The Ahmadiyya Doctrines

Table of Contents:

• The Ahmadiyya Movement stands for
• Summary of the beliefs of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-e-Islam Lahore)
• Responses to some accusations against the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-e-Islam Lahore):
  1. That we believe in Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement, as a prophet and therefore really deny the finality of prophethood with Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh).
  2. That we believe in Divine revelation being granted to righteous men among the followers of the Holy Prophet (pbuh).
  3. That we believe that Jesus Christ (AS) died a natural death.
  4. That we believe that the Miraj [Ascension] of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) was not his bodily ascent to the heavens but his spiritual ascent.
  5. That we believe that there have been prophets among the Hindus.
  6. That we believe that hell is not everlasting.
  7. That we believe that the ordinance of jihad has been abrogated.
  8. That we do not believe that the Holy Quran contains verses which were abrogated by others.
  9. That we believe that Jesus Christ (AS) had “a father just as others have.”
  10. That we accept Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian as a Mujaddid (Reformer) of the fourteenth century Hijrah, and further that we accept that Mujaddid as the Messiah and the Mahdi promised to the Muslims.
• Attitude of the Ahmadiyya Movement towards other sects and communities and towards the Government.