Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadiyan, a self-proclaimed prophet, and his followers after him, continue to misguide people regarding Ahmadiyyat by misrepresenting their own religion as well as covering up many of the egregious slips and evident contradictions in Mirza’s writings. Mirza wrote 86 books and pamphlets in his life. If his speeches, letters, and adverts which were later published in the form of books are also included, then they total to about a hundred. Jama’at Ahmadiyya only prescribes the reading of a handful of these books to the Ahmadis thus hiding parts of Mirza’s work from scrutinizing truth seekers. However, the voluminous nature of his work provides ample opportunities to the sincere truth seekers to notice the inconsistencies and other such content in Mirza’s writings that do not befit a prophet.
Our purpose here is to bring to light some of Mirza’s sayings and views that would show the readers that a person who could make such preposterous claims, who has little regard for conformance between his speech and actions, and who is so consistently inconsistent can not possibly be thought of as divinely inspired. We expect the prophets of Allah ﷻ to maintain a high standard of character in their actions and their speech. We do not expect to see inconsistency in the divinely inspired words of the prophets. We expect prophets to maintain reason and objectivity along with politeness in their communications. We will show here through examples of his writings that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani repeatedly fails all these standards of reasonable speech.
Mirza’s communication falls short of the standards that we expect of a prophet in many ways. Sift through his writings and you will find some bizarre claims that are extravagant beyond reason, many clear contradictions scattered around, foul language and bitter composure that is unbefitting of a prophet, and some selfish attempts at deceiving his followers to serve his personal benefit. Look deeper and he falls even from the standards of nobility one aspires for oneself, let alone what one expects of a prophet.
Prophetsؑ always tell the truth. They are tasked with delivering the word of Allah ﷻ to the people in a trustworthy manner. Allah ﷻ says in the Qur’an,
Do they not, then, ponder about the Qur’ān? Had it been from someone other than Allah, they would have found in it a great deal of discrepancy.
Al Qur’an, Surah An Nisa 4:82
We, therefore, do not expect to see contradictions in the speech of a prophet. Mirza’s writings, on the other hand, are littered with contradictions that are separated by time or are sometimes concurrent within the same passage.
Mirza quotes false hadith in the following example and while doing so he also contradicts himself. He claims that the Prophet Mohammad ﷺ had eleven sons in one statement and that he did not have a son at all in another statement. Whereas there is a clear contradiction between these accounts, each of these accounts is also untrue.
Historians know that he (Mohammad ﷺ) had eleven boys born at his home and all of them had died.
Chashma e Ma’arfat, Roohani Khazain, vol. 23, p. 299
Look, our Prophet ﷺ had twelve girls but he ﷺ never complained as to why he did not have a son.
Malfoodhat, vol. 3, p. 372
It is a historical fact that Prophet Mohammad ﷺ had four daughters Zainab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthum, and Fatimah, and three sons, Qasim, Abdullah, and Ibrahim. Each of his sons died when they were very young.
Mirza’s claim in regards to his divine role are many and in conflict with each other. Affirming his belief in the finality of the prophethood of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Mirza wrote:
I cannot claim to be a prophet and leave Islam to join the disbelievers.
Hamamat Al Bushra, Roohani Khazain, vol. 7, p. 297
And then, as if to prove that he has left Islam, Mirza claimed prophethood.
I am a messenger as well as a prophet.
Aik Ghalti Ka Azala, Roohani Khazain, vol. 18, p. 211
Mirza was indeed not a prophet and in claiming to be one he joined the rank of disbelievers as per his own statement.
Mirza shows a flippant demeanor towards Allah’s noble prophetsؑ and the sahabaؓ. Here he expresses his superiority over them using some devaluing references.
All prophets have become alive by my arrival, and every messenger is hidden inside my cloak.
Nuzool al Maseeh: Roohani Khazain, vol. 18, p. 478
I am always strolling in Karbala, a hundred Hussains are in my pocket.
Nazool e Maseeh: Roohani Khazain, vol. 18, p. 477
Mirza insisted that he is the promised Messiah and that the prophecies by the Prophet Mohammad ﷺ did indeed imply him. This insistence forced him to make some preposterous and bizarre claims, particularly in reference to explaining the prophecy in Sahih Muslim where Prophet Mohammad ﷺ foretells that Isaؑ will be clad in two yellow sheets when he descends from heaven, Mirza came up with the most bizarre of explanations.
Look, regarding my ailment, Hazrat Mohammad ﷺ made a prophecy in the following way. He ﷺ foretold us that when the Messiah will descend from the sky he will be wearing two shawls, and likewise, I have two ailments, one of the upper body and one of the lower body, and that is Miraq and excessive urination.
Malfoodhat, vol. 5, p. 32-33, new printing
Translator’s note: Miraq may be translated as Melancholia, a concept from pre-modern medicine, “characterized by extreme depression, bodily complaints, and sometimes hallucinations and delusions”. See Melancholia on Wikipedia
Even if one ignores the utter non-existence of a connection between the prophecy and Mirza’s claim, his shameless admittance of his mental debilitation and of a condition that at best would greatly hinder him to lead a normal life, much less to perform any prophetic duties, as signs that the Prophet Mohammad ﷺ would have proudly and respectfully prophesied about a great prophet like Isaؑ Ibn Maryamؑ, is preposterous and offensive to those who truly love the Prophet Mohammad ﷺ.
There are many contradictions in Mirza’s accounts on his status as the promised Messiah and the status of Isaؑ in relation to his claims. After holding the position of mainstream Islam for long that Isaؑ is alive in the heavens and will return to the world, he eventually claimed that Isaؑ, after surviving being on the cross, had died and was buried. Mirza made contradictory claims that Isaؑ was buried in his hometown Galilee [RK vol. 3, p. 353] and in Syria [RK vol. 8, pp. 296-297]. Mirza then claimed that after escaping from the cross, Isaؑ had run away to Kashmir and died in Srinagar and was eventually buried in the Khanyar neighborhood:
And it is indeed the truth that the Messiah is dead and his grave is in the Khanyar neighborhood in Srinagar.
Kashti Nuh: Roohani Khazain, vol. 19, p. 76
Mirza took the claim of self-ascribed sanctity to laughable extremes when he starts referring to himself as certain sacred objects in Islam.
A man kissed my feet and I told him that I am the Black Stone (Hajr Aswad).
Tazkirah Majmuah Wahi Wa Ilhamaat, p. 29, 4th printing
God, in his inspirations, has named me “Baitullah”, the house of Allah.
Tazkirah Majmuah Wahi Wa Ilhamaat, p. 28, 4th printing
On the one hand, Mirza would extoll himself above and beyond all reason and on the other hand, he would make comical attempts to provide excuses for his failings. When he could not deliver on his promise to complete 50 parts of his book Braheem-e-Ahmadiyya, and instead decided to declare it completed after only the first four parts and declaring the last few pages of a different book, Nusrat ul Haq, as the fifth part of Braheem-e-Ahmadiyya, he wrote the following in the preface to declare that his promise was nevertheless fulfilled:
My earlier intention was to write 50 parts but I will suffice with 5 instead of 50. And because 5 and 50 only differ by a zero, 5 will suffice to fulfill the promise.
Preface Braheen Ahmadiyya, vol. 5: Roohani Khazain, vol. 21, p. 9
Such a carefree attitude towards one’s promises is not what we expect from a prophet. Mirza would often exaggerate his claims which made it hard for him to follow up on them. Carelessly exaggerated statements also make for some ridiculous claims that truth seekers can see right through. For example, Mirza claims:
Everyday people in tens of millions leave this world and are born in the tens of millions.
Kashti Nuh, Roohani Khazain, vol. 19, p. 37
More than a hundred years later with more than four times the world population, these numbers still stand grossly exaggerated and far from the truth.
Not only is the content of his speech objectionable, but his style and his mannerism are also equally repulsive and completely unbefitting of a prophet. He would vent his anger at people who disagreed with him by hurling nasty abuses at them. In doing so, he used the sort of language that you wouldn’t want your children to hear.
As for him who is not convinced of our victory, it will be understood without a doubt that he relishes being a bastard and is not of legitimate birth.
Anwar ul Islam, Roohani Khzain, vol 9, p 31
Our enemies have become the pigs of our wilderness, and their women have outdone dogs.
Najm ul Huda: Roohani Khazain, vol. 14, p. 53
When responding to Islamic scholars who rejected his claims to be a Mahdi, instead of providing logical arguments, Mirza resorted to aggressive and abusive language.
Some filthy-natured clerics have the temperament of Judaism inside them, but these lepers of the heart and adversaries of Islam do not understand that the most filthy and repugnant of all living beings in the world are pigs, and even filthier than pigs are those people who, in their haughtiness, conceal the testimony of truth and honesty. O cadaver-eating maulvis and defiled souls! Woe unto you… You vermin of darkness!
Dhameema Risala Anjaam Aatham: Roohani Khazain, vol. 11, p 305
Mirza also wrote uncouth language while referring to specific contemporary ulema by name. Speaking about Maulana Abdul Haq, Mirza wrote:
We must now inquire from Abdul Haq where his blessed boy from the mubahala has disappeared. Did he just dissolve inside his womb or did he regress backward to become a sperm?
Dhameema Risala Anjaam Aatham: Roohani Khazain, vol. 11, p 311
Translators note: Mubahala: A form of religious debate, a religious ritual in which each opposing party says “may the curse of Allah be upon the ones of us who are wrong-doers”
Instead of framing objective responses to Islamic scholars, Mirza would often launch slandering attacks with childish name-calling. About Maulana Hussain Ahmad Batalvi, Mirza writes:
This helpless quack, highly arrogant and conceited Batalvi!… The aimless bickerer, in spite of his unjustified arrogance and blatant lies… due to the wickedness of his evil soul, he takes the name of learned scholars with contempt.
Aa’eena e Kamalaat: Roohani Khazain, vol. 5, p. 600
Hazrat Batalvi Sahib is a first-rate liar, charlatan, and the chief of the conceited.
Aa’eena e Kamalaat: Roohani Khazain, vol. 5, p. 601
His tirades of name-calling would often culminate in questioning the chastity of the mother of the person he is upset at. His use of vulgarities was also rather profuse.
I see this vile transgressor who is an accursed devil. He is the foulmouthed seed of dimwits, a filthy troublemaker who sugarcoats lies and is of despicable nature, who the ignorants named Saadullah. Your soul is a filthy horse, you bastard boy.
Tatimma Haqeeqat ul Wahi: Roohani Khazain, vol. 22, pp. 445-446
Those bastards, progeny of fornication, even they are ashamed to tell lies.
Shahna Haq, Roohani Khazain, vol. 2, p. 286
Mirza did not spare even the noble prophetsؑ of Allah, the best among creations. He takes a special issue with Isaؑ ibn Maryamؑ who Allah has honored in the Quran in no uncertain terms. Mirza attacks the impeccable character of Isaؑ by hurling unfounded abuses.
What do you think was the character of the Messiah (Isaؑ)? A glutton, a drunkard, not an ascetic or a worshipper, and not an admirer of the truth, arrogant, self-obsessed, one who claimed to be God.
Nur al Quran, Roohani Khazain, vol. 9, p. 387
He makes fun of the miraculous birth of Isaؑ and whereas Allah ﷻ uses this miraculous birth to honor Isaؑ, Mirza likens it to the appearance of insects in the rainy season and argues that it was a source of weakness for Isaؑ.
The way thousands of insects are born on their own on rainy days, and Hazrat Aadam AS also being born without a mother or a father, then this birth of Hazrat Isa AS is not proof of his greatness, on the contrary, being born without a father is evidence of the absence of certain strengths.
Chashma Maseehi, Roohani Khazain, vol. 20, p. 356
Allah ﷻ honors the family of Isaؑ by naming a surah after the family’s name (Aal e Imran) and by declaring that He has chosen the family of Imran over all the worlds. Mirza, however, hurls out the most filthy allegations against Isaؑ and the women in his family in an utterly malicious and spiteful piece of sarcasm.
His family too is very pure and chaste! Three of his paternal and maternal grandmothers were harlots from whose blood he was born. But, perhaps it also was an essential condition of divinity. His association with prostitutes was also probably due to ancestral affinity, otherwise, no pious person can allow a whore to touch his head or apply to it the scent bought from her unclean income of prostitution or rub his feet with her tresses. The one who can comprehend should understand what sort of character did this man possess.
Dhamema Risala Anjaam Aatham, Roohani Khazain, vol. 11, p. 291
We implore the readers to reflect on these examples and decide for themselves as to the trustworthiness of a person who is not shy to disrespect the noble prophets who Allah ﷻ has honored or to express his anger and hurl abuses and obscenities at his opponents, whose speech is littered with contradictions, and who dismisses promises with the utmost disregard to his moral and professional commitments as well as his reputation. Such a person is not even worthy of our trust in transactions of this Dunya. Prophets who bring us news from Allah are first and foremost trustworthy.
With Allah’s leave, we will regularly bring forth such examples from Mirza’s writings that are clearly unbefitting of a prophet and that should make it clear to the sincere heart of a truth-seeking person that Mirza was indeed a false prophet.
