Did Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) call those who rejected him “Children of Prostitutes?” | Full Refutation

Introduction

Non-Ahmadis make allegations that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) used a lot of vile language in his writings and that he cursed those who rejected him by calling them “Children of Prostitutes”.

To prove this, they quote the following passage in which they claim that the term “dhurrīyyatu’l-baghāyā” means “children of prostitutes”. They also claim that this word has no meaning but this and is always used to mean prostitutes.

تلک كتب ينظر اليها كل مسلم بـعـيـن الـمـحبة و المودة و يـنـتـفـع مـن مـعـارفـهـا و يقبلني و يصدق دعوتى. الا ذرية البغايا الذين ختم ا الله . على قلوبهم فهم لا يقبلون

“…every Muslim will accept me and will testify to my claim, except the dhurrīyyatu’l-baghāyā whose hearts have been sealed by Allāh and [who] thus will not accept.”

[Aina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam, Ruhani Khaza’in, Vol.5, pp. 547-548]

Refutation

Translation by Ahmad (AS) Himself

Firstly, Ahmad (A.S) has used this word in other places and translated it to mean rebellious/transgressor.

The Arabic word for transgression is baghi, which connotes excessive rain which ruins crops.

[The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam, pp. 64-65]

Moroever, he translates “Ibn bagha” as “sarkash insaan” in Urdu which means rebellious again. Urdu dictionary here

آذَيتَنى خبثًا فلَسْتُ بصادق إنْ لم تَمُتْ بالخزي يا ابنَ بغاءِ

اے سرکش انسان

You have given me grief by your wickdness; If now you are not destroyed in disgrace, I am false in my claim O rebellious man!

[Malfuzat, Vol. 5, pp. 155]

When the author himself has translated this verse to mean transgressors or rebellious, then who are these non-Ahmadis to claim otherwise?

This filthy translation only comes from the anti-Ahmadis. The following is the translation done by Jama’at in 2025:

“[…] These are the books which are viewed by all the Muslims with the eye of love and compassion, from which they take benefit, and by which they accept me and testify to my claim; except for the progeny of the rebellious whose hearts have been sealed by Allah, and thus they do not accept it.”

_{[Aina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam (English translation), p.524] | [Aina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam (English translation), p.524 Book Link]}

Context of the Passage

Secondly, the context of the passage also refutes the non-Ahmadis which they won’t mention.

“…every Muslim will accept me and will testify to my claim, except the dhurrīyyatu’l-baghāyā whose hearts have been sealed by Allāh and [who] thus will not accept.”

1) it is not about non-Ahmadi Muslims.

2) Ahmad (AS) writes that all Muslim accept his books, except the Dhurriyyat al-Baghaya whose hearts have been sealed by Allah.

There is zero connection between being born from Zina and having a sealed heart. In Islam, Allah never seals an innocent person’s heart just because of how they were born. Ahmad (AS) is clearly talking about rebellious people whose hearts became sealed because of their own rejection of truth.

3), the following sentence contextualizes the term that precedes it. Thus, there is no way the term can be translated to prostitutes at all.

Holy Quran

Thirdly, this word has been used in the Holy Quran in the same context as Ahmad (AS) used in the reference mentioned above. He is explaining how the followers of rebellious/transgressors won’t accept the message of Islam from him. It is an Arabic idiom to describe the spiritual conditions of certain people. This is the following verse:

اِنَّ اللّٰہَ یَاۡمُرُ بِالۡعَدۡلِ وَالۡاِحۡسَانِ وَاِیۡتَآیِٔ ذِی الۡقُرۡبٰی وَیَنۡہٰی عَنِ الۡفَحۡشَآءِ وَالۡمُنۡکَرِ وَالۡبَغۡیِ ۚ یَعِظُکُمۡ لَعَلَّکُمۡ تَذَکَّرُوۡنَ

Verily, Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving like kindred; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. He admonished you that you may take heed.

[Quran 16:90]

This verse is recited in every single Friday sermon by all the Muslims around the globe and to claim that this also means prostitution is a sign of dishonesty.

Prophet ﷺ

Fourthly, a similar word is used by the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) which translates to rebellious.

“فَمَرَّ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَسَحَ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ الْغُبَارَ وَقَالَ ‏ “‏ وَيْحَ عَمَّارٍ، تَقْتُلُهُ الْفِئَةُ الْبَاغِيَةُ، عَمَّارٌ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَيَدْعُونَهُ إِلَى النَّارِ

The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by `Ammar and removed the dust off his head and said, “May Allah be merciful to `Ammar. He will be killed by a rebellious aggressive group. `Ammar will invite them to (obey) Allah and they will invite him to the (Hell) fire.”

[Sahih al-Bukhari 2812]

Metaphors used extensively in the Holy Quran

Fifthly, such words are used by Allah and his prophets as metaphors to describe the spiritual conditions of certain people. They are not meant as curses. We see many such examples from the ahadith as well. For example, in the Holy Qur’an, evil people are likened to apes and swine (7:166); backbiters are likened to cannibals (49:12); disbelievers who don’t use their faculties are said to be more astray than cattle (7:179).

As mentioned, Dhurryatul Bhagaya is an idiom for transgressors. Similar idioms are used in the Holy Quran and the Arabic language.

• Ibn al-Sabīl (Son of the Road) = Traveler
• Ibn al-Ḥarb (Son of the War) = Warrior
• Ibn al-Layl (Son of the Night) = Thief
• Ibn al-Waqt (Son of the Moment) = One who attends to what the present moment requires

For example, in the Holy Quran, it is stated:

وَفِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ

“and for the cause of Allah, and for the wayfarer”

_{[Quran: 9:60]}

Non-Ahmadi Scholars

Sixthly, non-Ahmadi scholars have used the same phrase in their books and explained that it means corrupt and evil person.

Imam Baqir (RH)

The 5th Shia Imam, Imam Baqir (RH) uses Al-Baghi:

قال الكليني في الروضة – ج 311/24 – باب (67)، (رواية رقم (431)، عن الإمام الباقر أنه قال : والله يا أبا حمزة إن الناس كلهم أولاد بغايا ما خلا شيعتنا .

By Allah, O Aba Hamza, all people are children of rebellious except for our Shia.”

_{[Aqa’id ash-Shia, page 101]}

One can clearly understand that the meaning being implied here is that everyone besides the Shia are on misguidance.

Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi

Sunni scholar Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi translated a harsh term to mean a “corrupt and evil person” because such words used within religious contexts carry specific theological meanings.

Question: Respected Sir! What is the ruling on calling a man a “Haramzada” (illegitimate/bastard)?

Response [by Ahmad Raza Khan]: This does not invoke the legal punishment for slander (Hadd-e-Qadhf). The word “Haramzada” is also used to mean “mischievous” (shareer)

_{[Malfuzat Ala Hazrat, part 4, page 450]}

Conclusion

This is yet another example of the deception of non-Ahmadis where they purposefully mistranslate words while ignoring all the cues from the context of the passage. They not only mistranslate but also attempt to be All-Knowing (Astagfirullah!) by claiming that Ahmad (AS) meant the usage in the same vile manner as they are alleging while knowing there are multiple meanings of the term.

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) wrote 80+ books, 1000s of letters and pamphlets. His oral words are compiled in 10 volumes as well. Across all these, anti-Ahmadis can only find a few references of harsh language and even then, they have to fabricate translation to make their point.

May Allah guide such people and save them from the transgressions they are committing.