Hazrat
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad denies claiming to be a prophet
Below we quote statements published by Hazrat Mirza
Ghulam Ahmad denying that he claimed to be a prophet.
(Note: English translations of all
his statements are given first. This is followed by the original
Urdu texts of all the statements. After each English translation,
the reference to the book name is also a link to the place where the original Urdu text is given.
Similarly, before each Urdu text the reference to the book
name is also a link to its translation .)
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“I have heard that some leading Ulama of this city Delhi are giving publicity to the allegation against
me that I lay claim to prophethood.… I respectfully state to
all these gentlemen that these allegations are an entire fabrication. I do not make a claim to prophethood. … After the Holy Prophet Muhammad, I consider anyone who claims
prophethood and messengership to be a liar and unbeliever.”
— Statement issued in Delhi, 2 October 1891. Majmu‘a Ishtiharat, 2019 edition, vol. 1, pp. 273–274
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“Other allegations made against me are that
‘this man denies the Lailat al-Qadr and miracles and the Mi‘raj, and further that he makes a claim to prophethood
and denies the finality of prophethood.’
All these allegations are entirely untrue and false. … Now I make a clear and plain affirmation of the following matters
before Muslims in this house of God: I believe in the finality
of prophethood of the Khatam al-anbiya, may peace and the
blessings of Allah be upon him, and I consider
the person who denies the finality of prophethood as being without
faith and outside the pale of Islam.”
— Speech in Delhi Central mosque, 23 October 1891. Majmu‘a Ishtiharat, 2019 edition, vol. 1, p. 296
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“Question: In the booklet Fath-i Islam you have made a claim to prophethood.
Answer: There is no claim of prophethood. On the contrary, the claim is of sainthood (muhaddasiyyat)
which has been advanced by the command of God.”
— Izala Auham, pp. 421-422. Ruhani Khaza’in, vol.
3, p. 320
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“I believe also that the Holy Prophet Muhammad
is the best of messengers and the Khatam an-nabiyyin, and
those people have fabricated a lie against
me who say that this man claims to be a prophet.”
— Hamamat-ul-Bushra, p. 8. Ruhani Khaza’in, vol.
7, p. 184
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“One of the objections of those who call me kafir is that they say: This man claims prophethood and
says I am one of the prophets. The answer is that you should know,
O brother, that I have not claimed prophethood, nor have I said to them that I am a prophet. But they were hasty
and made a mistake in understanding my words. They did not ponder [over my words] as they should have done, rather, they were bold to fabricate clear slander…
It does not befit
me that I should claim prophethood and leave Islam and become an
unbeliever … How could I claim prophethood
when I am a Muslim?”
— Hamamat-ul-Bushra, p. 79. Ruhani Khaza’in, vol.
7, pp. 296–297
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“Look how far this is from a claim to prophethood.
O brother, do not think that what I have said contains even a whiff
of a claim to prophethood. … God forbid
that I should claim prophethood after God has made our Prophet
and master Muhammad, peace be upon him, as the Khatam an-nabiyyin.”
— Hamamat-ul-Bushra, p. 83. Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 7,
p. 302
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“By way of a fabrication, they
slander me by saying that I have made a claim to prophethood. … But it should be remembered that all this is a fabrication. Our
belief is that the Holy Prophet Muhammad is the Khatam al-anbiya.”
— Kitab-ul-Bariyya, p. 182, footnote. Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 13, p. 215
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“I make no claim to prophethood. This is your mistake, or you have some other motive in mind.
Is it necessary that he who claims to receive revelation also becomes
a prophet?”
—Jang Muqaddas, p. 67. Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 6,
p. 156
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“Let it be clear to him [an opponent Maulvi] that I also curse the person who claims prophethood. I hold that
there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger, and I believe
in the finality of prophethood of the Holy Prophet. …
So, as there
is no claim of prophethood on my part either, only that of
being a wali (saint) and mujaddid…”
—Announcement dated January 1897. Majmu‘a Ishtiharat, 1986
edition, vol. 2, p. 176
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“If the objection is that I have made a claim
to prophethood, and such a thing is heresy, what else can I say
except that may the curse of Allah be upon liars and fabricators.”
—Anwar-ul-Islam, p. 34. Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 9,
p. 35
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“Can a wretched imposter who claims messengership
and prophethood for himself have any belief in the Holy Quran? And
can a man who believes in the Holy Quran, and believes the verse ‘He is the Messenger of Allah and the Khatam an-nabiyyin’ to be the word of God, say that he is a messenger and prophet after
the Holy Prophet Muhammad?”
—Anjam Atham, p. 27, footnote. Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 11, p. 27
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Urdu texts of the above translations
Images of the original Urdu texts of the above references are shown
below.
1. Majmu‘a Ishtiharat, 2019 edition, vol. 1, pp. 273–274:
2. Majmu‘a Ishtiharat, 2019 edition, vol. 1, p. 296:
3. Izala Auham, pp. 421-422. Ruhani Khaza’in, vol.
3, p. 320:
4. Hamamat-ul-Bushra,
p. 8. Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 7, p. 184:
5. Hamamat al-Bushra, p. 79. Ruhani Khaza’in, vol.
7, pp. 296–297:
6. Hamamat al-Bushra, p. 83. Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 7,
p. 302:
7. Kitab-ul-Bariyya, p. 182, footnote. Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 13, p. 215:
8. Jang Muqaddas, p. 67. Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 6,
p. 156:
9. Announcement dated January 1897. Majmu‘a Ishtiharat, 2019
edition, vol. 2, p. 176:
10. Anwar-ul-Islam, p. 34. Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 9,
p. 35:
11. Anjam Atham, p. 27, footnote. Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 11, p. 27:
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