Monthly Archive for May, 2005

The Masih Fra’ud

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Shahid
on May 12, 2005
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]Pure, inside and out

Be kind and merciful to humanity, for all are His creatures: Do not oppress them with your tongue, or hands, or in any other way. Always work for the good of mankind. Never unduly assert yourselves with pride over others, even those who are placed under you. Never use abusive language for anyone, even though he abuses you. Be humble in spirit, kind and gentle, and forgiving, sympathetic towards all and wishing them well, so that you should be accepted. There are many who pretend to be kind, gentle and forgiving, but inside they are wolves; there are many on the outside who look pure, but in their hearts they are serpents. You cannot be accepted in the presence of the Lord unless you are pure, both on the outside and inside.
Hadhrat Masih Mauood, Kashti Nooh

Mirza Sahib used abusive language for his opponents. He called those who didn’t accept him “zurrayatul baghaya”. This means “progeny of whore”. More collquially, today one might say “you son of whore” or “your mother is a prostitute”. Ahmadis in a pathetic attempt to justify this garbage, soften up “baghaya” to mean “wicked”. Right. Here’s a test. Go to an Arab, any Arab, and ask them what “baghaya” means. Look it up on the Internet. Go into a bookshop, find an Arab dictionary, and look it up. Even better still, look at the context in which Mirza Sahib himself used these words, in his own writings, and you’ll be clear.

Why should I ever believe in his claim, or even take him to be a decent man, when he has called my mother, and his own wife, a whore?

If I say to you “Bastard”, and then in an attempt to appear holier than thou, or perhaps to placate you because I want your money for example, I backtrack “but the way I mean it, it means your metaphorical spiritual lineage is not saintly”, will you not just laugh in my face?

Reference: Ahmadiyya Official Site

Did MGA add any value to Islam?

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on May 4, 2005
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I was reminiscing today. I remembered Jalsas, Khuddam meetings, events, khutbas from the progeny of Mirza Sahib and other such things.

I realised that nothing in jama’at Ahmadiyya actually added any value to Islam. There was no revival, no reform, not even a visible adherence to the basic tenets of Islam, though I saw many people within the jama’at who were (and most likely still are) devout in their belief and practice of Islam, except for the mistaken belief in Mirza Sahib’s prophethood. If those same people did not believe in Mirza Sahib, nothing essentially would change other than a reversion to a truer Islam.

If Ahmadiyyat brought massive reform, it might be worthy of note. Wearing the “alaisala” rings and kalima badges doesn’t mark you out to be a “True Muslim”. The word “Muslim” does not require the prefix “True”. You are either Muslim or you are not. I never saw badges that claimed “Wannabe Muslim” or “Fake Muslim” or even the unadorned, but far preferable “Muslim”. The badge of Islam is something to be worn in the heart, mind and soul. The attitude of Islam is to be practiced in one’s daily actions.

So what did Ahmadiyyat actually bring that was new? As far as I can tell, there are only two real claims, and I’m not convinced that the first of these is even new.

1) That Jesus (as) died at the age of 120 in Kashmir and that his body is in Yuz Asaf’s tomb in Srinagar, Kashmir.
2) That martial jihad has been abrogated.

The first belief was necessary in order to validate MGA’s claim to be the reincarnation or embodiment or spiritual successor or second coming or doppelganger (it’s all so confusing) of Jesus. It is Ahmadiyyat’s favourite argument to establish its truth. But even if it were true that Jesus (as) was dead and buried in Yuz Asaf’s tomb:
a) It doesn’t make MGA’s claims true
b) It doesn’t alter a Muslim’s core beliefs
c) It is not a requirement from Allah to believe
d) The so-called-second-coming never actually changed anything else. For most of his life, he believed as other Muslims do. And when he went a step or three too far, he still didn’t actually reform Islam. If a belief in the death of Jesus at 120 is a fundamental requirement of being Muslim, then RasulAllah SAW would have been told about it and it would be in the Qur’an.

As for the second, well, that has been discussed aplenty. You can’t change the Qur’an. According to the ahadith that MGA was reliant upon (and this argument goes round and round without the Ahmadi’s ever admitting to using flawed logic) the Messiah is supposed to do a lot more than MGA ever did.

So there you have it. What else has jama’at Ahmadiyya contributed to Islam? They declare the rest of Islam, the religion of RasulAllah SAW and all the prophets before him, to be satanic and cursed. And they declare this quite proudly and brazenly. Why? Because we believe in the status of khataman-nabiyyeen.

In business speak, where is the value-add? Why are all the decent Muslims out there who do everything they’re told to in the Qur’an suddenly no longer Muslim?

What new message was brought by Ahmadiyyat in the Jalsas? Apart from how to pay chanda, which scheme was being launched, what funds were needed etc.?

I think the dividing line is very clear. The only essential and important difference between being Muslim and being Ahmadi is that to be Ahmadi, you have to believe in MGA’s self-claimed prophet-hood and that martial jihad is over. Is that really it? Is that the supposed revival? The reform? How is that a big deal?

Where is the value-add in Ahmadiyyat? Dear Ahmadis, please tell me how by being Ahmadi, you are better than Muslims.