Acceptance Obligatory — Essence of Islam Vol. 4
Introduction
In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 4), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon Acceptance Obligatory, presenting profound spiritual insights and scriptural verities.
Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 4)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 3: Status of the Promised Messiah (as)
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Status of the Promised Messiahas We have with us the statements of many such people, which we can make available to anyone who is eager to follow this line of investigation.
[Anjam-e-Atham, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 11, p. 343]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 87]
Knowledge of the Holy Qur’an I call God to witness, in Whose hand is my life, that I have been given excellence over every other individual in the matter of understanding the deeper and subtler meanings of the Holy Qur’an. Had the opponent Maulavis come forward to compete with me in this, as I had repeatedly invited them to do, they would have been humiliated by God. The understanding of the Qur’an that has been bestowed upon me is a sign of Allah, the Glorious, and I, by the grace of Allah, believe that the world will soon recognize the truth of my claim.
[Siraj-e-Munir, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 12, p. 41]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 87]
It is God’s design that whoever out of the Muslims remains away from me will be cut off, be he a ruler or a subject.
[Majmu‘ah Ishtiharat, vol. 2, p. 416]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 87]
God Almighty has disclosed to me that whoever has been apprised of my advent and does not accept me is not a Muslim and is accountable to God.
[Letters to Dr. ‘Abdul Hakim quoted in Al-Fadl, vol. 22, no. 85, 15 March 1935, p. 8]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 87]
I am the garden of the Holy One. Whoever tries to cut me down shall himself be cut down. The face of my opponent shall be blackened and he who denies me shall be humiliated.
[Nishan-e-Asmani, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 4, p. 397]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 87]
I announce it plainly that it is not a trivial matter to denounce me. He who calls me a kafir will have to become a kafir first. He who describes me as faithless and misguided will have to confess his own error and humiliation. He who charges me with departing from the Qur’an and Hadith will have first departed from them himself, for I affirm the truthfulness of the Qur’an and Hadith and am in turn affirmed by them. I am not misguided but am the Mahdi [Guided One].
[Malfuzat, vol. 4, p. 16]
I am not a kafir but 56 God has revealed to me that whatever I say is the truth. Whoever has faith in God and believes in the truth of the Holy Qur’an and the Holy Prophetsa, it should be enough for him to listen to me in silence. But what remedy is there for him who is impertinent and disrespectful! God Himself will admonish him. I, therefore, desire that for the sake of God you should reflect upon this matter and should advise your friends not to hasten to deny me but reflect honestly and impartially.
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 88]
Status of the Promised Messiahas Divine Manifestations upon the Promised Messiahas On one occasion I saw in a vision that I created a new heaven and a new earth and then I said: ‘Let us now create man’. Thereupon the stupid Maulavis raised a clamour that I had claimed to be God; whereas the meaning of this vision was that through me, God would bring about such a change as if heaven and earth have been renewed and true men have been created.
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 88]
Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 4)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 3: Status of the Promised Messiah (as)
Navigation: Book Table of Contents | « Previous: Knowledge of the Holy Qur’an | Next: Divine Manifestations Upon the Promised Messiah (as) »