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A Brief Survey Of Qadiyanism
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Qadiyanism
A brief survey of Qadiyanis
Beginning
Begun in India, inspired and
actively supported by the British colonial power. In the mid nineteenth century
the British thought that Islam as the Deen of Allah was dead, but the War
of Independence of 1857 and the leading role of Muslims through the spirit of
Jihad, scared the British. They actively sought an alternative to real
Islam. Among the many things they did, one was the foundation of a new religion
in the name of Islam by the hands of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiyani. The British
gave Mirza full support and an outline; and he filled in the details.
Mirza Ghulam Qadiyani
He said that his name was Ghulam
Ahmad, son of Ghulam Murtaza, belonging to the caste of Mughal Barlas who came
to India from Samarqand. Later he changed his origins and claimed to be a
Persian. He again had a change of mind and claimed to belong to the progeny of
Fatima bint Muhammad(S). He was born in 1839-40 in Qadiyan, District
of Gordaspur, Punjab, India in a family who were subservient to the British and
played a heroic role in defending the British in the War of 1857. Ghulam
remained proud of his and his family's services to the British crown and advised
his followers to remain loyal to the British Government and the West.
Qadiyanis, the followers of Ghulam Ahmad, established good liaison with the
State of Israel immediately after its establishment and Israel gave them full
protection.
Steps to the Prophethood
The 1870s was a period of debates
between Hindus against Muslims and Christians against Muslims. Muslims did not
start those debates but Muslim scholars were winning all of them and winning the
hearts of the Muslim masses. Ghulam saw an opening to gain popularity and taught
himself the art of debating against Hindus and became popular by 1877. In 1880
he published his first book Baraheen-i-Ahmadiyyah and established himself
as a writer. By 1884 he added three more volumes to the same book and in 1885 he
claimed himself to be a Mujaddid, a revivalist of Islam. In 1891 he
claimed himself to be the Promised Mehdi and a Promised Messiah. During
this period he insisted that he was not a prophet declaring that such a claim
would make him a kaafir and a liar. Well! In 1901 Ghulam declared, "by
Allah in Whose grip is my soul it is He Who commissioned me and named me a
prophet" and he declared that Allah gave him "three hundred thousand". Note that
Allah's true messengers and prophets received their assignment suddenly not
step-wise like Ghulam. By Ghulam's own declarations, now he became a Kaafir
and a liar.
(Abstract from QADIYANIAT, AN
ANALYTICAL SURVEY, by Ehsan Ilahi Zaheer.)
Qadiyaniat in the Contemporary
World
Pakistan, the home of the Qadiyani
movement, declared the religion of Ghulam Ahmad to be kufr, non-Islam and
other governments followed suit. Saudi Arabia stopped giving visas to Qadianis
as Muslims. Recently, a South African court has ruled them to be non-Muslims.
However, anti-Islam governments give Qadianis protection and provide facilities
for their propagation, among them, the U.S. and the British are major
protectors. It is interesting to note that Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto helped declare
Qadianism as non-Islam but his daughter Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan People's
Party (PPP) are actively embracing all enemies of Islam including Qadianis.
Beware of deceptively Islamic
looking functions and gatherings like Seeratun-Nabi, Interfaith
Dialogues serve as bait for simplistic and un-informed Muslims. Attending
Qadiani functions under any pretext is helping and promoting their kufr.
Hypocrisy of Pacifism
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad declared that
"Jihad", as an instrument of war (defensive or offensive), was forbidden by him.
His followers, Qadiyanis, continue to present themselves to the West as
pacifists, anti-war "Muslims". As recently as Summer, 1996 in their annual
convention in Washington, D.C. area, they presented themselves as peaceful
"Muslims" who did not believe in war. The national media in the U.S. took note
of it and presented "Ahmadiya Muslims" as pacifists. The truth is that Qadiyanis
entered the armed forces of Pakistan from the time of the formation of the
country and rose to the highest ranks of officers corp in all branches, namely,
army, air force and navy . With the blessings of their "Khalifah" they
participated in wars against India. When the "Khalifah" was questioned he
defended his position and reiterated that his father, Ghulam Qadiyani, the
founder of the cult, was not a pacifist.
Beliefs of Ahmadiya Cult (Qadiyanis)
Mirza Ghulam Qadiyani disrespects
Allah and His messenger Muhammad(S): Read the following quotes from
the writings of the founder of, so called, "Ahmadiyah Movement in Islam" which
Muslims address them as Qadiyanis or Mirzais because his full name was Mirza
Ghulam Ahmad Baig Qadiyani. All references are from his Urdu writings; some of
the quotes were taken from Qadiyani magazines or newspapers published after the
death of Mirza.
* "I saw in my dream that I am
Allah and I believed, no doubt I am the one who created the heaven."
Aina-e-Kamalat, p.564.
* "I have been given the attribute
of destruction and giving life; this has been given to me from Allah." Khutba
Ilhamiyah #6.
* " Every one can rise to the
highest status, he can even surpass the status of Muhammad(S), the
Messenger of Allah." Al-Fadl Qadiyan, 17th July 1922.
* "Hadrat Muhammad(S)
used to eat cheese made by the Christians even though it was well known that
lard (pig fat) was mixed in it." Al-Fadl Qadiyan, 22nd February, 1924.
* "It is evident like daylight
that the door of prophethood is open after that Hadrat (Muhammad(S))."
Haqiqat an-Nubuwwah, p.329.
* "I swear by that God who owns my
life that He has sent me, He named me a prophet and He called me the Promised
Messiah." Closing of Haqiqat Al-Wahy, p. 68.
* "Allah Ta'ala gave names,
Muhammad and Ahmad and established me as the persona of Muhammad." Ek Ghalati ka
Izalah, p.10.
* "True God is the One Who sent
His messenger in Qadiyan." Dafeh Al-Bala', p.11.
* "So, is there any doubt that
Hadrat Promised Messiah is a prophet according to the Quranic meaning as well as
literal meaning." Haqiqat An-Nubuwah, p.116.
The Character of Qadiani
Mirza received his early education
from his father and other teachers of the village. Mirza took a humble job in
the office of the Deputy Commissioner. During his employment he took exams for
legal positions but failed them. After his failures he returned home to take
care of the family land.
There are three parts of Mirza's
life:
(b) period of
various claims, and
(c) the period
of his claim of prophethood.
During the early period Mirza was
an ordinary Muslim; he had the aqeedah of Muslims and believed in the
finality of the Prophet Muhammad(S). During the period of 1882 to
1890, in sequence, he claimed to be a mujaddid (a revivalist), musleh
(a reformer), mehdi (a divinely guided one) and masih maw'oud (the
Promised Messiah). In the year 1900 he declared that Jihad had
become unlawful and in 1901 he claimed prophethood for himself. And in 1904 he
claimed to be Krishna.
In short Mirza spent his life
involved in insulting the Prophets and Messengers of Allah, treason against
Muslims, loyalty to the British colonial power, lying, cheating, deceiving
simple people, declaring false prophecies, trying to turn Muslims into British
slaves, spying on Muslims for the British and trying to obtain the most severe
punishments for the Muslims. He tried his best to serve the British most by
discouraging and eliminating the concept of Jihad from Islam.
Mirza wrote in his books, "I am
God, in my vision I am a women, Allah showed his manly power with me and
metaphorically I became pregnant." Mirza died on May 26, 1908 in his own hated
disease of cholera while vomiting and discharging feces from both ends of his
gastro-intestinal system.
The Corruption of Ghulam Ahmad
Qadiyani's Writings
Since the death of Ghulam Qadiyani
in 1908 his followers have been editing out some of the material written by him
but criticized by the opponents and had become sources of embarrasment. If
Ghulam was a true prophet, his followers have no authority to delete anything
from the writings of the "prophet". Qadiyanis use more recent but edited
publications of Ghulam Qadiyani's writings to deceive people that he never wrote
any such things as quoted by his opponents. English translations are even worse
and they have been edited very heavily. However, Muslim scholars have collected
and keep original publications of Ghulam Qadiyani in their libraries and use
them as sources in their writings and to reveal the truth to the world.
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