Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was the founder of the Ahmadiyya religious movement. One aspect upon which he based the validity of his claims was on the fulfillment of prophecies made by him. ^{[citation needed]} Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (مرزا غلام احمد) (February 13, 1835; May 26, 1908), a religious Islamic figure from Qadian, India, and the founder of the Ahmadiyya religious movement. ... Ahmadi Muslims are followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. ...

Prophecies

A selection of prophecies that his followers claim were fulfilled:

The World War of 1914 and downfall of the Russian Czar

Followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claim that he predicted the onset of the first world war and the downfall of the Russian Czar in the following prophecy:

Pandit Lekh Ram's assassination

Pandit Lekh Ram, a secretary of the Arya Samaj, was a contemporary of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. Because of his derogatory characterizations of Muhammad(P.B.U.H)^[3] he was in constant conflict with Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. Arya Samaj (Aryan Society or Society of Nobles) is a Hindu reform movement in India that was founded by Swami Dayananda in 1875. ...

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed to have received multiple prophecies^[4][5] regarding his death:

Followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad believe that this prophecy was fulfilled on March 6, 1897, when Pandit Lekh Ram was brutally murdered with a dagger by a stranger. It is said that although his wife was at home, downstairs, at the time of the murder, she saw no one entering or leaving the house. ^[8] is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

The great earthquake of Kangra

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad also claimed to have predicted the great earthquake of Karanga^[9] which devastated the valley of Karanga in 1905.

In 1885 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed to have received the following revelation:

And in December 1903 he published another revelation in Al-Hakam, December 24, 1903,^[11] warning of an impending earthquake. This was followed by another claiming that the earthquake will affect Punjab.^[12] is the 358th day of the year (359th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

On June 8, 1904 the warning was repeated: is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ...

On April 3, 1905, a day before the earthquake Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed to have received a revelation informing him that the hour of destruction that he had been imformed about had arrived.^[14] is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ...

Criticism

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad wrote in his books: To Judge my truthfulness or lies, there is no better test than my prophecies.^[15] His critics claim many instances on which the prophecies were not fulfilled.^[16] This article refers to the topic of prophecy as the purported telling of future events or supernatural revelations. ...

Prophecies and Mubahala concerning Mr. Abdullah Khan Atham

He repeatedly prophesied a miserable death for Abdullah Khan Atham, a Christian, in a debate, which Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's critics claim did not come to pass.^[17] For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ...

Ahmadiyya view

Ahmadiyya Muslims answer the critics by claiming that the original prophecy which was published in the book Jang e Muqaddas did not prophesy his death but his being put into the "haavia", which means hell or great torment. They aruge that Atham was in constant fear and backed out of his Anti-Islam stance for the 15 months of the prophecy. Ahmadiyya Muslims say that only after much jubilation was shown by the opponents of Ahmad upon Atham being alive once the time limit of the original prophecy expired, did Mirza Ghulam Ahmad prophecise of Atham's death (conditional upon Atham not publicly repenting). They point out that Abdullah Atham eventually died on July 27, 1896 after Mirza Ghluam Ahmad had made the prophecy of his death on September 30, 1895,^[18] is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Prophecies regarding marriage to Mohammadi Begum

See also: Prophecies of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad about Mohammadi Begum Mohammadi Begum (or Muhammadi Begum) (death 1966), was the daughter of Mirza Ahmad Baig, a cousin of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (the founder of the Ahmadiyya), for whom Mirza Ghulam Ahmad had sent a marriage proposal as part of his prophecy. ...

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's critics claim that his repeated assertions that his marriage to Mohammadi Begum was ordained by God were never fulfilled. He said: Mohammadi Begum (or Muhammadi Begum) (death 1966), was the daughter of Mirza Ahmad Baig, a cousin of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (the founder of the Ahmadiyya), for whom Mirza Ghulam Ahmad had sent a marriage proposal as part of his prophecy. ...

and,

he also said:

However, Muhammadi Begum married an orthodox Muslim, Mirza Sultan Ahmad. They lived together for forty years after Ghulam Ahmad's death in 1908. Mirza Sultan Ahmad finally died in 1948 and Muhammadi Begum died in 1966, decades after Ghulam Ahmad's prophecies.

Ahmadiyya view

However, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s followers contend that the Prophecy was in parts and conditional upon the status quo of certain circumstances and hence did not require absolute fulfillment.

Mirza Ghluam Ahmad’s followers claim that the background of the prophecy was related to the secanrio wherein the family of Muhamamdi Begum had begun to turn away from Islam and under influence of Hindu customs had begun to regard marriage among blood cousins as foul. Morevoer they had also begun to abuse and denoune Muhammad, particularly his marriage to Zainab (daughter of Muhammad’s aunt). Even a book to this effect was distributed widely by these poople, about which Mirza Ghulam Ahmad wrote:^[22]

"When the scurrilous book came to my hands I read therein such a grossly abusive language against the Most High God and His Holy Prophet as would lacerate the hearts of the believers and rip open and rend the Muslims' minds. The profane words, it appeared to me, would tear asunder the very heavens. So I shut myself in a room and prostrated before the Great God of the heavens and the earth and prayed most humbly: O my Lord, O my Lord, help Your servant and disgrace Your enemy."

(A'inah Kamalat Islam, page 569)

It is claimed his prayer was answered and God revealed to him^[22]

"We have seen their wickedness and transgression, because of which a grievous punishment shall come upon their heads. Their women, We shall make them widows, and orphan their children. Their places of residence We shall destroy and demolish, so that they may bear the fruit of their deeds. But We shall not strike them with a single blow, but slowly that they may turn to the truth and become repentant."

(ibid., page 569-570)

Similarly the prophecy was further elaborated as:

"I am making not one, but six predictions: (1) I will be alive at the time of the wedding of Muhammadi Begum (2) Mirza Baig will also be alive at the time of the wedding of his daughter (3) Mirza Baig will die within three years of the date of the wedding (4) The Groom will also die within two and half years of the date of the wedding (5) Muhammadi Begum will remain alive until she becomes my wife (6) Despite disagreement of all her relatives, she will finally marry me."^[19][20][21]

Ahmadi Muslims claim that the prophecy read in totality shows that it was in parts and with the aim to bring the family of Muhamadi Begum to “turn to the truth and become repentant” (A'inah Kamalat Islam, page 569),^[22] and hence was conditional upon them not repenting. In fact Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was personally averse to the idea of this marriage as he wrote in a letter dated 20 June 1886, “Come what may, I am determined to keep away from and avoid this marriage until I am forced unto it by an express command of the Most High God."^[23] His followers point out that after Muhammadi Begum’s marriage parts 1-3 of the prophecy were fulflled as predicted, culminating in the death of Muhammadi Begum’s father within 6 months of her marriage. It is claimed that after fulfillment of the 3 parts, the stated conditions changed, i.e., the remaining family of Muhammadi Begum repented from turning away from Islam and hence the remaining parts of the prohecy did not to pass.^[22] In the word of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad: is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

"I have in earlier announcements mentioned some of the letters which reached me from these people [relatives of Muhammadi Begum], expressing repentance, fear and turning to truth. If this principle is not true according to the Quran and the Bible that the period specified in a prophecy of threatened punishment can be delayed, then the objection of every critic is right and justified. But if from the Quran and the Bible it is repeatedly proved that the time of punishment can be postponed if repentance and fear is shown then it is the height of dishonesty for anyone calling himself a Muslim or a Christian to object to this which is proved from the Holy Quran and earlier scriptures. ...

"The matter can be easily decided. Persuade Sultan Muhammad to publish an announcement charging me with falsehood. Then if he should survive whatever term is appointed by God the Most High, I may be condemned as a liar. ... It is essential that the threatened death be withheld from him until that time comes which makes him bold and audacious. If you want to make it come quickly, then go and embolden him and make him a denier and bring an announcement from him, and then see the spectacle of Divine power."

(Anjam Atham, page 29 and 32)^[22]

He also wrote

"As to the affair of Ahmad Beg's son-in-law, I have written many times that that prophecy consisted of two branches. One was about the death of Ahmad Beg, the other was about the death of his son-in-law, and the prophecy was conditional. Therefore Ahmad Beg, because of not fulfilling the condition, died within the term, and his son-in-law, and likewise his relatives, benefited from the condition by fulfilling it. It was a natural consequence that the death of Ahmad Beg strike their hearts with terror because both of them were included in the prophecy ... So the death of Ahmad Beg cast such fear upon the other named man and his relatives that they became like dead with fear. The result was that the head of the family, who was the main instigator in this affair [of getting Muhammadi Begum married to Sultan Muhammad], took the Pledge to join my movement."

(Haqiqat-ul-Wahy, pages 132-134)^[22] The husband of Muhamadi Begum himself wrote in 1921, some years after Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s death.

"My father-in-law, Mirza Ahmad Beg, in fact died precisely in accordance with the prophecy. But God the Most High is also the most merciful. He listens to other men also, and showers His mercy on them. ... I state upon my conscience that the prophecy relating to the marriage has not left any doubt whatsoever in my mind. As for the bai`at [i.e. taking the Pledge to join the Movement], I declare upon solemn oath that the trust and faith which I repose in Hazrat Mirza sahib is, I think, not possessed even by you who have entered the bai`at."

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Prophecies regarding the birth of sons to his wife

He made multiple prophecies regarding birth of sons to his wife. These, his critics claimed, were not fulfilled.^[24]

Ahmadiyya view

The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement believe that the prophecies related to the "promised son" are allegorical in nature,^[25] while the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community believe that the prophecy was fulfilled in the person of Mian Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad. The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement, Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam (not to be confused with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association), formed as a result of an ideological differences[1] between the Ahmadiyya Community (also known among some Muslim groups as Qadianism), after the demise Maulawi Nur ud-Din in 1914, the first... The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Arabic: الجماعة الأحمدية; transliterated: ) is one of two communities arising from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat founded in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (1835-1908). ...

Prophecies concerning the plague and Qadian

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad predicted that the plague that became rampant in Punjab will not enter Qadian, the dwelling place of Muhammad. However his critics point out that not only did the plague spread to Qadian, it also took the life of several people in his own house. He said: The bubonic plague or bubonic fever is the best-known variant of the deadly infectious disease caused by the enterobacteria Yersinia pestis. ... Punjab was a province of British India. ... , Qadian( ਕਾਦਿਆਂ ) is a small town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur, north-east of Amritsar, situated 18 km east of Batala city in the state of Punjab, India. ...

Ahmadiyya view

Followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad do not however agree with this view. They maintain that only the true believers in Mirza Ghulam Ahmad were promised protection from the plague according to the prophecy, which they say was the case.^[27] It is also pointed out that though Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and some of his followers were infected, none died, thus completing the protection.

Sources and references

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See also

• Islam

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