Sunday 16 January 2011
A HISTORIC LETTER
Ahmadis are traitors both to Islam and to India
(Allama Iqbal’s letter to Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru)
Lahore
June 21, 1936
My dear Pandit Jawaharlal,
Thank you so much for your letter which I received yesterday. At the time I wrote in
reply to your articles I believed that you had no idea of the political attitude of the
Ahmadis. Indeed the main reason why I wrote a reply was to show, especially to you,
how Muslim loyalty had originated and how eventually it had found a revelational basis
in Ahmadism. After the publication of my paper I discovered, to my great surprise, that
even the educated Muslims had no idea of the historical causes which had shaped the
teachings of Ahmadism. Moreover, your Muslim admirers in the Punjab and elsewhere
felt perturbed over your articles as they thought you were in sympathy with the
Ahmadiyya movement. This was mainly due to the fact that the Ahmadis were jubilant
over your articles. The Ahmadi Press was mainly responsible for this misunderstanding
about you. However I am glad to know that my impression was erroneous. I myself have
little interest in theology, but had to dabble in it a bit in order to meet the Ahmadis on
their own grounds. I assure you that my paper was written with the best intentions fro
Islam and India. I have no doubt in my mind that the Ahmadis are traitors both to
Islam and India.
I was extremely sorry to miss the opportunity of meeting you in Lahore. I was very ill in
those days and could not leave my rooms. For the last two years I have been living a life
practically of retirement on account of continued illness. Do let me know when you
come to the Punjab next. Did you receive my letter regarding your proposed Union for
Civil Liberties? As you do not acknowledge it in your letter I fear it never reached you.
Your Sincerely
Muhammad Iqbal
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Proof
The Iqbalities, in Pakistan have not published this letter in any collection of Iqbal’s letters
which speaks for itself about the Ahmadis effects.
This letter has been copied from a book “A BUNCH OF OLD LETTERS” published by
Asia Publishing House, Bombay, Calcutta, New Dehli and Madras.
Zindarood By Jawaid Iqbal S/O Sir Allama Mohammad Iqbal (p.554
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Islam has experienced different branches over the centuries - Shiahs, Sunnis, Sufism, etc. - one of these is also Ahmadism that very much resembles traditional Islam. The Ahmadists also believe that Allah is the only God and Muhammad is his prophet. The Ahmadists pray with their faces turned towards Mecca, give alms, make pilgrimages to Mecca, and fast during the month of Ramada.
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1. Firstly, traditional Islam believes that Jesus did not die on the cross but rose directly to Heaven, whereas Ahmadism teaches that Jesus was crucified but He only fainted on the cross. Later, when Jesus was freed from the cross, they believe that He went to India where He preached until his death at the age of 120.
2. The second difference is that traditional Islam believes that the Prophet Muhammad was the greatest of all prophets and the gift of prophecy came to an end in him but the perfect belief of the Ahmadists includes that they acknowledge Mirza Gulam as their Messiah leader. Gulam Ahmad is regarded as the promised Messiah in Ahmadism, who also fulfilled the signs of the second coming of Christ.
Whole article: http://www.jariiivanainen.net/Islam_and_Jesus7.html