What a wonderful
perfection has Khatm-i-Risalat shown to the world!
It has made the
river of Nabuwwat (Prophethood) to flow in the Ummat.
On the basis of
this blessing we have achieved the foremost position,
in comparison
with the other Ummats.
What is the
harm, among the followers of the Holy Prophet Mohammad, if
one has appeared
among us as a Prophet?
For the true
Believer, if there is any glad tiding, it lies in this point, and whatever
miracle is
now possible
among the Muslims, it is only on this account!
-Paigham-i-Sulha,
February 12, 1914)
In a recent series of
conversations over e-mail, Ahmadi brothers of different denominational groups- Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Lahore Ahmadiyya
Movement, Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya (Haqiqi), Jamaat-e- Ahmadiyya Al Muslimeen and the
Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam- shared their differing perceptions on the meaning
and scope, ambit and purpose of the spiritual title of “Ummati-Nabi” as applicable to the Promised Massih (as).
It is
instructive to note that till the death of Khalifatul Massih Awwal Hadhrat Maulvi
Hakkim Nur-ud-Din (ra) in March 1914,
all Ahmadis, including those who went on to form the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement (LAM)
and unjustly ACCUSE Hadhrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad (ra) of doctrinal
revision, believed that the Promised Massih (as) was indeed a Nabi
in the Ummat-e-Muhammadiyya. Yet, after the Great Split in the Jamaat,
the Lahore Ahmadis indulged in doctrinal revisions to position themselves away
from their own previous beliefs and proclamations.( See the poem published in their Journal a month before the Split in March 1914).