As argued in
the First Part, the idea that Hadhrat Ahmad (as) is the Last Mujaddid and that
there can be no Mujaddid after him is a view that has no evidentiary basis in
the perspective and belief of the Promised Massih (as) himself. Then, the
question is:
Why do Ahmadis hold such a view?As the Holy Qur'an asks: "Do their intellect and reason enjoin this upon them or are they a rebellious people?" [52: 33].
The only
plausible answer is that they merely follow certain statements issued and
opinions expressed by the Ahmadiyya Khulafa in the past. Out of deference for, and
veneration of, the Khulafa, they simply endorse what they are told without
thinking about their spiritual validity or examining their doctrinal content. In short, they are just pursuing the path of
the previous generations who preferred conjectures, instead of the certain
knowledge encompassed in the Divine message of the day.
It is
interesting to note that Ahmadis are making the same mistakes against which the
Promised Massih (as) used to warn the Muslim leadership of the day: clinging to the apparent meaning of certain
prophetic traditions that metaphorically prevented the raising of Prophets
after the Holy Prophet (sa). Indeed even today, clinging to such literal
phrases and spiritual metaphors, the Muslim world opposes the coming of
Prophets after the Holy Prophet of Islam.
The Promised
Massih (as) repeatedly cited the Holy Qur’an to bulldoze all such resistance-
including by way of Prophetic traditions- to the coming of Elects of Allah in
the Ummah Muhammadiyya. Even the
authentic statements of the Holy Prophet (sa) have to be interpreted in the
light of the Holy Qur’an and they cannot be used as a pretext to oppose a
Messenger of Allah. The Promised Massih (as) asked: "Why don’t they leave aside their false viewpoints? Do they have any
contract with Allah that ‘He will do only what they desire’? Allah is Most
Holy, the Exalted! "He cannot be questioned as to what He does, but they will be
questioned". (HQ, 21:24)
Today, Ahmadis
have a desire: that Divine message should
come through only the leader that they have elected for themselves and given
the title of Khalifa. And that elected Khulafa will continue to exist till
the Day of Judgement just as Christian Khilafat is continuing among Christians.
Such a man-elected system will be oliged to show humility before the Divine
Will when Allah decides to favour any one of his righteous servants with the
blessing of Divine revelation.
And since
Allah did not consider their wish in raising a Messenger of His in the era,
they have refused to accept the Messenger, citing like the Muslims of the past,
the new fig leaf: Mujaddid of the
Millennium! The Musleh Maoud (ra) found nothing wrong and is on record
stating his belief that thousands of Prophets can come in the future.
See the link:
If not even a
Mujaddid can come for a Millennium (and that too in the last Millennium before
the Day of Judgement), how can one realistically believe in the coming of
Prophets? What will happen to all those verses in the Qur’an that promises the
blessing of prophethood till the Day of Judgement? Will the Ahmadis leave aside
their conjectures and come back to the Qur’anic teachings?