Islam does
not subscribe to the infallibility of any man. Even the Messengers and
Reformers are not the sons of Allah, nor are they partners in the Divine
kingdom. They do not control life, not death; nor resurrection, nor are they
immune from the trials and persecutions at the hands of the rebels and
transgressors of their times. Weak as human beings are, it is Allah (twa) who
chooses and raises His servants from among them and they serve their mandate
according to the Divine Will and they move on to the home in the Hereafter when
their assigned time is up in this world. In the true conception of the Islamic tradition,
a Divine servant being attacked and/or killed at the hands of the enemies-
rather than meeting with a natural death- does not cast aspersions on his lofty
spiritual mission.
Yet today, a
section of the Ahmadi Muslims- the proclaimed followers of the Promised Massih
Hadhrat Ahmad (as); the Lahoris and
their fellow-travellers and also the new Mujaddid
claimants- Abdul Ghaffar Janbah Sahib of Pakistan/Germany and Dr. Nasir Ahmad Sultani Sahib of Pakistan/Sri Lanka - hold
the belief that Divinely-appointed Reformers are absolutely immune from life-threatening
attacks and/or being killed within a period of 23 years of their spiritual claims.
They have tailored their spiritual doctrines to please their nafs’ desire of calumniating Hadhrat
Khalifa Sani (ra) of the Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya¸
who met with such an attack on the fortieth (40th) year of his Khilafat.
The Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam has always
responded to the unfortunate insinuations
that malign the just reputation of Hadhrat Khalifa Sani (ra). Several articles in the Blog explain and show
how the critics are wrong on several grounds of reasoning- Qur’anic insights, sacred prophetic traditions, viewpoint of the
Promised Massih (as). These posts can be seen and read here: [ 1; 2; 3;4; 5; 6).
In this
article, after noting the murderous attack on Hadhrat Khalifa Sani (ra) and the
view of his critics, we discuss the life and times of the universally
acknowledged, first Mujaddid of Islam Hadhrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz (ra).
It provides an insightful episode from the Islamic spiritual tradition for
those who wish to reflect more profoundly on these matters and correct
themselves of the doctrinal mistakes that they commit.
The Attack on
Hadhrat Khalifa Sani (ra)
It was on
March 10, 1954- exactly, sixty years to
this day- that Hadhrat Khalifa Sani (ra) was physically attacked, in a
murderous attempt on his life. In the words of Zafrullah Khan (ra), one can
read an account of the events: