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October 30th, 2008

Physical descent versus spiritual relationship

In his book Tiryaq-ul-Qulub, in a lengthy footnote, discussing the significance of the ‘Aal’ of a prophet, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad has contrasted the value and worth of being merely descended in the physical and family sense from a prophet with spiritual descent. Obviously, this applies to the family and followers of any spiritual leader.

Please read at this link. (Pdf file of 600k, opens in new window. For clarity, read at magnification less than 150% in Acrobat Reader.)

This is from Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 15, pages 363-366, footnote.

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One Response to “Physical descent versus spiritual relationship”

  1. October 30th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
    From Bashir:

    I wish I could read urdu.  I hope the aaiil or the AMI choose to translate this book soon.  I would be thrilled to have the oppurtunity to read it.

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