Wording of The Divine Revelation?
By A.K. Shaikh
The commandment of Allah is: “Jihad (fighting in the cause of Allah) is ordained for you (Muslims) though you dislike it, and it may be that you dislike a thing, which is actually good for you and that you like a thing, which is actually bad for you. Only Allah has the absolute knowledge but you do not know.” [2:216]
This commandment of Allah is obligatory on every Muslim and is valid for all times – just like none of the commandments of Prayer, Fasting, Hajj and Zakat (obligatory alms) are temporary. There are certain conditions, however, like Hajj will only be performed during the days of Hajj; fasting will be in Ramadan; prayers during prescribed timings and Jihad (Qitaal) [fighting by sword] when it becomes obligatory etc.
Now, Mirza Sahib’s declaration is:
“But this commandment (i.e. Jihad) was temporary and time-specific – it (Jihad) wasn’t meant for all times.” [Collection of Advertisements, vol. 3, page 223]
“We have written time and again that the Noble Qur’an absolutely does not teach Jihad.”
[Collection of Advertisements, vol. 3, page 250]
The following words of Mirza Mahmood Sahib, the 2nd Gaddi Nasheen [hereditary successor] of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib, would not be without much interest:
“I am not denying that some of the directives were changed during the time of the Prophethood (of Muhammad s.a.w.), but I do not find any proof with regard to any of the Qur’anic commandments that originally it was something else but it was changed later on. In my opinion, all those commandments that were temporary in nature were sent through non-Qur’anic revelations and did not get inscribed in the Noble Qur’an. That is why it was not required to alter the Qur’an.” [by Mirza Mahmood – reference preserved (available upon request)]
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib has repeatedly written in his books that he used to receive Wahi [Divine Revelation]. And he has also written samples of his Ilhamat [inspirations] and Wahi in his books with which his mental and intellectual level can be ascertained. But some of his claims in his books are such that they clearly repeal the basic tenets of the Qur’an. And Mirza Sahib presents these claims as the Divine Commandments of God.
Whereas, the Divine Decree is: “This day, I have perfected your religion for you” [5:3]
Mirza Sahib explains it in his own words as follows:
“And it is not worthy for Allah to send a Prophet after the Khatam-un-Nabiyyeen [The Seal of the Prophets], and it is not worthy for Him to revive the lineage of Prophethood in spite of having terminated it, and to abrogate some of the Qur’anic commandments or add to them.” [Roohani Khazain, vol. 5, page 377]
Dear Readers! We all know that Allah revealed the Qur’an to His Prophet, Muhammad (pbuh), and the Prophet also attests and vouches that he himself does not have any authority to amend, alter or transpose the Qur’an.
Now, Mirza Sahib says, “It was written in the Ahadith earlier that fighting in the name of religion would be made Haraam [unlawful] when Masih would come.” [Collection of Advertisements, vol. 3, page 284]. Here, Mirza Sahib has cited a very feeble thing to abrogate a tenet of Deen.
Now, the Divine Revelation is sent down to Mirza Sahib with which he declares the fighting for the religious cause as Haraam [unlawful].
“From today, the human “Jihad” that used to be performed with sword has been abolished by Allah’s orders”. (Majmooa Ishteharat, vol. 3, p. 295).
A Question to Ahmadiyya Movement!
The abovementioned Divine Injunction, which according to the advertisement of 28th May 1900, was sent down to Mirza Sahib. Then, what were the original words of that Divine Revelation or Injunction?
Does this (alleged) revelation of Mirza Sahib not repeal this Qur’anic commandment? “Jihad (fighting in Allah’s Cause) is ordained for you (Muslims) though you dislike it.” [2:216]
Does any human, even though he might be a Prophet, possess the authority to abolish the Words of Allah (Divine Commandments)?
The question to Ahmadiyya Movement is: what are the original words of the Wahi or Divine Injunction by which the Jihad with sword was abrogated (by Mirza Sahib)?
A. K.Shaikh
Note:
Ahmedi.org website’s challenge to Ahmadiyya Movement is: if the Movement provides the original wording of the Divine Revelation (about abolishment of Jihad) sent down to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib, then this website will give a reward of USD 50,000 (fifty thousand US Dollars) to the Gaddi Nasheen [hereditary successor] of the Movement. In this regard, the Movement may also seek assistance from its Non-Pledging Group, viz. Lahori Group.
Ahmedi.org announces unequivocally to both groups of Ahmadiyya Movement that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad never received any such Divine Injunction. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad stated lies and wrote lies – and he was also false in this claim (about the abrogation of Jihad).
A.S. Khan
Translated by: Bashir Ahmed
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This is precisely why some of his followers called MGA a “law-bearing” prophet. They knew that MGA was going down the path of claiming the exact same type of prophethood as Muhammad (saw).
MGA was willing to do anything to help the British make money in India. The Brits would always complain that these Muslims were very quick to murder their officers, especially in Peshawar.
In the end..its very sad to see how Ahmadiyya twists and turns the words of MGA to continue their ponzi scheme.
The Jihad definition according to the original arab meaning
The meaning of Jihad today has been clearly transformed from the original one
Islam Jihad today is like Christian Crusade yesterday. As explained in a text below by an Arab scholar, Jihad didn’t mean Holy War but only an inner struggle against one’s own evil (In Occident, James Conrad did also talk about our inner evil). So Jihad has been ceased by Politicians as a pretext to mystify their people or rather a group of religious extremists to launch a Holy War.
Islam by itself should not be responsible of this but the people who let interpret Religion in this evil manner: the arab politicians and the arab terrorists of course but also the atheists who are prompt to take for granted the false interpretation.
Below is an essay on inner Jihad found on an islamic site I visited for that purpose (I do not endorse the website as a whole as I didn’t read the rest of their materials).
Inner Jihad: Striving Toward Harmony
By Dr. Shahid Athar
“Muslims for centuries have engaged themselves and the world in pursuit of inner Jihad. This has been their way of getting closer to their Creator, achieving inner peace and getting closer to God’s creations. Unless we are at peace with ourselves, we can not have peace with the Creator and vice versa.
The word Jihad is from the Arabic root word JHD which basically means striving or struggle. The question is striving for what or a struggle for what? The struggle is of two types, one is inner and one is outer. Both have the same purpose which is to change the status quo – a status which is not in line with God’s will or not in line with nature as such, a status which causes unrest and disturbance. Thus, if there is an evil temptation for wrong doing and we struggle very hard to overcome that temptation, it is striving in the cause of God and is considered one of the best forms of Jihad. Thus if there is a tyrant ruler who is oppressing people and one stands up to that tyrant and says a word of truth against his rule it is also one form of Jihad.
In [the] Sufi tradition, the self is the enemy and conquering the self is overpowering the enemy and one of the best forms of Jihad. Unfortunately, the West describes Jihad as a holy war which is a wrong translation. If one translates holy war back to Arabic, the translation would be harb-e-maqadas or sacred war. Thus, holy war is not Jihad as such.
In fact, the word holy war came from the crusade when this call was made to the crusaders by then the Pope Urbana to unite them to fight against “infidels” who were occupying the birth place of Jesus (peace be upon him). Yet, it is true that one form of Jihad, that is the external form, can be described as taking up arms in defense of Islam and Muslims when they are attacked by external forces. But, this form of Jihad can only be declared by a head of the Islamic state who is a practicing Muslim or a consensus of Islamic Ulema or Scholars when they agree on a clear-cut threat on Islam or on Muslims by external forces. If a call for Jihad is made by a non-practicing Muslim ruler then [the] Muslim masses are not to heed such call.
Coming back to the inner Jihad, which is the Jihad and the most important part of Jihad, I must say that there are two forces within us operating all the time in opposite directions. One is inviting us to do good and the other inviting us to do evil. These opposing forces are trying to take over our hearts and our minds which have control over our actions to go in their direction. The inner Jihad is overcoming the forces of evil by the forces of good and the triumph of one over the other. Because, if the forces of evil, which insight us to do wrong doings are not overpowered the man will be destroyed internally and will be tempted to destroy his surroundings externally. God in His ultimate wisdom is with the forces of good and therefore He associates Jihad with listening to Him. In translation, [the] Qur’an says, “Those who believe, who strive in the cause of God with their wealth and their persons, are the ones who are successful.” So, the winner is not the human being who overcomes the wrong temptations but the winner is God in this inner Jihad. If we do not submit to the will of God then we are submitting to the will of the devil and the winner is the hunter who overtakes our souls at that moment of wrongdoing.
Thus, harmony is the creation of a peaceful bliss within our souls so that we achieve a state of peace to make us worthy of entrance into Heaven. As [the] Qur’an says: “O, soul at peace, return to thy Lord well pleased and well pleasing. Return as His servant, return to His Heaven.” When we are successful in inner Jihad and have subdued the devil or the forces within us inviting us to do wrong, then we are not only at peace and a level of surrender and allow God to carry on our tasks and fulfill His mission. Even those folks who rely only on external Jihad as a mission from God without having achieved inner Jihad first must ask themselves if they are at peace. There is no promise of peace for those who take the lives of the innocent thinking that they are doing a holy war which is not holy. In this regard, Muslims have a great role to play in removing misconceptions about Jihad as it prevails in the media and give its true meaning which is peaceful inner struggle.”
http://www.muslim-canada.org/jihadshahid.html
Please answer the question to the point, “The question to Ahmadiyya Movement is: what are the original words of the Wahi or Divine Injunction by which the Jihad with sword was abrogated (by Mirza Sahib)?”
If you cannot prove it than anyone who invents a lie against Allah s.w.t.’s commandments has indeed committed the worst sin. Also, I completely disagree with your views “the arab politicians and the arab terrorists..” this shows that you are truly biased against a certain people.
Also, you have equated “Islam Jihad today is like Christian Crusade yesterday.” which is ridiculous to say the least.
The truth here is that Mirza was the slave of the British Colonial forces in India, who abrogated Jihad to serve his masters.
It looks like Ahmadis are obsessed with a few words like Jihad, ascension of Jesus a.s., promised Messiah, condition of Muslims, ………..etc. Their whole faith keeps revolving around these things. Thus
they keep dancing around these topics making claims and their own self invented theories as they go along whether they have any basis in Islam or not. Thus they have only managed to fool themselves and made a mockery of their religion. I am afraid that they have no shame in the sense that they are desperately trying to find fault with the teachings of Islam so that they can advance the false agenda of the Ahmadiyya cult. But they do not realize that how much Mirza was wrong and how most of his claims turned out to be false and misleading.
REPLY BY DR. ZAHID AZIZ ON “LAHORI-GROUP” BLOG.
I posted Ahmad Karim Shaik on Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement Blog. Dr. Zahid Aziz replied to article. AND HE EXPOSED SHALLOWNESS, IGNORANCE, AND DECITFULNESS, of A K Shaik.
Following is link and reply of Dr. Zahid Aziz on LAM blog:
http://ahmadiyya.org/WordPress/2012/02/23/jihad-wordings-of-divine-revelation/#comments
February 23rd, 2012 at 9:29 pm
From Zahid Aziz:
This quotation of 2:216, as presented, clearly creates the impression that the word Jihad occurs in this verse, since the word jihad does of course occur in the Holy Quran. Then the words in parentheses after “Jihad” further reinforce the impression that the preceding word “Jihad” is present in the Arabic text of this verse. This impression is entirely false. The word “jihad” does not occur anywhere in this verse in any shape or form or derivation.
While the writer accuses Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of abrogating “a tenet of Deen”, and says that no one can “amend, alter or transpose” the Quran, yet the writer himself has altered this verse by trying to create the impression that it contains the Arabic word “jihad” in its original text.
After the quotation, the writer tells us that this commandment of Islam like other basic commandments is not temporary, but like them it is conditional. But while he mentions the conditions governing the other commands (e.g. fasting in Ramadan), regarding Jihad he writes:
“and Jihad (Qitaal) [fighting by sword] when it becomes obligatory”.
But he does not say when it becomes obligatory. In fact, he dare not say when it becomes obligatory. This is because if he did mention the conditions for a jihad of fighting, he would be mentioning more or less the same things as Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. For example, he would say that the conditions of the jihad of fighting don’t apply to Muslims living under Western countries such as Canada, USA, and UK.
How cunning and devious! The writer himself only believes in jihad “when it becomes obligatory”. But it is (presumably) regarded by him as not being obligatory in the time and country where he lives.
The writer should have clarified what he means by “Jihad (Qitaal)”. It shows he himself is afraid of translating mere “jihad” as “fighting”, while on the other hand he is trying to create this very impression in the reader’s mind that jihad means fighting.
As to the Jihad mentioned by Hazrat Mirza sahib in the quotations given in this article, again the writer is either ignorant or deceitful. If the context is read, it shows Hazrat Mirza sahib is referring to the concept of jihad as coined by the common Muslim Ulama and also as alleged against Islam by Christian missionaries. This concept was that Muslims are required to kill non-Muslims unconditionally, on the basis that the Holy Prophet fought against non-Muslims, even though that was conditional due to circumstances of the time and place.
The writer again shows his ignorance when he asks for the original revelation that came to Hazrat Mirza sahib about jihad. As Hazrat Mirza sahib has himself written, his revelation is not an authority for establishing any doctrine of Islam, but that whatever guidance he receives about any belief, he must prove that interpretation from the Quran and the Holy Prophet Muhammad. In the case of the death of Jesus, while having had revelation about it, he always proved it from the Quran and the Holy Prophet. Would you ask for the words of the revelation Hazrat Mirza sahib had about the death of Jesus, and then argue it doesn’t prove the death of Jesus, when this has now been proved from the Quran and Hadith?
The same applies to his interpretation of jihad. Muslim leaders in Western countries are going before the governments, appearing on the media, etc. to say that jihad in Islam does not mean war, Muslims are not required by Islam to fight the governments they are living under in the West, etc. So Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s interpretation of jihad has been widely accepted by Muslims as being the correct Islamic teaching. How can anyone hope to prove that his revelation which led him to this correct interpretation was wrong!
Incidentally, the writer has not thought through the full implications of the verse 2:216 as quoted by him, namely: Jihad is ordained for you, O Muslims, though you dislike it. Does it mean that the Sahaba disliked jihad and undertook it unwillingly! Is that the writer’s belief?
Perhaps the writer should look up the report in Bukhari, relating that a man asked Ibn Umar: “What made you perform Hajj in one year and Umra in another year and leave the Jihad for Allah’s Cause though you know how much Allah recommends it?” Please comment on the answer given by Ibn Umar. Did he also repeal jihad? (See Muhsin Khan’s translation, vol. 6, Book 60, Number 40)
@ mushtaq Malik
Give it up man. MGA’s queer interpretations of the Quran extend over to many subjects. Jihad is one such topic. Mental Ghulam Ahmad wasnt able to even give his reader an idea of what he was spewing. He carefully worded all of his writings so that a future son or mullah of his would be able to mask his real intent on the matter.
Furthermore, Christianity expects a major climax when Jesus Christ returns. Will any Muslims remain alive according to them?
@ Rationalist:
“Christianity expects a major climax when Jesus Christ returns. Will any Muslims remain alive according to them?”
Are you trying to say that Hazrat Esa (as) is not coming?
@ alm786
Ummm…NO. I am only pointing out that the return of Esa (as) is going to be a very big event. Furthermore, Christians believe that everyone will accept Esa (as) as a God.
Any muslim believes that there is no god except Allah, so what christians think or others think is besides the point. I didn’t understand how you related what christians believe with Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) writing?