(In the name of Allah the Gracious Most Merciful) Response to MUIS (Majlis Agama Islam Singapore) allegations that Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya Community in Islam, claims to be God or possessing the attributes of God Dear seekers of the truth, Assalaamualaikum wa-Rahmatullahi wa-Barakatuhu, In the following link:- http://officeofthemufti.sg/documents/Ahmadiyah%20(English).pdf Majlis Ugama Islam Singapore (The Muslim Religious Council of Singapore) or MUIS fatwa (edict) committee issued a fatwa (edict) dating back to 23 June 1969 declaring the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Community, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace) who claimed to be the Promised Messiah of the later days, ‘not only a kafir (disbeliever) who is murtad (apostate), his teachings are misleading and could lead people astray from the real teachings of Islam.’ God forbid! They asserted, moreover that the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Community, ‘…is not Muslim and no longer an adherent of the religion.’ They made these allegations by extracting from ‘Anjam Atham’ (The End of Atham), revelations supposedly received by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace). ‘Anjam Atham’ is one of several books written by Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace). MUIS extracts of the revelations and or their translations are inaccurate. They were published with a clear intention to mislead Muslims to believe that Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace) was indeed a non-believer. Below is our response to this misleading publication by providing the correct extracts of the revelations, its translations and interpretations from the authentic writings of Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace) himself. Before we proceed, it would interest readers to know that it is an admitted fact that the pleasure of God inspires His servants with such revelations. For instance, Hadhrat Sayyid Abdul Qadir Jilanirh stated: 'When you attain perfection in fana, your rank near God will be raised and you will be addressed with the words: This day you are with Us, a dignified, trusted one.' 'The words wa-stana'tu-ka li-nafsi [ie., I have chosen thee especially for Myself] which are in the Quranic verse 20:41 were revealed to Abdul Qadir Jilani several 1 times.' Hadhrat Sayyid Wali Ullah Shah also stated that he received a revelation to the effect: 'I will give thee a course of teaching for spiritual progress which shall take man nearer to God than any of the existing courses of teaching for spiritual progress and it shall be more powerful than any of them.' Maulvi Abdullah Ghaznavi is also stated to have been inspired with several such revelations, which were verses from the Holy Quran, as for instance: 'He is only thy servant upon whom We bestowed favors.' The above verse is recorded in Surah Zukhruf9. He is also stated to have been inspired with the revelation: 'Thou art from Me and I am from thee. So fear not grieve.' What then is so objectionable about Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace) being inspired with similar kinds of revelations? Jazakumullahu Ahsanal Jaza. Extract of Revelation 1 “Oh Ahmad (Mirza) how perfect is your name and my name is imperfect (Allah).” Our Response: Whereas, the actual translation of the above words by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace) himself is, ‘O! Ahmad, your name would be flawless in as much as My name has been prior to that.’ Extract of Revelation 2 “Truly We (Allah) had delivered it (The Qur’an) near the Qadian.” Our Response: MUIS quoted only part of the revelation. Whereas, the full text of the revelation is as follows: - 2 (Anjam Atham page 54) Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace) translated it as such: ‘We have sent it down near Qadian. And sent it down with truth and lowered with the truth. And one day the promise will be completed.’ ‘Alquran’ was not mentioned in the above revelation. Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace), himself explained the purpose of the revelation; ‘If this revelation is pondered upon carefully, it has been unmistakably foretold since the very beginning about my (Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad) humble appearance near Qadian.’ (Izala-e-Auham p139). In the same writings (Izala-e-Auham p139) he had given a detailed explanation about the revelation. Extract of revelation 3 “Allah praises you (Mirza) from His Arasy and Allah comes walking to face you (Mirza).” Our Response: Whereas the actual revelation from Allah the Almighty is such: ‘Yahmaduka Allahu min ‘arsyihi-yahmaduka Allahu wa yamsyi ilaika.’ Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace) interpreted it as such, ‘Allah praises you from above His Arasy (Throne). Allah applauds you and comes walking towards you.’ (Anjam Atham p55). We should not imagine that God walks like any normal human being. In one lengthy tradition it was narrated that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ‘If man comes one span nearer to Me, I go one yard closer to him and if he comes one hand span closer to Me, I go a distance of two hand spans and if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running.’ Extract of revelation 4 “You (Mirza) come from Our sperm (Allah).” Our Response: MUIS deliberately alludes to this revelation by quoting only part of the revelation, whereas the complete revelation reads as follows; 3 “ ” (Anjam Atham page 55-56) The actual meaning is:- ‘You are from Our (Allah) Water and they from the water of the cowards (whom come from satan).’ Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace), himself explained it as follows:- ‘The meaning of water in this revelation is the water of iman (faith), water of istiqamah (steadfastness), water of taqwa (righteousness), water of devotion, water of truth and water of love for Allah the Almighty, which are attainable from Allah the Almighty. And they are from the (water of the) cowards who hail from satan.’ (Anjam Atham page 56) MUIS explains مَائِماَ maina (Our water) as Our (Allah) sperm. Hence it has been slanted to مَايِ ئااَ which means Our (Allah) sperm. Na’uzubillahi min zalik!!! (God forbids)!!!! They have distorted the Word of Allah the Almighty, thus they are not afraid of the punishment of Allah the Almighty. The revelation further connotes Fasyal to mean a coward who hails from satan. (Anjam Atham p56) Extract of revelation 5 “As if Allah came from the heavens. His name is Manuwel” Our response: MUIS quoted only part of the revelation with the intention to confuse the public. Without alluding to a preceding revelation the meaning of this revelation will be muddled, as if God’s name is Manuel or Imanuel. Actually, this revelation foretold about the birth of his (on whom be peace) son who will be the Musleh Mau’ud (Promised Reformer). Allah the Almighty disclosed to Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace) in the revelation as such:- Meaning: 4 ‘We give you the glad tidings of the birth of a son who is gentle as a manifestation of the truth and greatness, as if God descends from the sky, his name is Emanuel,’ which refers to the name of the son. (Anjam Atham p62) Extract of revelation 6 “Whichever man who does not place this faith in me (Mirza) they are all kafir and the future tenants of Hell.” Our Response Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace) said; Meaning: “Now clearly in those revelations Allah the Almighty repeatedly addressed me as the Messenger of God, God’s Chosen one, God’s Amin (Bearer of God’s mandate) and I come from God. It behooves upon mankind, therefore, to believe in what Allah has commanded and those who oppose him will be the dwellers of Hell.” (Anjam Atham p62) All the above 6 allegations alluding to the revelations of Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace), the Promised Messiah were quoted from, ‘Anjam Atham’. This compilation of his writings, particularly from pages 51 to 62 contains hundreds of prophecies Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace) received from Allah the Almighty. Those people who made references to these revelations deliberately chose to tamper the contents either with incomplete quotations or they made unnecessary additions with the sole intention to confuse or mislead the people at large many of whom have no sound Arabic knowledge or who have never read the actual writings of Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace). Besides, those people do injustice to the translations, as they pleased. All their translations failed to conform to what was translated by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace) himself. He was the recipient of those ilham (revelations), hence he alone fully understood their true meanings. PART II MUIS and other opponents of Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace) have shown disrespect to him by using harsh words falsely accusing him as an imposter and infidel for proclaiming that Allah the Almighty had appointed him as 5 ‘The Imam Mahdi’ (Promised Reformer), His Messenger or His Prophet for the people of this Latter days, a humble servant of the most Revered Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) who is was the Khatamun Nabiyyin (Seal of all Prophets). You trust only to verse, 41 (40) of Surah Al-Ahzab; that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was the last Prophet or Messenger and that there is no Prophet or Messenger whatsoever after him. Your understanding of ‘Khatamun Nabiyyin’ is so shallow and narrow. We will furnish you with extensive explanations at the end of this manuscript so that you do not just follow the voice of the majority while depriving yourself of its true meaning. It is not an issue for us if all of you opposed Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace) as the Promised Reformer and as a Prophet or Apostle of Allah the Almighty. We are absolutely confident that he was the Messenger of Allah the Almighty for this Latter days. This is because, since the time of Prophet Adam (on whom be peace) until today never an Apostle or Prophet sent by Allah the Almighty to the world who was not branded as liar, was opposed and confronted by mankind. Moreover, our Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was charged as mad, an imposter, a liar and a sorcerer. Hence, proof of the truth of Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace) is that he has to be accused of being an imposter, a liar, a sorcerer and was opposed and confronted by mankind in this age including all of you! Kindly read the following verses of Allah the Almighty and reflect upon it carefully:- No 1 Meaning: ‘And if they accuse thee of lying, even so were accused of lying messengers before thee who came with clear Signs and Books of wisdom and the shining Book.’ (Ali Imran 3 : 185) No 2 Meaning: ‘The people of Noah rejected the truth before them and so did the people of the Well and Tsamud, and ‘Ad and Pharaoh and the brethren of Lot, and the dwellers of the Wood, and the people of Tubba’. All of them rejected the Messengers with the result that My threatened punishment befell them.’ (Al Qaf 50 : 13-15) No 3 6 Meaning: ‘But if they accuse thee of falsehood, say, ‘Your Lord is the Lord of all-embracing mercy, and His wrath shall not be turned back from the guilty people.’ (Al An’am 6: 148) No 4 Meaning: ‘And indeed those before them also treated My Messengers as liars; then how grievous was My punishment!’ (A Muluk 67:19) EVERY MESSENGER OR PROPHET IS MOCKED AT No 5 Meaning: ‘But there never came to them a Prophet but they mocked at him. And We destroyed those who were mightier in power than these, and the example of the earlier peoples has gone before.’ (Az Zukhruf 43:8-9) (See also Al Hijr 15: 12-15) No 6 Meaning: ‘Alas for My servants! There comes not a Messenger to them but they mock at him.’ (YaSin 36:310) The words of these verses above are full of pathos. The Almighty Himself seems, as it were, to be full of grief over the rejection and mocking of His Prophets or Messengers by men. While the Prophets grieved and pined for their peoples, the later requited their grief with contempt and mockery. Now you all have rejected and mocked at Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace) of falsehood for claiming to be the Mahdi (Reformer) and Messenger of the Latter Days. Later on in the Hereafter every one of us is accountable to Allah the Almighty. Everybody will be asked of our attitudes in embracing the Apostle of God when he came to us with his message. How than would you response when Allah’s the Almighty angel asked you as decreed by Allah the Almighty in the following verses? No 7 Meaning: ‘And We will certainly question those to whom the Messengers were sent, and We will certainly question the Messengers.’ (Al ‘Araf 7:7) 7 The verse embodies the important principle that in one form or another all are responsible to God. All people will be questioned how they received God’s Messengers, and the Messengers will be questioned how they delivered the Divine Messages and what response was made by the people to it. No 8 Meaning: ‘They will say: ‘Did not your Messengers come to you with manifest Signs?’ They will say: ‘Yea.’ The Keepers will say, ‘Then pray on.’ But the prayer of disbelievers is of no avail.’ (Al Mu’min 40: 51) No 9 Meaning: ‘And those who disbelieve will be driven to Hell in troops until, when they reach it, its gate will be opened, and its Keepers will say to them: ‘ Did not Messengers from among yourselves come to you, reciting unto you the Signs of your Lord, and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours? They will say; Yea, but sentence of punishment has become justly due against the disbelievers.’ (Al Zumar 39: 72) No10 Meaning: ‘It will be said: Enter ye the gate of Hell, abiding therein. And evil is the abode of the arrogant.’ (Al Zumar 39: 73) No11 Meaning: ‘It would almost burst with fury. Whenever a host of disbelievers is cast into it (Hell) the wardens thereof will ask them, ‘Did no Warner come to you?’ (Al Muluk 67:9) No12 Meaning: ‘They will say, “Yea, verily, a Warner did come to us, but we treated him as a liar, and we said: ‘Allah has not revealed anything; you are but in great error.’ (Al Muluk 67:9-10) All the above verses especially No 10 of Chapter Al-Muluk, fairly describe about you and the others as well. So be mindful when you repeatedly accuse us as liars and kaffirs (infidel)! for believing in Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace), as the Imam Mahdi and the Prophet of the Latter days. He was certainly 8 a subordinate Prophet to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him), Khatamun Nabiyyin , while you are saying there is no other Prophet or Messenger of Allah the Almighty after the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him). Whereas the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is the last Prophet, that is all! You could only present the following verse to hold your argument; Meaning: ‘Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah has full knowledge of all things.’ (Al Ahzab 33: 41) Nonetheless, it states, unmistakably that Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is not the (physical) father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger (spiritual father) of all Muslims. Moreover in verse 7 of the same Chapter (Al Ahzab) above, God decrees; Meaning: ‘The Prophet is nearer to the believers than their own selves, and his wives are as mothers to them.’ When the wives of Prophets are as mothers to the Muslims (Ummul Mu’minin) so the Prophets no doubt are the fathers to them (Muslims). Allamah Imam Nasafi wrote in his book ‘Jami’ us Saghir’ Vol A page 103 as follows; Meaning: ‘Every Rasul (Messenger) is like a father to his people.’ And quoting the sayings of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him); Meaning: ‘I am surely to you all the status of a father.’ Imam Abdul Wahab As Sya’roni wrote in his Book ‘Alyawakitu wal Jawahir’ as follows; Meaning: ‘He (Muhammad ) is spiritual Father for all peoples likewise Adam was physical Father for all mankind.’ Once The Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 9 himself was quoted to have said as follows:- ‘I am Chief of all in the past and of all to come of the Prophets (Kitab Hadis Musnad Ad Dailami). The above hadith (sayings of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) indicates that more prophets are expected to come after The Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him). Hence, the correct translation of (Khataman-Nabiyyin) is in the following verse should be as follows:- ‘Muhammad is not the father (physical father) of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah the (spiritual father) of your men and the father (spiritual father) of the Prophets; because he is the most exalted amongst all Prophets, and Allah has full knowledge of all things.’ (Al Ahzab 33: 41) If you translate (Khataman-Nabiyyin) to mean last Prophet and that no Prophet will come after the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), it is not supported by any single verse in the Holy Qur’an at all. Thus, it is reasonably rejected because there are so many verses in the Holy Quran, which actually support the continuation of Prophets after the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Please pay careful attention to the following verses that wholly reject your stance about the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) being the last Prophet and that no other Prophets will come after him:- 1. Allah the Almighty decrees: Meaning: ‘Allah chooses His Messengers from among angels and from among men. Surely Allah is All Hearing All Seeing.’ (Al Hajj 22:76) Here word is written in fi’eel mudhore’ i.e. verb used for present and future tenses which means always. So, God always chooses His Messengers from among angels and from among men. 2. 10