Truth Vindicated after Forty Years
by Maulana Hafiz Sher Muhammad
We Believe (Beliefs of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam)
- After the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) Allah has completely barred the appearance of a prophet, old or new.
- After the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), Gabriel can never descend and bring Prophetic Revelation (Wahi-e-Nubuwwah) to any person.
- If Gabriel were to descend with one word of Prophetic Revelation (Wahi-e-Nubuwwah) on any person, it would contradict the two complementary verses: “This day have I perfected your Religion for you” (The Holy Quran, 5:5); “He is the Messenger of Allah and the Last (Seal) of the prophets” [The Holy Quran, 33:40].
- The Holy Prophet also said: “I am Muhammad and I am Ahmad and I am Al-Aqib (the one who comes last) after whom there can be no prophet” (Sahih Bukhari, Kitab al-Manaqib).
- In the light of the above Islamic fundamentals, the Holy Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement never claimed to be a Nabi [Prophet], but Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed to be the God-ordained Mujaddid (The Promised Messiah) of the 14th Islamic Century, having been expressly raised to re-establish the predominance of Islam in the world.
- He named his followers ‘Ahmadi’ after the Holy Prophet’s Jamali (beautific) name ‘Ahmad’.
- He proclaimed that no verse of the Holy Quran has been abrogated nor shall ever be abrogated.
- All the Companions of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and the Imams are venerable.
- It is spiritually conducive to our Faith to accept the revivalist Islamic missions of all Mujaddids (Renovators).
- Anyone who declares his faith in the Kalimah (Muslim formula of faith — La-ilaha illallahu Muhammad-ur Rasul Allah — is a Muslim.