employed for four years as a
minor court official in the Deputy Commissioners Office in
Sialkot. During this time, he continued his study of religions.
After renouncing his job at first he gained some fame challenging
the Christians to debate. Then, on the advice of his devotee
Hakim Nurud-Din Bheravi he claimed to be a reflection of Jesus
[Hadrat Isa
as
]. After a while, he advanced a step further, and
rejecting the Islamic doctrine of the life of Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
], he
made himself the Promised Messiah.
Unfortunately, [Mushtaq] Chishti, cannot see what the disciple
Peter saw in Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
], what Hadrat Abu Bakr
ra
saw in

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our Lord and Master Hadrat Muhammad
sa
and what Hadrat
Hakim Nurud-Din
ra
saw in Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Qadiani, the Promised Messiah and Mahdior what is seen by
others who believe in himbecause he is neither of their class nor
does his sight possess the capacity to recognize the truth. Instead, he
possesses an eye which always looks for excuses to disbelieve those
commissioned by God.
The true introduction of Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Qadiani, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi is as follows:
Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani
as
and Mahdi was born a twin, after Fajr Prayer, on a blessed Friday,
February 13, 1835 AD. (In his book Fususul-Hikam, Hadrat
Sheikh Muhyud-Din Ibn-e-Arabi the chief of the sufis, has stated
that the Mahdi will be born a twin.)
Right from his childhood, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was
inclined to piety. He was not interested in playful activities like
other children, though in moderation, he was fond of swimming
and horse-riding. For physical exercise, he used to walk miles and he
continued this practice to his last days.
As was the custom in the country, he received his education at
home. He was always keen to worship and do austere practices in
seclusion. He spent all day in the mosque engaged in worship and
engrossed in the deep study of religious books. As a result, some
people started calling him
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-
. He had a limitless and passionate
love for the Holy Quran. To reflect and ponder over the Holy
Quran was his vocation, as he says:

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The desire of my heart at every moment, is to kiss Your revealed Book
And circuit around the Holy Quran, for this alone is my Kabah.
(Qadian ke Aryah Aur Hamm)
His father used to advise him to spend less time in study, in case it
affected his health. Whenever his father asked him to engage in
business or seek employment he would reply, I have become
employed with God.
Because of repeated urgings by his fatherand in view of the
command of the Holy Quran to obey parentshe joined the Civil
Service in Sialkot which he did not do for long. Even during the
period of this employment, his real vocation continued to be
worship, austerity, study of religious books and deliberation over
the Holy Quran. For instance, Maulavi Sirajud-Din, father of
Maulavi Ghazanfar Ali Khan, editor of daily Zamindar newspaper,
has given his personal testimony about the life, at that time, of
Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
as
, thus:
Around 186061 AD Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was employed as a
clerk in Sialkot when his age was 22 or 23 years and I can give
testimony as an eye-witness that in his youth he was a pious and
righteous man. (Zamindar, June 8, 1908, India)
Noticing the righteousness of Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and
his relationship with God, his father used to observe:

Our state is nothing like the pious and pure condition of Ghulam
Ahmad. He is not of the world but of Heaven. He is not a man
but an angel. (Tadhkiratul-Mahdi, vol. 2, p. 33)
His first marriage took place when he was 15 and his second
marriage when he was around 50 years of age, but neither of the two
marriages affected his seclusion, level of study and devotion to God.
This was the time when English rule was at its height and the
Christian missionaries were preaching with the utmost vigour.
They had established Biblical Societies everywhere and published
hundreds of books against Islam and against the founder of Islam
and they distributed tens of millions of pamphlets free. The speed
of their progress can be judged by the fact that in 1851 the number
of [native Protestant] Christians in India [and Burma] was around
91,000 but in 1881 this number increased to over 490,000
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.
On the other hand, the movements of the Aryas and Brahmu
Samajists were in their prime and were making Islam the targets of
their criticism. It was as though Islam was surrounded by the
enemy. The singular aim of all these movements was to annihilate
Islam and make the truth of the Holy Quran and the truth of the
Founder of Islam appear doubtful in the eyes of the world.
Aryas did not believe in any Divine revelation after the Vedas.
The Brahmu Samajists were rejecting the revelation outright. They
believed that intellect by itself was sufficient for salvation.
Influenced by the misleading philosophy of the West and impressed
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published by Trbner and Co., London, 1886, p. 263. [Publishers]
educated among the Muslims were rejecting Divine revelation. The
Muslim clergy were fighting the battle of excommunication
amongst themselves. In his book, Musaddas, the late Maulana Altaf
Husain Hali [a well recongized Urdu poet, and writer] has painted
the picture of this helpless and destitute state of Islam thus:

There remains neither the faith nor Islam.
What remains is just the name of Islam.
Then comparing the ummah of Islam with a garden, he says:

You will then see a garden; Desolate and deserted
Where dust flies in all directions
Nowhere can you apply the word freshness.
Its once green branches are burnt and dropped
Its unworthy now of bearing flower or fruit
Its dried trunk is only fit for fire

Now you hear this voice continuously at all times
This is the very deserted garden of Islam.
In this environment, the reality of the Holy Quran and the truth of
sa
was becoming doubtful even to
those who called themselves Muslims, many of whom had already
fallen in the lap of Christianity.
The Christian clergy, Aryas, Brahmu and all other religions were
constantly attacking Islam. The Christians were most active and
with the commanding position of their government and with their
cunning moves, they were bent upon destroying Islam and
removing it from the face of the earth.
Watching this grave situation, the fires of passionate love for
God, and his beloved Hadrat Muhammad
sa
was enflamed in the
heart of Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
as
, and his concern for the
backing of the faith was excited. On the one hand, after diving deep
in the deep ocean of the Holy Quran, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad
as
brought out and scattered the priceless pearls and gems of
wisdom and knowledge of the Divine, and on the other hand gave
such crushing replies to the objections raised against Islam with the
knowledge of science, astronomy, philosophy, physics and other
branches of knowledge, that it caused a great panic in the religious
world, and the bright and shining sun of Islam, as it was unveiled,
began to illuminate the world.
Witnessing the helpless situation of the Muslims and the
pitiable state of Islam, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
as
felt deep
concern. For instance, one of his companions Hadrat Maulavi
Fateh Din of Dharamkot has reported:
Once, I saw Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was restlessly... pacing
up and down.... On enquiry he told me that when he remembers
the affair of Islam and thinks of various problems faced by Islam,
he feels extremely restless and it is the pain for Islam which makes
him so anxious. (Siratul-Mahdi, vol. 3, p. 29)
In a poem Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Pomised Messiah
and Mahdi
as
has expressed his pain in these words:

The day has dawned upon the enemies of the faith, but we are
passing through the night;
Arise! O my Sun; for I feel so restless
Help me now with the hands of Your Grace
So that the ark of Islam may ride this storm
Islam is being pushed around by many a people;
The high minaret of Islam is quaking in turbulence.
My heart gets totally restless as I think of this difficult task
O the protector of my life! send down an army of angels

Apply balm to my wounds, for I am in distress
Hear my cries; I am weak and emaciated

I cannot bear to see the weak condition of the faith of Muhammad
sa

O my Sovereign! grant me success and victory.
O my Lord! have mercy on Islam and save it Yourself
Hear the supplications of the inmates of this shattered ark.
A whole world has died without Your water
O Lord! turn this way, the flow of Your life-giving stream;
Without the Grace of God, the ark of Islam may well-nigh drown
Show your mettle, O madly devoted comrades; no wisecrack will
succeed in this situation.
O God! Excite in my heart a fire to serve the Muslim nation
And let the countless flames rise to the Heavens
Weeping and wailing in the presence of the Gracious God is our job
This stream of tears will surely cause the trees to bear fruit.
Its useless now to ask help from the progeny of man
Now our cries are only in your court O! Lord. (Barahin-e-
Ahmadiyya, part 5, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 21, pp. 127152)
This was the time when Allah determined to raise a Messenger in
the world for guidance and leadership. So Allah commissioned
Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
as
as the Promised Messiah and
Mahdi. In his writings the Promised Messiah
as
says:
On one occasion, I received a revelation which indicated that
there was a difference among the higher angels. The indication
was that the will of God was prepared to bring about a renaissance
of Islam, but the angels had not yet been informed of the identity
of the rejuvenator. Hence that was being debated (ibid. Part 4,
pp. 502503 sub-footnote 3; and Tadhkirah, English 2
nd
edition,
p. 55, published by Islam International Publications Ltd., UK,
2009)
He also said:
At the same time I saw in a dream that a search was being made for
one who should revive the faith. A person appeared before me and
pointing to me said - J= ~=- ;~ = , that is This is the man who
loves the Messenger
sa
of Allah. His meaning was that the principal
condition of this assignment was the love of the Holy Prophet and
that I fulfilled that condition. (Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, part 4, p.

503 sub-footnote 3; and Tadhkirah, English, 2
nd
edition, p. 55,
published by Islam International Publications Ltd., UK, 2009)
He also said:
A few days ago, I saw in a vision a person who was approaching
death through tuberculosis. He disclosed to me that his name was
Di ii in Muh hh hammad (Faith of Muhammad), and it was conveyed to
me that this man was a personification of Din-e-Muhammadi
[Faith of Muhammad
sa
]. I comforted him that he would be healed
through me. (Izala-e-Auham, p. 214, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 3, p.
206; Tadhkirah, English 2
nd
edition, p. 236, published by Islam
International Publications Ltd., UK, 2009)
Similarly Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
as
and Mahdi, received a revelation:
_=- Q--- ;--- -,~-
He will revive the faith and will establish the Law. (Tadhkirah,
English 2
nd
edition, p. 87, published by Islam International
Publications Ltd., UK, 2009)
as
saw a vision and he described it thus:
I was occupied in writing something one night and then went to
sleep and [in my dream] I saw the Holy Prophet, may peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him, and his face was bright like the full
moon. He came close to me and I felt as if he wished to embrace
me. So he embraced me and I saw that rays of light proceeded
from his countenance and entered into me. I felt these rays were
like palpable light and I believed that I was seeing them not only
through my spiritual sight but also with my physical eyes.
Thereafter, I did not perceive that he had separated himself from
me nor did I perceive that he had left me. Thereafter, the doors of
revelation were opened to me and God addressed me and said:
'- --= '- = 4-- '- ~-- ~-- Q-- = _- Q-=,-
;-- ',-- ---- '-,- '- -- ;'- Q---~-- J--~ Q--,=--
J- _- ,- '- Q---3--
Meaning: Allah has placed blessing in you, O Ahmad. Whatever
you did let loose, it was not you but it was Allah Who let it loose.
The Most Gracious One has taught you the Quran so that you
should warn the people whose ancestors have not been warned
and that the way of the guilty ones might become manifest. Say: I
have been commissioned and I am the first of the believers. (Aina-
e-Kamalat-e-Islam, p. 550, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 5, p. 550;
nd
edition, pp. 5556, published by Islam
International Publications Ltd., UK, 2009)
Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi
says:
God has sent me so that I should prove that the Holy Quran is a
living book and that Islam is a living faith and Muhammad
Mustafa
sa
[the Chosen One] is a living Prophet. I say this, holding
the earth and the Heavens as my witness, that all these statements
are true and that there is only one true God, which has been

described in the kalimah
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V - V = --=- ;~ = . The living
Messenger is the messenger on whose feet the dead are coming to
life once again, the signs are appearing and blessings are
manifesting themselves. The springs of the unseen are sprouting.
(al-Hakam, May 31, 1900)
He also said:
I alone am the light of this age of darkness. He who follows me
will be saved from falling into the pits prepared by the Devil for
those who walk in the dark. I have been sent by God to lead the
world in humililty and peace to the True God and to re-establish
the reign of moral values in Islam. God has provided me with
Heavenly signs for the satisfaction of seekers after truth, and has
shown miracles in my support; He has disclosed to me secrets of
the unseen and of the future which, according to the Scriptures,
are the real criteria for judging and identifying the true claimant to
this divine office. He has vouchsafed to me true knowledge and
comprehension of verities. That is why, souls which hate truth
and love darkness have turned against me. But it is my desire to be
kind and forgiving towards mankind, as far as it lay in my power.
(Jesus in India, English 2
nd
edition, pp. 1213)
Then with the beat of a drum he announced with great majesty:

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There is none worthy of worship except Allah; Muhammad
sa
is His
Messenger. [Publishers]
O ye people, hearken to my call! Remember that this is a prophecy
from Him Who created the earth and the Heaven. He will cause
this, His own Movement, to spread in all countries and shall cause
them to triumph over all others through reasoning and argument.
The days are approaching; nay they are near at hand, when only
this religion shall be spoken of with honour and respect. God shall
grant this religion and this Movement His choicest blessings and
unprecedented success and frustrate the designs of all those who
seek to destroy them and shall perpetuate their ascendancy till the
time the world comes to its end. (Tadhkirat-ush-Shahadatain,
Ruhani Khazain, vol. 20, p. 66)

Truth has come and
falsehood has vanished
Regarding the sapling of Ahmadiyyat which God had planted with
His own Hands, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, Hadrat Mirza
Ghulam Ahmad
as
, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim
Community had prophesied:
I have come only to sow the seed so it has been planted by my
hand. Now it shall grow and flourish and there is none who can
hinder it. (Tadhkirat-ush-Shahadatain, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 20,
p. 67)
The seed became a sapling and then a stout tree and today it has
seen more than 100 spring seasons, its roots are deep and firm in
the ground and its branches reach into Heaven. Each of its branches
receives rains of Gods Grace and buds of success and achievement
bloom on them and each sunrise on it bears the testimony of its
advancement.
The message of Ahmadiyyat has reached to the corners of the
earth and each nation is drinking water from this fountain. This
caravan of Ahmadiyyat, which was organized by God with the hand
of His own holy Messiah, continues to advance on the path of the
victory of Islam with Allahs backing and support. Supporting
themselves on the crutches of falsehood, thousands of people like
Maulavi Mushtaq Chishti and his elders came out in its pursuit, but
could not reach even its dust. Instead, they let their faces be
covered with the dust of failure and defeat and were lost in the
darkness of the past. Their story will be preserved in the pages of
history as one unbecoming story, because they belong to the groups
of people who have opposed the Prophets, whom the people search
for in the pages of history under the chapter of Disgrace and
Misfortune.
God will Disgrace You...
The curse of disgrace has been continuously pestering those that
have showed hostility towards the Prophet of the time, and the holy
Messiah of God, over the past 100 years. We need not have
mentioned it here if only our opponents had seen their condition
reflected in the mirror of the last 100 years history, that why God
reversed on them each of their curses and frustrated each of their
plans. Why does God, on the one hand bestow success and victory
on the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and on the other hand let
our opponents suffer defeat and frustration? They have witnessed
everything, but instead of humility have displayed nothing but
arrogance.
We do not have to go far in the past; we can look at what has
happened in recent history. When in 1988, Hadrat Mirza Tahir
Truth has come and falsehood has vanished 135

Ahmad, the then Imam of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community,
gave the mubahalah
65
challenge to the leaders of our adversaries and
to the leading disbelievers, Maulavi Mushtaq Chishti had also
accepted this challenge. This was reported in the Millat newspaper
of London, dated December 24
th
and 25
th
, 1988, but prior to that
he had written in the September issue of the monthly Tarjuman-e-
Islam of Norway:
We have already given a mubahalah (prayer duel) challenge to
Mirza [Tahir Ahmad], but Qadianis are fleeing from it.
In the same issue, Maulavi Mushtaq Chishti also wrote:
Now, for the fourth time we are accepting this mubahalah
challenge.
Accepting this challenge, Maulavi Mushtaq Chishti prayed for the
defeat and ruin of the Jamaat of the one who had been
commissioned by God. As we demonstrate below, his crying and
bewailing rent his own honour and defeated him and frustrated
him and also defamed him.
On February 13, 1989approximately two months after the
then Imam of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community had given the
mubahalah challengeMaulavi Mushtaq Chishti transferred 80%
of the funds which the government had allocated for the education
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A prayer duel as prescribed in the Holy Quran in Al-e-Imran 3:62
[Publishers]
the Mosque Committee, declaring it to be a clear breach of trust on
Chishtis part.
On August 24, 1989, Maulavi Mushtaq Chishti obtained the
signatures of a few of his supporters to approve that 2/3 of the
funds collected for the mosque were to be used for the Ahle Sunnat
community and remainder to be dedicated to Jamiah Islamiyyah
66
,
and that he himself will be its custodian. Then, to devour these
funds, he opened an account in the name of two false institutions:
1. Sunni Trust
2. Jamiah Islamiyyah
Maulavi Mushtaq Chishti used these institutions for his fraud with
the funds of the central Sunni Jamaat of Norway.
The above misappropriation of funds were well publicized in
Payam-e-Mashriq registered in Moss, Norway, volume 8, number
11, issue of November 1989. Similarly, his misdeeds were published
in a tract and distributed on the occasion of Id Miladun-Nabi
(Celebration of the birth of the Prophet
sa
). Then, he conferred such
titles on his disciples as conspirators, mischievous, hypocrites and
Jewish lobby, and did not realize that he himself was their Imam
and their leader so what would that make his own position?
Eventually, Maulavi Mushtaq Chishti did admit his disgrace but
blamed it on the Ahmadis, alleging they had had a hand in it.
In October 1989, in four episodes of the Radio Norways Urdu
service, he was pronounced to be a deceiver, fraudulent cheat and a
devourer of mosque funds.

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Islamic school [Publishers]

For the readers, we present here a few significant points from
the newspapers and magazines that put a stamp of affirmation on
his disgrace, so that it may serve as a warning to others.
1. Payam-e-Mashriq which is published from Norways city,
Moss, has presented the following facts in volume 8 and
issue number 12, page 8:
i. By declaring the propaganda against him as a Jewish
conspiracy, Maulana has aggrandized himself.
ii. Setting aside a third part of the mosque funds i.e. 10
million rupees, is daylight robbery of the trust of his
colleagues.
iii. To collect 10 million, he continued to paint a picture
before the people of Paradise in one hand and Hell in the
other.
iv. He was giving a guarantee of Paradise to sinners who
gave him money for the mosque.
v. It was the same trickery by which a Christian Padre in
olden times used to deprive his devotees even of oven
fuel or cooking oil, and a Hindu pundit who until
recently used to plunder the jewellery of the brides of his
devotees.
2. The June 1990 issue of the monthly Baz Gasht of Norway
has preserved for good not only his other financial
misappropriation, but the following dreadful facts which
will always bear testimony to his disgrace and defeat.
i. In the holy month of Ramadan, the mosque and its
Imam were dishonoured twice during Friday Prayer and
once during the Taravih Prayer.
ii. A squabble was created on the occasion of Idul-Fitr,
when the Imam and nearly 1,000 worshippers were
standing ready for Prayers, and the Prayer was stopped.
Such disgrace may never have been suffered by even a
Christian priest.
3. On pages 1117 of the August 1990 issue of the same
monthly Baz Gasht of Oslo, Norway, some vile allegations
were proved against Mushtaq Chishti and he was declared
to have committed the following misdeeds: Wrangling,
misuse of the pulpit of the mosque, desecration of the
mosque, greed, settling his family in Norway, acquiring
privileges by demand, hiring employees at his sole
discretion, establishing irrelevant institutions to his liking,
making false promises, starting up of several courses
without having to complete any, misappropriating the
accounts, letting his own flat for rent and occupying the
mosque residence, devouring the funds collected in the
names of God and His Messenger, use of bribery and
wangling to settle people in Norway.
4. In its issue no. August 8, 1990, Qaid monthly wrote:
i. The maulavi continued all kinds of activity, giving people
false hope of reward in the Hereafter.
ii. Dispossessed the people of their money.

iii. Robbed people with false promise of entrance into
Paradise.
iv. The reality of the maulavi is:

His skill is begging at the pulpit of the mosque
He dances in the name of religion, wearing the shoes of gold
He roams around counting the beads of his rosary
But secretly he is coveting to gather wealth
5. Payam-e-Mashriq in its issue of August, volume 9, number
8, gives this news:
i. This maulavi deserves to be given the name swindler.
ii. A religious school was bought in the name of Jamiah
Islamiyyah, with central funds but the maulana
transferred the building in his own name. We have a
copy of the contract.
6. As a result of the brawl which was created in the mosque in
Oslo on Friday March 29, 1991, during the holy month of
Ramadan, the police desecrated the mosque with their
shoes and their dogs. Its details appeared on page 8 of the
newspaper Dagbladet on Monday April 2, 1991 and his
disgrace was the talk of the town throughout Norway.
7. Finally, we put before you the report of the monthly Qaid
of Oslo, March 1991, no. 3:
Maulana Mushtaq Ahmad Chishti has been
dismissed as an Imam. Since his dismissal, the
attendance at the mosque has begun to recover. To
express their satisfaction at the ending of this
squabble the worshippers offered nawafil
[supererogatory Prayer]. Thank God for that.
[Mushtaq] Chishti, we will not count your misdeeds and the beads
of the necklace of your disgrace. You should ponder as to why the
mill of disgrace began to grind immediately you accepted the
mubahalah challenge and why each new revolution of this mill
brought a new disgrace. Reflect again, are these curses not the same
which are always destined for those who stand against those
commissioned by God. God has kept the gate of repentance open.
Still there is time to enter this gate. Stop your cunning, wrangling,
lies and misdeeds and repent before God.
67

[Mushtaq] Chishti appended the title of Chisti to his name
and then to make himself holy, he wrote on page 27 of his bundle-
of-lies book, Fateh-e-Qadian:
God knows why there is such attraction in the words Chisht,
Chishti and Chishtiyai that as soon as one utters them or pens

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This is the translation of the passage in the published Urdu book. Maulavi
Mushtaq Chishti has now passed away. [Publishers]

them, one is transported into ecstasy, eyes become wet with tears
and heads bow in devotion and love!
In the foregoing pages, we have given some examples of comments
about [Mushtaq] Chishti from the newspapers and magazines of
Norway which rent his robe of honour in such a way that the
nudity of his real self becomes obvious. People can see his true
nature and his disgrace and seeing the so called religious leaders and
Chishtis like him they shed the tears of blood and their heads do
not bow in devotion and love but bow in shame and feelings of
disgrace. Having got rid of him, they then offer their prayers of
thanks.
The people like Hadrat Moinud-Din
rh
Chishti and Hadrat
Ganj Bakhsh
rh
, Allahs Mercy be upon them, were the trustees of
the grandeur of Islam, but time has proved [Mushtaq] Chishti to be
the trustee of disgrace:

What comparison can there be of dust to the world of purity
Lets look at another Chishti who was known in the United
Kingdom by the title Abul-Fath [Father of Victory]. He also used
to append Chishti to his name. He joked about the mubahalah
challenge given by Hadrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the then Imam of
the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, and with great arrogance he
used a derogatory term (mujahalah). Then, how Allah tore his
respect to pieces is not hidden from anyone. There is no need for us
to uncover his shameful deeds here nor are we pleased with
anyones disgrace and notoriety. Rather, we pray that as this man
was punished a great deal in this world and disgrace forever has
become his destiny, may Allah overlook his mistakes and his sins.
However, we feel it is necessary to say that anyone who stands to
oppose those commissioned by God and their Jamaat, or wishes to
disgrace them, he himself falls in the estimation of Allah and suffers
clear ignominy before the world.
So one should ponder over why has disgrace upon disgrace been
heaped on the opponents of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
And why each of these opponents steps merely takes them to the
ditches of decay and degradation. While on the contrary, Allahs
treatment with the Jamaat of His holy Messiah and Mahdi is so
outstanding; with His backing and support, this Jamaat continues
to advance, supported on the shoulders of His Destiny.
...I shall Gain Honour
After the mubahalah challenge, Allah gave such honour and
nobility to the then Imam of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat,
Hadrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad
rh
, that when he travelled through
scores of countries, people in each country showed him respect and
the heads of state and Chief Ministers stood up to welcome him. In
many countries, he was presented the keys of the cities. In each
country, on each soil, wherever he stopped, victory and elation,
success and achievement paid homage to him. Then in 1989,
ministers and members of Parliament from a dozen countries came
with delegations to attend the Jalsah Salanah [Annual
Convention] United Kingdom which he presided.

Now, with the sheer Grace and Help of Allah, this worldwide
Jamaat has been established in 124 countries and has 3216 strong
well organized jamaats
68
. (These figures do not include the number
of jamaats in Pakistan.) Throughout the world (excluding
Pakistan) the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has established
1945 mosques and 356 Muslim Missions, 27 hospitals, 258 nursery
and primary schools and 81 high and junior secondary schools
69
.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community publishes 81 newspapers and
periodicals in various languages and in various countries
70
. Most of
all, this divine Jamaat has been enabled to publish the Holy Quran
with translation in 44 languages
71
while translation in a further six
languages has been completed and the work is in progress in many
more languages.
Similarly, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has been enabled
to publish selected verses of the Holy Quran in 85 different
languages
72
, selected ahadith and selected writings of the Promised
Messiahwhich show the transcendence of God and the truth and
excellence of Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa
sa
[the Chosen One],
Islam and Holy Quran. These publications are being distributed
from town to town in great numbers.

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By the Grace Allah, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community now has many
more Jamaats in over 200 countries. [Publishers]
69
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has now established over ten thousand
mosques and many more Muslim Missions, hospitals, and schools.
[Publishers]
70
This number has now increased to over 100 newspapers and periodicals.
[Publishers]
71
By the Grace of Allah, the Holy Quran has now been translated in over 70
languages. [Publishers]
72
This number has now increased to more than 100. [Publishers]
Looking at this brief survey of the grandeur of Ahmadiyya
Muslim Community, the divine support accompanying its Imam,
the eyes of our opponents like Mushtaq Chishti must have become
glassy. Their nerves must have left them, and their tongues must
have become mute, but their condition must be shouting:

O!, the one possessing crude vision, who are you meddling with!

Why are you in the habit of concealing the true testimony?
O arrogant one!, You shall fall upon evil days.
Your clever designs can never cause me harm, O ignorant one.
Because I am the one who will come out unscathed, even if
pushed in Fire.
If your faith amounts to anything, avert what I have predicted
That I shall gain honour; And you will face reproach.
God shall disgrace you; And I will be granted honour
Hearken, O! ye who deny me; This miracle is bound to happen.

The holy men of God gain victory over others
For my sake, this sign, is going to come from God.
(Tatimmah Haqiqatul-Wahi, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 22, p. 595)

Publishers Note
Please note that according to our system of counting Quranic
verses, the verse Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim (In the name of
Allah, the Most Gracious, Ever Merciful) is counted as the first
verse of the chapter which it precedes. Some publishers of the Holy
Quran, however, begin counting following Bismillahir-Rahmanir-
Rahim. Should the reader not find the relevant verse under the
number mentioned in this book, he or she is advised to deduct 1
from the number. For example, if this book quotes Ch. 35: Fatir:
25, then some copies of the Holy Quran will list the same verse
under Ch. 35: Fatir: 24.
Where necessary, translation of the Arabic text has been
elaborated by additional words to explain the meaning. Such words
are in italics. The word and at the commencement of a translated
verse has been omitted.
The form ibn has been used in both initial and medial position
in the names of persons, in order to conform to current usage,
although bin also occurs medially in some original texts
(abbreviated usually as b.).
The name of Muhammad
sa
, the Holy Prophet of Islam, has been
followed by the symbol
sa
, which is an abbreviation for the prayer
( ) Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Alihi Wasallam (may peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him and his progeny). The names of
other Prophets
as
and messengers are followed by the symbol
as
, an
abbreviation for ( / ) Alaihissalam/Alaihimussalam (on
whom be peace). The actual prayers have not generally been set out
in full, but they should nevertheless, be understood as being
repeated in full in each case. The symbol
ra
is used with the name of
the Companions of the Holy Prophet
sa
and those of the Promised
Messiah
as
. It stands for ( / / ) Radiyallahu
anhu/anha/anhum (may Allah be pleased with him/with
her/with them).
rh
stands for ( ) Rahimahullahu Taala (may
Allahs blessing be on him).
aa
stands for ( ) Ayyadahullahu
Taala (may Allah, the Almighty help him).
In transliterating Arabic words we have followed the following
system adopted by the Royal Asiatic Society:
at the beginning of a word, pronounced as a, i, u preceded
by a very slight aspiration, like h in the English word
honour.
th, pronounced like th in the English word thing.
h, a guttural aspirate, stronger than h.
kh, pronounced like the Scotch ch in loch.
dh, pronounced like the English th in that.
s, strongly articulated s.
d, similar to the English th in this.
t, strongly articulated palatal t.
z, strongly articulated z.
, a strong guttural, the pronunciation of which must be
learnt by the ear.
Publishers Note 149

gh, a sound approached very nearly in the r grasseye in
French, and in the German r. It requires the muscles of the
throat to be in the gargling position whilst pronouncing it.
q, a deep guttural k sound.
, a sort of catch in the voice.
Short vowels are represented by:
a for (like u in bud)
i for (like i in bid)
u for (like oo in wood)
Long vowels by:
a for or (like a in father);
i for or (like ee in deep);
u for (like oo in root);
Other:
ai for (like i in site)
1
;
au for (resembling ou in sound)
Please note that in transliterated words the letter e is to be
pronounced as in prey which rhymes with day; however the
pronunciation is flat without the element of English diphthong. If
in Urdu and Persian words e is lengthened a bit more, it is
transliterated as ei to be pronounced as ei in feign without the
element of diphthong. Thus is transliterated as kei. For the nasal

1
In Arabic words like (Shaikh) there is an element of diphthong which
is missing when the word is pronounced in Urdu.
sound of n we have used the symbol n. Thus the Urdu word is
transliterated as mein.* The consonants not included in the above
list have the same phonetic value as in the principal languages of
Europe.
We have not transliterated foreign words which have become
part of English language, e.g., Islam, Mahdi, Quran
2
, Hijra,
Ramadan, Hadith, ulama, umma, sunna, kafir, pukka, etc.
Curved commas are used in the system of transliteration, for ,
for . Commas as punctuation marks are used according to the
normal usage. Similarly, normal usage is followed for the
apostrophe.
We have made every effort to validate the original references
and have also added several additional references where needed.
The Publishers

*
These transliterations are not included in the system of transliteration by
The Royal Asiatic Society.
2
Concise Oxford Dictionary records Quran in three formsQuran, Quran
and Koran.

Glossary
Ahmadiyya Muslim CommunityThe Community of Muslims
who have accepted the claims of Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
as
of
Qadian as the Promised Messiah and Mahdi. The Community was
established by Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
as
in 1889, and is now
under the leadership of his fifth KhalifahHadrat Mirza Masroor
Ahmad (may Allah be his help). The Community is also known as
Jama aa aat-e-Ahmadiyya or Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama aa aat. A member
of the Community is called an Ahmadi Muslim or simply an
Ahmadi ii i.
AllahAllah is the personal name of God in Islam. To show
proper reverence to Him, Muslims often add Taala, translated here
as the Exalted, when saying His Holy name.
BaiatOath of allegiance to a religious leader; initiation at the
hands of a Prophet or his Khalifah.
H HH Had dd dratA term of respect used for a person of established
righteousness and piety.
HadithA saying of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
. The plural is
ahadith.
Holy Prophet
sa
A term used exclusively for the Founder of Islam,
Hadrat Muhammad, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
Holy QuranThe Book sent by Allah for the guidance of
mankind. It was revealed word by word to the Holy Prophet
Muhammad
sa
over a period of twenty-three years.
Ima aa am Mahdi ii iThe title given to the Promised Reformer by the
sa
; it means: the Guided Leader.
Jalsah Sa aa ala aa anahAnnual convention or gathering of the
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. It was initiated by the Promised
Massiah
as
himself.
Jama aa aatJamaat means community. Although the word jamaat
itself may refer to any community, in this book, Jamaat refers to
the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community unless specifically mentioned
with the name of another community.
Khali ii ifah and Khila aa afatCaliph is derived from the Arabic word
Khalifah, which herein means the successor. Khulafa is the plural
of Khalifah. In Islamic terminology, the title Khalifa-e-Rashid
[righteous Khalifah] is applied to one of the first four khulafa who
continued the mission of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
. Ahmadi
Muslims refer to each successor of the Promised Messiah
as
as
Glossary 153

Khalifatul-Masih. The institution of successorship is called
Khilafat.
Khali ii ifatul-Masih ih ih ih IHadrat Khalifatul-Masih I, Hakim Maulana
Nurud-Din
ra
(18411914), the first person to do the baiat at the
hand of the Promised Messiah
as
, was elected as the first Khalifah
after the demise of the Promised Messiah
as
. The Promised Messiah
as

has highly appreciated his faith, sincerity and sacrifices and has
regarded him as a model for everybody in the ummah.
Khali ii ifatul-Masih ih ih ih IIHadrat Khalifatul-Masih II, Mirza Bashir-
ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad
ra
(18891965), was the second successor
as
. He is also called Musleh-e-Mauud
because he was born in accordance with the prophecy made by the
Promised Messiah
as
in 1886 concerning the birth of a righteous son
who would be endowed with unique abilities and attributes.
Khali ii ifatul-Masih ih ih ih IIIHadrat Khalifatul-Masih III, Hafiz Mirza
Nasir Ahmad
rh
(19091982), was the grandson of the Promised
Messiah
as
and his third successor. Before being elected as Khalifah,
he served in many key positions in the Jamaat.
Khali ii ifatul-Masih ih ih ih IVHadrat Khalifatul-Masih IV, Mirza Tahir
Ahmad
rh
(19282003), was the fourth successor of the Promised
Messiah
as
. He was the grandson of the Founder of the Ahmadiyya
Muslim Jamaat, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised
Messiah
as
.
Khali ii ifatul-Masih ih ih ih VHadrat Khalifatul-Masih V, Mirza Masroor
Ahmad
aa
, is the fifth successor of the Promised Messiah
as
and the
current Imam of Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya. He is the great grandson of
as
.
Khila aa afatThe institution of successorship in Islam. See also
Khali ii ifah.
Khulafa aa aPlural of Khali ii ifah. See also Khali ii ifah.
MahdiThe guided one. This is the title given by the Holy
Prophet Muhammad
sa
to the awaited Reformer of the Latter Days.
Maula aa ana aa a or Maulavi ii iA Muslim religious cleric.
MuhammadProper name of the Holy Prophet
sa
of Islam.
S SS Sah hh hih hh h Bukha aa ari ii iA book of ahadith (the sayings) of the Holy
Prophet Muhammad
sa
compiled by Hadrat Imam Muhammad Bin
Ismail Bukhari
rh
(194H-256H). This book of ahadith is believed to
be the most authentic book after the Holy Quran.
SunnahTraditions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
sa
of Islam.
Su uu urahA term in Arabic referring to a chapter of the Holy Quran.
ShariahReligious law.
Glossary 155

The Promised MessiahThis term refers to the Founder of the
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
as
of
Qadian. He claimed that he had been sent by Allah in accordance
with the prophecies of the Holy Prophet
sa
about the coming of al-
Imam al-Mahdi (the Guided Leader) and Messiah.

Index
Ahmadiyya Muslim
Community
progress of, 143
Altaf Hussain Hali
on the plight of the
Muslims, 124
Anjam-e-Atham
Announcement by the
Promised Messiah that
he would no longer take
part in debates., 1
Anjuman-e-Furqan, 15
Brahmu Samajists
beliefs and activities of,
123
Christian missionaries
vigorous preaching in
India by, 123
Companions
ra

testimony of, on the death
of Hadrat Isa, 83
Divine help
three ways of, 8
Hadrat Maulavi Abdul
Karim
Published Pir Mehr Ali's
letters in al-Hakam, 5
Hadrat Maulavi Nurud-Din
Khalifatul Masih I
ra

on the spiritual treasures
bestowed by the
Promised Messiah, 119
questions raised about
Shamsul-Hidayah, 3
Hadrat Mirza Bashirud-Din
Mahmud Ahmad,
Khalifatul Masih II
ra

on the advent of
Messengers of God, 66
Hadrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Khalifatul Masih IV
rh

honour and respect of,,
142
on the defeat of the
opponents of
Ahmadiyyat, 90
Hassan bin Thabit
ra

poem on the demise of the
Holy Prophet, 86
sa

declined the invitation of
Banu Nadir due to their
mischivious plans, 24
devotion of the
Companions of, 118
exortations of the
Promised Messiah for
obedience of, 58
on the identity of Jesus and
Messiah, 101
prophecies about the
coming of Messiah, 89
prophecy about the
marriage and progeny of
by, 95
Holy Quran
is the perfect and final law,
59
Ijazul-Masih, 30
declaration by the
Promised Messiah that
no one would be able to
compete with his
commentary, 32
Imam Muhammad Baqir
prophecy narrated by, 113
Jesus [Hadrat Isa
as
]
absurdity of his presumed
physical re-advent, 99
issue of the death of, 73
verses proving the death of,
78
Maulavi Faid Ahmad Faid
on Pir Meher Ali's not
writing a commentary,
50
Maulavi Fateh Din of
Dharamkot
testimony of, about the
Promised Messiah, 125
Maulavi Karamud-Din
letter to Hakim Fadl Din,
46
Maulavi Muhammad Fadil
Sabir
dirge of Pir Meher Ali of,
70
Maulavi Muhammad Ghazi.
Index 159

real author of Shamsul-
Hidayah, 3
Maulavi Muhammad of
Lakhoke
couplet about the
prophecy of solar and
lunar eclipse, 114
Maulavi Mushtaq Chishti
humiliation of, 136
Maulavi Sirajud-Din
testimony about the youth
of the Promised
Messiah, 122
mubahalah
acceptance of, by Maulavi
Mushtaq Chishti, 135
Mufti Muhammad Sadiq, 26
and Waqiat-e-Sahihah, 13
Muhammad Hasan Faidi
attempted rebuttal and
miserable end of, 35
Muhammadi Begum
prophecy about, was a
divine warning, 95
similarity of the prophecy
about, with that of
Prophet Yunas
as
, 95
Mujaddid Alif Thani
ra

vision of, that Kabah came
to meet him, 63
Munshi Ilahi Bakhsh, 24
Munshi Tajud-Din, 26
Mushtaq Chishti
fake argument to claim Pir
Meher Ali as Mujaddid,
69
inappropriate use of
grammatical terms by,
74
Senseless objections of, 56
mutawaffi
meanings of, 73
Nuzulul-Masih
discussion of elegent
writing in, 38
Oaring Washington, 94
Pir Meher Ali
arival in Lahore and the
riots thereafter, 17, 18
attempts by sincere
Ahmadis of Lahore to
persuade him for a
competition inwriting a
commentary, 18
beginning of his
opposition to the
Promised Messiah, 2
charge of plagiarism
against the Promised
Messiah, 38
could not write a few pages
of commentary in
Arabic in his whole long
life, 50
deception in his suggestion
for a debate, 14
early views about the
Promised Messiah, 1
interpretation of tawaffi
disproven by his own
follower, 71
proven plagiarism by, 40
shameful defeat of, 49
Promised Messiah
as

anguish for Islam, 126
announcement of August
28, 1900, 21
challenge to write a
commentary of the
Holy Quran, 8
challenge to write a
commentary on Surah
al-Fatihah, 29
Charge of plagiarism
against, by Pir Meher
Ali, 38
Chishti's na'ive objection
that he wrote books, 56
declaration the Jesus will
never come back alive,
88
exortations to show
devotion to all
Prophets, 65
fulfilment of the revelation
of, 36
Holy Prophet's prophecy
of marriage and progeny
of, 95
Ijazul-Masih a miraculous
sign of, 32
introduction of, 121
invitation for a public
discussion of his claim,
25
mission of, 58
on the beauty of the Holy
prophet, 118
on the reason for the
daring attitude of
Christians, 87
on the signs of the coming
of the Messiah, 103
passionate love for the
Holy Prophet, 100
Index 161

purpose of the advent of,
130
signs of the advent of, 97
some books discussing the
nature of miracles by, 54
some visions and
revelations of, 128
Shahabud-Din
letter of, exposing Pir's
plagiarism, 42
Solar and lunar eclipses
fulfilment of the sign of,
112
Syed Muhammad Ahsan
challenge to Pir for a
debate, 7
publication of Shams-e-
Bazighah in refutation
to Pir's book, 7

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