Some Reflections on the Ahmadiyya / Qadiani Movement

Excerpts from the book: Qadianism: A Critical Study, by Syed Abdul Hasan Ali Nadvi © 1967

One of the illusions about Qadianism is that its emergence merely signifies the addition of one more sect to the large number of already existing sectarian and juristic schools of Islam, and that the followers of Qadianism are, at the most, a new sect. Thus, Qadianism is not a unique phenomenon in the history of Muslim sects and schools.

A careful study of Qadianism is bound to shatter this illusion and to force upon every fair-minded student the conclusion that Qadianism is a religion by itself, and the Qadianis a separate community (Ummah), parallel to Islam and the Ummah of Islam.

Among the different anti-Islam movements which have arisen in our history, Qadianism is unique. For, if other movements had been directed against Islam as a whole, Qadianism is a conspiracy which is specifically directed against the Prophethood of Muhammad (peace be on him), and challenges the finality of Islam and the unity of Muslims. By repudiating the finality of prophethood, Qadianism obliterated the very borderlines which distinguished this Ummah from all other.

Moreover, it is also to be noted that the Mirza raised the standard of his prophethood and declared all those who did not accept his claim as Kafirs in a Muslim world which was already torn by dissension. By so doing, however, the Mirza raised an iron wall between himself and the Muslims. On the one side of this wall there are a few thousand followers of the Mirza, and on the other side is the rest of the Muslim world which stretches from Morocco to China and has great personalities, virtuous movements of reform, and valuable institutions. They stand isolated from and opposed to the whole of this world. Thus he unnecessarily added to the difficulties of Muslims, further aggravated their disunity and added a new complication to the problems facing them.

The Mirza has made no worthwhile contribution to the intellectual and religious heritage of Muslims which would call for his recognition and because of which he might deserve the gratitude of the present generation of Muslims. Nor did he initiate a broad-based movement for the revival of Islam which could profit the Muslims as a whole, nor help Muslims to solve any of the major problems facing them, nor did his movement contain any message for the contemporary civilization which is in the grips of major crisis and is interlocked in a life and death struggle. Nor can he even be credited with any significant achievement vis-a-vis the expansion of Islam either in India or Europe. His message remained addressed to the Muslims and of necessity could only lead to mental confusion and unnecessary religious squabbles within the Muslim community. If the Mirza can be considered successful, it is only in so far as he bequeathed to his family the legacy of spiritual leadership and worldly prosperity, the legacy of a kind of theocracy in which respect he is comparable to the Agha Khan and his ancestors.

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6 thoughts on “Some Reflections on the Ahmadiyya / Qadiani Movement

  1. Dear HONEST, FAIR AND GOD FEARING MUSLIMS:

    Honesty, Fairness and fear of Allah SWT demands that before giving your judgment you must listen/ read the accused party, and then give your judgment with full understanding that you will be answering and defending your judgment in the court of Allah SWT on the final day of judgment. And as Allah SWT commands Muslims to give honest and fair judgment even if it is against your own self or your loved ones. I pray every reader of above post remembers Allah SWT commands as mentioned in Holy Quran.

    Please check link to:
    Al-Ahmadiyya:
    by Sheikh Muhammad Tufail
    Abul Hasan Nadawi’s Objection against the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement and Maulana Muhammad Ali’s Commentary of the Quran Analysed
    http://aaiil.org/text/books/others/sheikhmuhammadtufail/alahmadiyya/alahmadiyya.shtml
    May Allah SWT gives honesty, fairness a courage to give the right and truthful judgment to all the readers of the above article by Mr. Shahid Kamal Ahmad.

  2. In the light of hadith of the Holy Prophert (pbuh) muslim ummah is now resembling jews. Majority of them as prophesised by the Holy Prophert (pbuh) are acting exactly like jews. They are very proud to be muslims but unfortunately doing every thing which jews / non-believers did to the Holy Prophet (pbuh). When it comes to Ahmadiyyat Islam they lie under their teeth (both in writing and verbal) believing that they are doing a good service to islam. May Allah guide them to right path. I personally have done a good independent research about Ahmadiyyat and have found them to be on the right path. If any of you want to know more or want to share the result of my research, please do not hesitate to contact me on mryahya@hotmail.co.uk. …………
    your brother in islam

  3. NOTE FROM MODERATOR:
    Your posts were being trapped by the spam filter because you posted too many links. Please stop complaining, especially with conjecture. No Muslim is allowed to post on your forums. You have freedom of speech here, Muslims have no freedom of speech within your circles.

    IM HAVING TO POST HERE, BECAUSE I CAN’T POST ON IQRA IT SEEMS.
    PROPBABLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE REALISED THAT THE FOLLOWING ARGUMENTS CAN’T BE DEFEATED. PROBABLY THEY ARE AFRAID! A SIGN ON ITS OWN OF THE TRUTH OF AHMADIYYAT!

    I HAVE UNDERSTOOD, YOU HAVE NOT!!
    newobserver you haven’t fully understood the concept yourself,
    re-read and understand what the following refrence says:
    http://www.alislam.org/books/truth/gospels.html

    the question to be addressed is that if the Promised messiah(as) was to repel the christian attacks on the holy prophet(saw), then he wouldn’t mention the imaginary jesus next to his repels. Most surely this would otherwise weaken the tactic. Yet he did mention in other texts that how much he respected Jesus(as) so that muslims like you understand that it is only a logical tactic against the christians.
    re-read.

    as for jesus’s death, i would advise you see the follwing refrences:

    evidence in the Quran:
    http://www.alislam.org/library/links/Jesus_death/1_Quran.html
    further evidence in the quran:
    http://www.alislam.org/library/links/Jesus_death/2_Quran.html
    evidence from hadith:
    http://www.alislam.org/library/links/Jesus_death/3_Hadith.html
    Any more proofs?

  4. 1) Ahmadi’s are extremely brainwashed and think that they are the only ones who are right and everyone else is wrong. Yet they donot realize how much they themselves are in the wrong track.
    2) You cannot debate with most of them because their minds are already closed.
    3) They always backstab other Muslims. Is this Islam or love for all and hate for none?
    4) I have found many of them to be hypocritical and liars to their teeth, even their so called Murrabis.
    5) Most have complete lack of true knowledge of Islam, they only preach what has been taught to them by some ignorant and prejudiced teachers from their Cult.
    6) Ahmadi’s always try to hide their true identity in front of Muslims, expect for a few who are very arrogant and have no hesitation to declare their belief in that Cult.
    7) You will always find Ahmadi’s influencing the local politicians to drive their agenda and obtain favours for their cause.
    8) A lot of Ahmadi’s do not know what this Cult is all about as they have never read the books or statements of Mirza where he contradicts himself, makes fool of himself and makes so many false claims.
    9) Ahmadi’s are always targetting the young minds with lure and bribes and all other tactics to trap them into their Cult.
    10) Ahmadiyya Cult keeps a tight lid on their members and does not allow them the freedom to hear the truth of Islam from Muslims, for they know if people hear the truth then they will leave this Cult. They dont allow their own people to marry outside their Cult. If they do so they are expelled.

    So in the end its all about Chanda, glorifying Mirza and his clan, dirty politics and power in the hands of a few ignorant and arrogant Cult leaders & Jahil Murabbis. The rest are pawns in their hands, do as I say and not as I do.