Khilafat in Islam Ahmadiyyat – a blessing of Allah

Alhamdolillah – Ahmadi Muslims are so fortunate to have the blessings of Khilafat which Allah has promised to only those who obey Allah, His Prophet (saw) and do good deeds (Holy Quran). Where is Khilafat in rest of the Muslim world if they are doing these three things? That is another mighty sign of truth of Islam Ahmadiyyat! Allah has put a stamp of truth on Ahmadiyyat by establishing the Khilafat that He Promised in the Holy Quran to Islam Ahmadiyyat. And now it is over 100 years which is what is causing severe jealousy among the foes of Islam Ahmadiyyat.

In another Hadith Holy Prophet (saw) said the one who died without accepting the Imam of the age dies the death of a pagan.

One of the staunch opponent of Islam Ahmadiyyat recently commented on a letter that Hadrat Khalifatul Masih V (may Allah strengthen his hands) wrote to Ameer sahib USA advising him to guide the US community on vices that lead to breakup of marriages. Instead of appreciating the noble cause this evil minded agent of the Satan is presenting it in a way that (God forbid) all Ahmadis are involved in such evils.

There is nothing wrong with the letter of Huzoor regarding reformation. No religion can claim that each and every single follower will remain faithful. Not even the Holy Prophet (saw) did that (reference follows)! So why is it wrong if Huzoor, seeing some tarbiyyat issues in a handful of people, is guiding the community to tarbiyyat? All of the world is full of such vices, and unfortunately a handful of Ahmadis have also fallen victim. It is a great blessing of khilafat that someone is looking out for us, guiding us and pointing our faults. If the rest of the world had such a blessing they wouldn’t have reached such excesses!

Since some people have no knowledge of Holy Quran, Hadith and Sunnah, they blindly follow their maulvis (Mullahs). Here I will quote the Hadith from Sahih Bukhari which is related to the subject matter:

Lo! Some men from my followers will be brought and then (the angels) will drive them to the left side (Hell-Fire). I will say. ‘O my Lord! (They are) my companions!’ Then a reply will come (from Almighty), ‘You do not know what they did after you.’ I will say as the pious slave (the Prophet Jesus) said: And I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them. When You took me up. You were the Watcher over them and You are a Witness to all things.’ (5.117) Then it will be said, “These people have continued to be apostates since you left them.”

Volume 6, Book 60, Number 149

This Hadith also proves the death of Hazrat Isa bin Maryam because Holy Prophet (saw) used same “twafi” for himself which non-Ahmadi maulvis say means going bodily alive to the skies for Jesus! 🙂

Book Review: Manji – Another Pawn Advanced

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Canada, has published a book in response to Irshad Manji’s book ‘The Trouble with Islam Today’. Titled ‘Manji – Another Pawn Advanced’, and written by a Professor of Islam accustomed to both Eastern and Western customs and traditions, Ansar Raza uses his scholarly knowledge and expertise to decipher the true teachings of Islam. Although Raza’s work is not unique in the defense of Islam, it fills a niche in the existing literature.Irshad Manji - another pawn advanced

Where previously this attack on Islam was led by Western Orientalists and scholars of other faiths, Irshad Manji’s book is an attempt to expose Islam from the inside. Through using personal experiences, Manji endeavors to show Islam as being an intolerant, oppressive and primitive faith. It is in response to these allegations that Ansar Raza’s book has been written. For Ansar Raza, not only is Islam a true religion, completely undistorted in its nature and content to that which was revealed to the Holy Founder of Islam, but Islam is also a perfect and living faith containing within it internal mechanisms that allow reformation and change, making it as relevant today and in the future as it was in the past.

The book is organized in chapters corresponding to the arguments presented by Manji. As such it is both easy to read and can be used as a quick reference book. Although written by a scholar, the style of writing is simple, at places humorous and as such makes the book accessible to all and a light-hearted read.

Through direct counter-arguments to those presented by Manji, Raza seeks to expel any misconceptions that may arise from Manji’s arguments. In this regard this book should be warmly welcomed. Through presenting an alternate viewpoint to that of Manji, it provides the audience with a secondary set of ideas and arguments to use to base their own reasoned judgment upon.

In Canada this book can be purchased online at Books on Islam and elsewhere from Al Islam Store.

Deaf – Dumb – Blind – Worst of the Beasts!

The gang of Anti Ahmadiyya Movement being ignorant of the teachings of the Holy Quran (proven daily) have such twisted concepts about Islam and Holy Prophet (saw) that one is sometimes shocked to read their allegations. Devoid of any Taqwa and Fear of Allah, they keep on objecting to things which they have no knowledge about. And when you ask them to go read the Holy Quran, they will just turn their attention to another matter and keep on ridiculing the prophets of Allah. Indeed this is what Holy Quran says that no prophet was left without such ridicule.

These are the people who call themselves Muslims. One of the very old objection they raise is that Mirza sahib has used immoral language for people who did not accept him. The fact of the matter is that Mirza sahib has not used any such words that other prophets did not. Even cursory knowledge of Islam and Holy Quran would have dispelled such stupid allegations. The Holy Quran says:

إِنَّ شَرَّ الدَّوَابِّ عِندَ اللّهِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَهُمْ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ
(Holy Quran 8:55/56)
Translation: Surely, the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are the disbelievers, who will not believe.

This is just one example. Holy Quran is full of such words for those who do not believe. Alas! Who will give such eyes to these anti-Ahmadiyya to read Holy Quran? They have been declared deaf, dumb and blind. (Holy Quran 2:17/18)

And verse 68:13 has been translated by non-Ahmadis as

YUSUFALI: Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-
SHAKIR: Ignoble, besides all that, base-born;

What does base-born mean? Dictionaries say: born out of wedlock; illegitimate (Unabridged (v 1.1)). Born of unwed parents; illegitimate (American Heritage Dictionary). In Urdu what do you call an illegitimate child? Yes, you have guessed it right: “Haramzada“.

In another blog I will write why these words are used and their justification. This was just to expose these anti Ahmadiyya’s poisonous propaganda they do and to prove that they are blind and dumb mullahs about whom Holy Prophet (saw) warned us. Oh and yes he called them donkeys and swines (Kanzul Amal) and worst creatures under the sky (Mishkat).

Isa bin Maryam (Jesus son of Mary) and Learned and Eminent Scholars of Islam

Here is a list of Islamic scholars who agree with the Ahmadiyya view that Isa bin Maryam who was a prophet towards Bani Israel (Children of Israel) lived and died like all other prophets and human beings. (references can be provided upon request, due to shortage of time I’m not writing them all here). I hope everyone can recognize some names as they are spread from the time of Holy Prophet (saw) to present day and in all parts of the Muslim world.

Please Note: This is a supporting evidence only. The primary source is still the Holy Quran which has been quoted in another blog entry.

(1) Hazrat Imam Hasan (ra) – tabkatul kubra

(2) Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas (ra) – commentator of the Holy Quran and companion of the Holy Prophet (saw) – Bukhari Kitab-ut-Tafseer, Sura Maidah

(3) Hazrat Jarood bin Mualla (ra) – companion of the Holy Prophet (saw)

(4) Hazrat Imam Malik (rh)

(5) Shia Scholar Allama Qumi (d. 381 H)

(6) Shia Scholar Allama Jabai

(7) Allama Ibn-e-Timia

(8) Allama Ibn-e-Qayyam

(9) Allama Ibn-e-Hayyan

(10) Allama Shokani

(11) Allama Abu Muslim Asfahani

(12) Allama Muhayuddin Ibn-e-Arabi

(13) Allama Siraj-ud-Din Ibn Alwaradi

(14) Imam Ibn-e-Hazam

(15) Imam Akbar Allama Mahmood Shaltoot (Mufti Egypt)

(16) Commentator of Holy Quran Allama Mufti Muhammad Abadahu (Cairo)

(17) Commentator of Holy Quran Allama Rasheed Raza (Cairo)

(18) Commentator of Holy Quran Allama Ahmad al-Mustafa al-Maraghi

(19) Allama Dr. Muhammad Mahmood Hijazi (Prof. Jamia al-Azhar Egypt)

(20) Ustadh Abdul Wahab Anajar

(21) Hazrat Khawaja Ghulam Fareed sahib (Chachran Shareef Walay)

(22) Allama Obaidullah Sindhi

(23) Nawab Azam Yar Jang

(24) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

(25) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(26) Ghulam Ahmad Pervaiz (Editor Tulu-e-Islam)

(27) Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh Ali Hajveri (rh)

(28) Allama Muhammad Anayatullah Mashriqi

(29) Imam Fakhruddin Razi

(30) Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Yusuf

(I compiled this list over a long period of time when I was doing research myself on the subject matter. I have copies of pages from the original books for some of them)

How can Mirza Ghulam Ahmad be Isa bin Maryam (Jesus son of Mary)? His name is not Isa bin Maryam?

He is Isa bin Maryam just like Holy Prophet (saw) prophesised. In religious world prophecies are never meant literally and are always metaphorically described, otherwise there will be no value of eeman (faith) if everything is written in black and white. Look at the entire history of religion. The name of the Holy Prophet (saw) is written in bible but not exactly like Muhammad but in meaning. Even the Holy Quran calls him Ahmad but his name is Muhammad (saw):

 

And call to mind when Jesus, son of Mary, said, ‘O children of Israel, surely, I am Allah’s Messenger unto you, fulfilling that which is before me of the prophecies of the Torah, and giving glad tidings of a Messenger who will come after me, his name being Ahmad. And when he came to them with clear proofs, they said, this is manifest sorcery.’ (61:6/7)

 

See Holy Quran even witnesses to the fact that even with clear proofs people called it manifest sorcery. Even the arrival of Messiah in Jews had metaphorical prophecies. This is why Jews are still waiting for their Messiah because they want those prophecies to be literally fulfilled. They also take things literally and waiting for Elijah to come down from the sky, whereas Isa bin Maryam himself told them that John the Baptist is Elijah and no one will come down from the sky like they are expecting. This is the answer he gave them, how can one expect now that he himself would do the same which he rejected?

 

When Holy Prophet (saw) was asked that he should go to the sky and bring a book, he said but I’m a human being and a prophet (Holy Quran 17:92/93) why he gave that answer? Because a prophet of Allah is a human being and he cannot go bodily to the sky. Otherwise this answer will not make any sense.

 

You should think on this a bit more why Messiah and Mahdi was to come? Holy Prophet (saw) said a lot of things about the time when he was/is to come. One of his prime objectives is to bring the Muslims back to true Islam. Holy Prophet (saw) prophesised that Muslims and their scholars would have gone astray. Lots of Ahadith on this subject that can be provided later. So if scholars were corrupt and Muslims following them would be corrupt, would there not be a problem in recognizing the true Messiah and Mahdi? Of course. That is why many learned scholars of Islam predicted centuries ago that Messiah and Mahdi will face severe persecution from the Ulema and will be called Kaffir that is destroying their religion. References available.

Ahadith that Mahdi and Isa bin Maryam (Jesus son of Mary) is same person

All these Ahadith are from Sihah-e-Sitta (6 authentic books of Ahadith)

This Hadith from Ibne Maja clearly says that Mahdi is no other than Isa bin Maryam:

Reference: http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=5&Rec=5579

‏أن رسول الله ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏قال ‏ ‏لا يزداد الأمر إلا شدة ولا الدنيا إلا إدبارا ولا الناس إلا ‏ ‏شحا ‏ ‏ولا تقوم الساعة إلا على شرار الناس ولا المهدي إلا ‏ ‏عيسى ابن مريم

This Hadith from Masnad Ahmad clearly says Isa bin Maryam will be Imam Mahdi:

Reference: http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=6&Rec=9002

‏عن النبي ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏قال ‏ ‏يوشك من عاش منكم أن يلقى ‏ ‏عيسى ابن مريم ‏ ‏إماما مهديا وحكما عدلا فيكسر الصليب ويقتل الخنزير ويضع ‏ ‏الجزية ‏ ‏وتضع الحرب ‏ ‏أوزارها ‏

This Hadith from Sahih Bukhari clearly says that Isa bin Maryam will be Imam from the Ummah:

Reference: http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=0&Rec=5314

‏قال رسول الله ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏كيف أنتم إذا نزل ‏ ‏ابن مريم ‏ ‏فيكم وإمامكم منكم

The Ahmadiyah Community of Indonesia – Documentary

Natasha Fatah of CBC Radio has produced a documentary about the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Indonesia and how they are being persecuted by politcal Islam. You can listen to it by clicking here using Real Player which is available free from www.real.com. The detail of the program is available on this page: http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2008/200802/20080228.html (The Current: Part 3)

The documentary is really heart breaking and sad on the conditions of Ahmadi Muslims living there and being persecuted for no reason other than that they have accepted the Messiah and Mahdi.

Muslim TV Ahmadiyya in North America on AMC3

MTA in North America has new technical data for channel tuning. The new information is as follows:

Center Frequency: 0986.000 MHz
Symbol Rate: 08.3331Ms
Viterbi Rate: 2/3
Polarity: Vertical
Spectral Inversion: Auto
Filter Roll Off: 20%

Also the new channel line up for launch on Feb 29 is as follows:

Ch. No. 1: MTA One
Ch. No. 2: MTA +3 (3hr delayed MTA One for West Coast)
Ch. No. 3: MTA Al Arabia
Ch. No. 4. InfoCast & Program Guide
Ch. No. 5: MTA Translation (English)
Ch. No. 6: MTA Translation (Arabic)
Ch. No. 7: MTA Translation (French)
Ch. No. 8: MTA Translation (Bengla)

Other technical data that has not changed

AMC 3 satellite is at 87.0°W
The beam is in Ku, so you need Ku band LNB

 

The most interesting info is that now if we miss a program on MTA One, we can catch it on MTA+3. And can even record them if need be. 🙂 BTW, if you do not have dish/satellite receiver, or it is not working, you can still watch MTA 24/7 on the web at http://www.alislam.org/mta/

Holy Quran about Jesus son of Mary (Hadhrat Eesa)

This post is primarily on the topic of Jesus Son of Mary (Hadhrat Eesa alaihi salam) and the question of his being still alive as some Muslims tend to believe so.

First Point: The onus lies on those who believe that Jesus (as) is still alive to provide sufficient evidence. The reason is that anything that is out of ordinary or normal routine has to be proven, otherwise normal course of action is automatically justified.

On the outset I should say that there is not a single verse in the Holy Quran where it is written that Jesus (as) is alive. There is not a single verse in the Holy Quran where it is written that Jesus Christ went up to some skies. The only verse quoted is of Rafa’, which only means exaltation of status and not a physical ascension. So in fact there is no basis from the Holy Quran for the belief that old Jesus Christ went up to some skies. There is no mention of any sky or any physical ascension. And not even in any sahih hadith there is any physical ascension of Jesus (as) mentioned. Not even a single sahih hadith.

Here I quote 15 verses of the Holy Quran on this topic:

VERSE NUMBER 1

“Jesus said, I am a servant of Allah. He has given me the Book and made me a prophet. And He has made me blessed wheresoever I may be and has enjoined on me prayer and alms-giving so long as I live. He has made me dutiful toward my mother, and He has not made me haughty and unblessed. Peace was on me the day I was born, and peace there shall be on the day I shall die, and the day I shall be raised up to life again.” (The Holy Quran, 19:31-4)

The verse makes it clear:

a) Jesus (as) is not alive, because he cannot give alms to no-one in the skies. He must be giving alms as long as he lived wheresoever. So he must have died now.

b) If he descends as some are expecting, he would have to follow the Jewish prescriptions on both prayer and alms-giving – and could not be a follower of Islamic law. The Quranic verse cannot be abrogated.

c) Did his mother accompany him to skies physically? How could he otherwise behave like a dutiful son towards her at this time?

VERSE NUMBER 2

“They are dead, not living; and they know not when they will be raised.” (The Holy Quran, 16:21)

 As Jesus (as) is taken as god by Christians, he must be dead according to this verse. If he is taken alive, he must be God!!??!! nauzobillah!

VERSE NUMBER 3

“Keep in mind when God will say to Jesus, son of Mary: Didst thou say to people: Take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah? – and he will answer, Holy art Thou, I could never say that to which I had no right. If I had said it, Thou wouldst have surely known it. Thou knowest what is in my mind, and I know not what is in Thy mind. It is only Thou who art the Knower of hidden things. I said nothing to them except that which Thou didst command me: Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. I was a witness over them as long as I remained among them, but since Thou didst cause me to die, Thou hast been the Watcher over them, and Thou art Witness over all things.” (The Holy Quran, 5:117-8)

The verse proves that:

a) The corruption of Christian doctrine took place after the death of Hadhrat Jesus (as). If Hadhrat Jesus is still alive, as some Muslims believe, then Christianity must still be pure.

b) The same Hadhrat Jesus (as) will not appear a second time in this world, as he would then become aware that Christians had now taken his mother as Divine, and could not, therefore plead ignorance in front of God’s judgment seat.

VERSE NUMBER 4

Humans, according to the Quran, must live and die in this physical universe. Jesus Christ being a human must have died in the same earth.

“And for you there is an abode on the earth and a provision for a time, He said, therein shall you live and therein shall you die and therefrom shall you be brought forth.” (The Holy Quran, 7:25-6)

VERSER NUMBER 5

“Have we not made the earth so as to hold the living and the dead?” (The Holy Quran, 77:26-7)

VERSE NUMBER 6

On one occasion the enemies of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, challenged him that they will not believe in him unless he “ascend up into heaven” and “send down to us a Book.” (17:93) The Holy Prophet replied:

“Holy is my Lord! I am but a mortal sent as a messenger.” (The Holy Quran, 17:93)

Thus the Prophets, like all humans, lived and died on the earth. If Jesus (as) is alive today, he must be more than a mortal.

VERSE NUMBER 7

“When Allah said, O Jesus, I will cause you to die and will raise you to myself, and will clear thee of those who disbelieve, and will place those who follow thee above those who disbelieve, until the Day of Resurrection, then to Me shall be your return and I will judge between you concerning that wherein you differ.” (The Holy Quran, 3:56)

The verse clearly indicates that Hadhrat Jesus was to die a natural death and then only would he be raised to Allah. The verse does not say that Hadhrat Jesus (alaihi sallam) will be raised first then will die. An important word used in the Quran is mutawaffi, derived from tawaffa. When God is the subject and a human is the object, tawaffa means to take away the soul, i.e, death.

VERSE NUMBER 8

“The Messiah, son of Mary, was only a Messenger; surely Messengers like unto him had passed away before him. And his mother was a truthful woman. They both used to eat food. See how WE explain the Signs for their good, and see how they are turned away.” (The Holy Quran, 5:75)

The verse is speaking of past. How can Jesus be alive without eating? And how will he live without eating when he returns? He used to eat, no more now.

VERSE NUMBER 9

And Muhammad is but a messenger. Verily all Messengers have passed away before him. If then he dies or is slain, will you turn back on your heels ? And he who turns back on his heels shall not harm ALLAH at all. And ALLAH will certainly reward the grateful. (The Holy Quran, 3:144)

a) all prophets before holy Prophet have passed away (wafat)

b) passing away is defined as death or being slain, no other third method.

VERSE NUMBER 10

WE granted not everlasting life to any mortal before thee. If they shouldst die, shall they live here for ever ? (The Holy Quran, 21:34)

In the presence of the above decree of Allah, how can Jesus Christ be alive and Holy Prophet not? Surely, Jesus Christ has died like other mortals.

VERSE NUMBER 11

Such has ever been the law of ALLAH; and thou shalt not find any change in the law of ALLAH. (The Holy Quran, 48:23)

a) Allah does not change his Law, as is defined in above verses. so Jesus Christ must die like other human beings, and cannot live for 2000 years.

b) You will not find any alteration in the course of Allah (33:62)

c) Several verses say there is no inconsistency in the law of nature and law of Allah (67:3-4; 17:77; 30:30; 33:62; 35:43;  48:23)

VERSE NUMBER 12

And ALLAH creates you, then HE causes you to die; and there are some among you who are driven to the worst state of life with the result that they know nothing after having had knowledge. Surely, ALLAH is All-Knowing, Powerful. (The Holy Quran, 16:71)

Allah creates and then he causes us to die. That’s the law which cannot be changed. Cannot jump out of it for 2000 years 😮

VERSE NUMBER 13

And him whom WE grant long life – WE revert him to a weak state in creation. Will they not then understand? (The Holy Quran, 36:69)

Just imagine how weak Jesus Christ must be at 2000 years 🙁 he must have died by now? Or is he above human beings?

VERSE NUMBER 14

Nor did WE give them bodies that ate not food, neither were they to live forever. (The Holy Quran, 21:9)

But Jesus Christ is no more eating 🙂 (see verse #7 quoted above) Jesus Christ cannot be alive. If he is alive, he is not a prophet like mentioned in this verse.
And last but not least:

VERSE NUMBER 15

Jesus was a prophet towards Bani Israel only, he cannot come as a prophet or non-prophet in the presence of this verse:

And will make him a Messenger to the children of Israel (3:50)

VERSE NUMBER 16

There is no inconsistency in Allah’s creation:

In the name of ALLAH, the Gracious, the Merciful.

Blessed is HE in Whose hand is the Kingdom, and HE has power over all things;

Who has created death and life that HE might try you -which of you is best in deeds; and HE is the Mighty, the Most Forgiving ;

Who has created seven heavens in harmony. No incongruity canst thou see in the creation of the Gracious God. Then look again. Seest thou any flaw ?

Aye, look again, and yet again, thy sight will only return unto thee confused and fatigued, having seen no incongruity. (The Holy Quran, 67:1-5)

Holy Quran Zindabad! 

Note: All verses quoted have +1 added to that for we consider Bismillah as verse number 1 of all Surahs except Surah-e-Taubah.