AAMI
25th January '96
Jesus in Ahmadiyyat
Part III
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani
The Promised Messiah or The Promised Anti Messiah?
Dear Reader
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadaini, the founder of Ahmadiyya Movement, claimed that
he is Maseel
Maseeh (Replica of Jesus), that he is the Promised Messiah and that he is in
fact Eisa ibne Maryam.
Following are some of the quotations from his various books. There are lot of
contradictions
in various writings, but then I have just quoted what I read there.
"God has revealved to me in his special inspiration
that
Maseeh ibne Maryam is dead."
(Tauzeeh-e-Maram, Roohani Khazain vol 3
p.402)
"I have been informed about the grave of Eisa (in Kashmir).
And I have been informed by Holy Quran and God's
Revelation
to me about the Death of Jesus."
(Roohani Khazain vol 18 p.358, 361)
Hakeem Nooruddin's suggestion to Mirza Ghulam:
"Whatever you have written that if I leave aside the Hadith of
Damascus (about the coming of Messiah)
and put forth the claim of Maseel Maseeh, then what is the harm in it? I do
not want to become Maseel
Maseeh...."
(Makttobate Ahmadiyya vol 5 No. 2 p.85)
Mirza's Evolution towards Messiahship:
"It has been revealed to me that this humble self in my Poverty and
Humility and Reliance on God and
Sacrifice and According to Signs and Radiances, is an copy of the first life
of Maseeh; and this humble self's
nature and the nature of Maseeh resembles each other so much as if two pieces
of the same atom or two seeds
of the same tree."
(Braheen-e-Ahmadiyya Part 3, Roohani Khazain vol 1 p.
593)
"I do not claim that I am Jesus son of Mary and I do not believe in
transimmigration of soul.
I only claim that I am Maseel Maseeh.... My spiritual state resembles the
spiritual state of Maseeh ibne Maryam."
(Advertisement by Mirza Ghulam vol 1 p.23 dated
)
"I have claimed to be Maseel Maseeh, which stupid people thinks that
it is Promised Messiah ..... I have never claimed to be the Messiah ibne
Maryam. Anyone who accuses me of it, he is absolutely a liar and fabricator.
I have
been constantly announcing for the last eight years that i am Maseel Maseeh,
that is, Hazrat Eisa AS's
certain spiritual properties and nature and habits and virtues has been given
to me as well by God AlMighty."
(Izala-e-Auham, Roohani Khazain vol 3 p.
192)
"I proclaim that I am the Promised about whom every God's
book
has prophecised that he will appear in the Last
Days."
(Tohfa-e-Golravia, Roohani Khazain vol 17
p.295)
"I swear upon that God, who has sent me and fabricating on
Him
is the work of accursed one, He has sent me as
Promised Massiah."
(Majmoo'a-e-Ishtiharaat vol 3 p.435)
From Mirza ibne Chiragh Bibi to Eisa ibne Maryam:
"God named me Maryam in the third part of Braheen-e-Ahmadiyya. Then
as evident by Braheen-e-Ahmadiyya,
for two years I grew as Maryam; then like Maryam the soul of Jesus was
breathed into me and I was made pregnant,
metaphorically, and after many months, which were not more than 10 months,
through inspiration, I was
converted into Jesus. Thus, like this I bacame Eisa ibne Maryam."
(Kishtee-e-Nooh, Roohani Khazain vol 19 p.
87-89)
Mirza attempts to clear the hurdles:
Despit the fact that Mirza Ghulam had stated that swearing is an indication to take
the literal meanings and specifically denied any symbolism or exception to this rule, he
made every effort to fit the traditions of Holy Prophet (pbuh) by distorting and interpolating
his own words and trying to find metaphorical meanings where none is meant.
- Damascus:
"the word Damascus is just a symbolical word.... God has revealed to
me that in this (Hadith), such a village has been
named Damascus where people have the nature of Yazid Paleed.... this village
(Qadian) resembles Damascus. Therefore God
descended me in this Damascus for a big task."
(Izala-e-Auham, Roohani Khazain vol 3
p.136-138)
- Minaret:
Mirza claimed to be the Promised Messiah in 1891 and there was no Minaret
inhis mosque until 1900.
On 28th May 1900, he gave advertisement to collect donations for building
this minaret, labelling it
Minaret-ul-Maseeh:
"Our village of Qadian and this our mosque near which Minaret will be
constructed, is situated to
the east of Damascus."
(Advertisement for donation for Minaretul Maseeh
dated 28th May 1900, Majmooa Ishtiharat vol 3 p.286)
"...This Minaret is that minaret whose need has been accepted in Holy
Prophet's Hadiths. And the expenditure
on this Minarat-ul-Maseeh will not be less than Rs 10,000/=."
(Majmooa Ishtiharat vol 3 pp. 294, 295)
- Two Yellow Sheets of Mirza Ghulam - Mental illness and
Excessive Urination:
Again, according to Mirza Ghulam, Holy Prophet SAAW did not mean yellow
sheets. It was symbolic of illnesses.
"See! My illness had also been foretold by The Holy Prophet saaw,
which fulfilled as he said. He had said
that when Maseeh will descend from Heavens he will be clad in two yellow
sheets. Thus I am afflicted
with two illness, one affecting the upper torso which is Miraaq (a type of
Malencholia), and the other of lower
torso which is Excessive Urination."
(Statement of Mirza Ghulam, AlBadr Newspaper dated 7th
June 1902)
- Just Ruler:
This was by far the worst hurdle which Mirza Ghulam could not remove. His
fertile imagination
could not come up with any symbolism in it. He was a loyal servant of
British Raj and he or his ancestors had never even reigned a tiny village for
a single day, let alone being a Just Ruler.
He therefore ended up giving various conflicting statements:
"It is possible and quite possible that at some time in future such
Messiah
may appear upon whom the apparent words of Hadith
(of Holy Prophet) fit, because this humble self has not come with
the Reign and Command of this world,
but with poverty and humility."
(Izala-e-Auham, Roohani Khazain vol 3
p.197)
"It is possible that in future no Messiah may
come.
It is possible 10,000 more Messiah may come
and one of them may descend in Damascus."
(Izala-e-Auham, Roohani Khazain vol 3
p.251)
"Intelligent and honest person's writings never contains contradictions.
If someone is mentally sick or insane or such a hypocrite
that he is always flattering by his yesmanship,
his writings will no doubt become contradictory."
(Mirza Ghulam in Sat Bachan, Roohani Khazain vol 10
p.142)
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