Comments on: The occupation of the Promised Messiah http://ahmadiyya.org/WordPress/2007/10/08/mission-of-the-promised-messiah/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:57:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Zahid Aziz http://ahmadiyya.org/WordPress/2007/10/08/mission-of-the-promised-messiah/#comment-1580 Zahid Aziz Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:09:42 +0000 http://ahmadiyya.org/WordPress/2007/10/08/mission-of-the-promised-messiah/#comment-1580 One wonders why Mufti Muhammad Sadiq should publish this incident at all, and give it prominence on the front page of his own newspaper. It can, of course, mean that in the legal sense, whether in secular law or the Muslim law of any Islamic country, he cannot be designated as prophet. In the spiritual sense you can be called anything by God. You can even see a vision in which you have become God and are creating a new world, as Hazrat Mirza sahib and earlier spiritual leaders of Islam have mentioned. But none of this can be recognised in any law, secular or Islamic. It is only faith enhancing. One wonders why Mufti Muhammad Sadiq should publish this incident at all, and give it prominence on the front page of his own newspaper. It can, of course, mean that in the legal sense, whether in secular law or the Muslim law of any Islamic country, he cannot be designated as prophet.

In the spiritual sense you can be called anything by God. You can even see a vision in which you have become God and are creating a new world, as Hazrat Mirza sahib and earlier spiritual leaders of Islam have mentioned. But none of this can be recognised in any law, secular or Islamic. It is only faith enhancing.

]]> By: Tahir Ijaz http://ahmadiyya.org/WordPress/2007/10/08/mission-of-the-promised-messiah/#comment-1577 Tahir Ijaz Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:52:48 +0000 http://ahmadiyya.org/WordPress/2007/10/08/mission-of-the-promised-messiah/#comment-1577 It would appear that Mufti sahib regarded Hazrat Sahib as an actual prophet, otherwise it would be somewhat unusual to write 'nabuwwat' on some formal document or application. Of course it is wrong to put 'prophet' or 'mujaddid' or 'muhuddus' in an application form since these are spiritual titles. in the secular domain, leader of a religious community makes most sense as an occupation designation. It would appear that Mufti sahib regarded Hazrat Sahib as an actual prophet, otherwise it would be somewhat unusual to write ‘nabuwwat’ on some formal document or application.

Of course it is wrong to put ‘prophet’ or ‘mujaddid’ or ‘muhuddus’ in an application form since these are spiritual titles. in the secular domain, leader of a religious community makes most sense as an occupation designation.

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