World Religions — Selected Writings of the Promised Messiah

Introduction

Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) presents the unique Islamic ethos of honoring all genuine prophets sent to past nations, promoting universal peace and mutual respect across world religions.

Book Series: Selections from the Writings of the Promised Messiah
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Compiler: Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih IV (RH)
Section: Comparative Religion & Peace
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Excerpt 73

Of all the principles to which I have been made to adhere firmly, there is one that has specifically been revealed to me by God Himself. That principle is to desist from declaring false in essence, such religions as have been revealed by God through His prophets and which have the following characteristics. They have met with wide acceptance in certain regions of the world; having survived all challenges, they have become well established and deeply rooted.

Having stood the test of time for long, they have acquired a measure of age and an air of permanence. According to this principle, such religions are essentially true and their founders were most certainly true prophets of God.

[Tohfa-e-Qaisariyyah: Ruhani Khaza’in Vol. 12, p 256]
[Selected Writings of the Promised Messiah, p. 96]

Excerpt 74

This is a most attractive and peace giving principle which provides the basis for reconciliation amongst nations and promotes better moral conduct. This principle teaches us to believe in the truth of all prophets wherever they might have appeared; in India, Persia or China or any other country and for whom God has filled the hearts of millions of people with awe and deep respect and has caused their religions to be firmly rooted.

[Tohfa-e-Qaisariyyah: Ruhani Khaza’in Vol. 12, p 259]
[Selected Writings of the Promised Messiah, p. 96]