The coming of Prophets and other Elects of Allah for the
guidance of mankind is a perennial theme in spiritual history. The Holy Qur’an
says that such servants of Allah have always been raised among all communities
and every people have had their own divinely-guided souls. “And
for every people there is a Messenger” (10:48, 13:08; 16:37). A well
known tradition from the Holy Prophet of Islam (sa) indicates that hundreds of
thousands of Messengers have passed away before his own advent.
As the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) was himself a chain in
the grand Divine scheme of guided souls leading common people in the path of
Allah, he gave the glad tiding of the continuity of divine revelations and the
coming of other Elects of Allah in future. That is why the Promised Messiah (as) wrote in
his book Izala Auham that the door of
coming of Messiahs will remain open and never close. He further said:
“I am the claimer of Promised
Messiah, and this is not the only claim of mine, that only I am the one and the
last Promised Messiah. Hence, according to me it is possible that after my age
(time period) ten thousands (10,000)
Promised Messiahs shall come. But for this age (time period) I am the
Promised Messiah.”
He then, writes:
“It is also evident that this view
is not mine alone. The
‘mirror images’ of the Massih could be several persons’- This is
also not just a personal opinion of mine. This is actually the essence of the
great prophetic traditions in this regard. There could be around 30 Dajjals
till the Day of Judgement. Thus 30 Dajjals might appear in the world. Based on
the prophecy “Li Kulli Dajjalin Isa”, atleast
30 Massihs should come. Due to these descriptions, the other Massihs will make an appearance at some other time. All
this is perfectly possible”. (Izala
Auham, pg.197)
Today, Ahmadis have completely moved away from the real
spiritual path of Islam which anticipates the coming of Elects of Allah in
every age. Forget about 10,000 Massihs
or even the comparatively smaller figure 30
Massihs, mentioned by the Promised Massih Hadhrat Ahmad (as), his own so-said
Jamaat has discarded his teachings by the way side. They do not even expect a single Massih to come in their midst now
as they feel they have an elected Khilafat system which is designed to last
till the Day of Judgement in the fashion of the Christian Khilafat. Already, they have declared the Promised Massih (as) as the Last Mujaddid
before the Day of Judgement. Such thinking is in line with the mentality of
other peoples of the past who also thought that after their Prophet, no one
will come in future!
In the aftermath of the Fifth Khalifa’s recent speech on Last
Mujaddid, Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim
Sahib reflected on this issue in the light of Qur’anic wisdom:
Allah says in the Holy Quran:
“And certainly Yusuf
came to you before with clear arguments, but you ever remained in doubt as to
what he brought; until when he died, you said: Allah will never raise a
Messenger after him. Thus does Allah cause him to err who is extravagant, a
doubter.”
“Those who dispute
concerning the revelations of Allah without any authority that He has given
them; greatly hated is it by Allah and by-those who believe. Thus does Allah
set a seal over the heart of every proud, haughty one.” (Quran 40:
35-36)
These verses show clearly that the supposition that
there shall be no prophets to come for the future generations is verily
absolutely false. Only the transgressors and the doubters affirm this (that
they shall no prophet to come from Allah in the future; that the last prophet
to come was the final prophet or messiah and none shall come from Allah after
him). These people have serious doubts on the blessings and favours of God and
they refuse to believe in the spiritual favours Allah readily sends to them
once man deviates from the right path and seems to think that he is of no need
of a reformer or prophet of Allah to guide him back on the right path.
Indeed the evil spirit whispers such falsehood in his
ears, that man then teaches these evil teachings to his children, and in this
manner, generation over generation come to believe in this falsehood, until the
people of reasoning (the men of understanding) puts forward the ever needed
questions: When shall someone from Allah come for the revival of the Divine
Message? This is especially true for Islam, which with the advent of the Holy
Prophet Muhammad (pubh) became a universal religion and the perfect of
teachings to be revived again and again till the Day of Judgement by the
Lieutenants of Allah.
There are also such transgressors and doubters who
dispute over the signs of God without solid arguments. Such hearts are
corrupted hearts, touched to a severe degree by the evil spirit. The evil
spirit uses such so-called commanders of people to lead the people astray, and
he renders beautiful the powers and attraction of this world to their eyes, so
much so that these commanders become avid of this world, despite that they
intrinsically know that Allah’s truth is the absolute truth, but they struggle
with all their might to teach to the people the contrary and use the teachings
of prophets to their own evil intent.
This is exactly what Mirza Masroor
Ahmad Sahib, the fifth Khalifatul-Massih of the Ahmadiyya Community is doing! – Trying to usurp the divine power which rightfully belongs to Allah and
His Messenger and divert it to his own temporal advantage”.