Prophethood (Ahmadiyya)

In Ahmadiyya Islam two different views of Prophethood, and its finality, are held. The larger Ahmadiyya Muslim Community holds that prophets subordinate to Muhammad can appear even after his death, but they may not bring any new law, as this has been completed and perfected with the appearance of Muhammad. They believe that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was a prophet and Messiah in this sense. Though no prophet has appeared between Muhammad and Ghulam Ahmad. ["The Question of Finality of Prophethood", The Promised Mehdi and Messiha, by Dr. Aziz Ahmad Chaudhry, Islam International Publications Limited, [http://www.alislam.org/library/books/promisedmessiah/index.htm?page=37#top] ] In contrast, the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement believe that Muhammad was the final and always will be the final prophet and that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was the promised Messiah but was a prophet in an allegorical sense only. ["No Claim To Prophethood: 20 Arguments by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad", Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement, [http://aaiil.info/misconceptions/twenty/noclaim.htm] ]

References

External links

Ahmadiyya Muslims Community
* [http://www.alislam.org Official Website of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community]

Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam
* [http://www.aaiil.org/index.shtml Official Website of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam -- Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-e-Islam Lahore]

Other links
* [http://thepersecution.org/ Persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community]

Other sites with works critical of the Ahmadiyya Movement
* [http://www.servantsofallah.org/ahmadism.htm Allama Iqbal on Ahmadism] - ServantsofAllah.org
* [http://geocities.com/islam.ahmadiyya/Truth Truth about Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]
* [http://www.khatm-e-nubuwwat.org/ Khatm-e-Nubuwwat]
* [http://www.khatm-e-nubuwwat.org/english/qadiyaniat/10.htm Signs of the true Prophet by Mirza Ahmed]