| 1. Muhammad (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is Khatam al-Nabiyyin, the interpretation of which is that he is the greatest and last of all the prophets. | 1. Muhammad (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is Khatam al-Nabiyyin, the interpretation of which is that he is the greatest though not last of all the prophets. |
| 2. The Holy Quran is the final Shariah (code) for the world. | 2. The same. |
| 3. No prophet, whether new or old, shall come after the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). | 3. Prophets may come after the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). |
| 4. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian was not a prophet but a Mujaddid (Reformer) and Promised Messiah and Mahdi in Islam. | 4. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was a prophet as well as Promised Messiah and Mahdi in Islam. |
| 5. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad never changed his claim, views or definition of prophethood in 1901 with the publication of Ek Ghalati ka Izala. | 5. The first written evidence of the change of belief with regard to prophethood was the poster Ek Ghalati ka Izala. |
| 6. Belief in the advent of Mirza Sahib [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian] as a Mujaddid is not essential for becoming Muslim but his acceptance is necessary in the interest of progressive Islam. | 6. Belief in the mission of Mirza Sahib as a prophet is essential for becoming Muslim. |
| 7. Anyone who professes faith in the Kalima — La-ilaha illallahu Muhammad-ur Rasul Allah (there is only one God and Muhammad is His Apostle) — is a Muslim and not a kafir [non-Muslim]. | 7. Anyone who does not believe Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian to be a Prophet, is a kafir. |
| 8. It is permitted to say prayers behind any Muslim Imam provided he is not guilty of dubbing other Muslims kafirs. | 8. It is not permitted to say prayers behind any Imam who does not recognise Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s claims. |
| 9. Marriage relations with non-Ahmadis are permitted. | 9. Marriage relations with non-Ahmadis are not permitted. |
| 10. After the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), Wahi-e-Nabuwwat [Prophetic revelation] has ceased, only Wahi-e-Walayat (Saintly revelation) is continued. Hazrat Mirza Sahib’s [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian’s] revelation was Wahi-e-Walayat and not Wahi-e-Nabuwwat. | 10. After the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), Wahi-e-Nabuwwat is continued. Hazrat Mirza Sahib’s revelation was Wahi-e-Nabuwwat. |
| 11. The Founder of the Lahore Section was Maulana Muhammad Ali, M.A., LL.B., Translator of the Holy Quran into English, a companion and disciple of the Founder of the Movement [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian]. | 11. The Founder of the Qadian Section was Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad, who was the son of the Founder of the Movement and was a young man in his teens at the time of his noble father’s death. |
| 12. The members of this section call themselves Ahmadis and are generally known also as Ahmadis or Ahmadis of the Lahore Movement. | 12. The members of this section call themselves Ahmadis, but are generally known as Qadianis. |
