Intro
After becoming the Khalifa in 1914, Mirza Basheer-uddin Mahmud Ahmad faced the difficulty of explaining the true beliefs of MGA. One of the first few topics that he tackled was that of the nature of the prophethood of MGA. In this era, the Lahori-Ahmadi’s were totally denying the prophethood for MGA and only gave it a metaphorical color.
As soon as Khwaja Kamaluddin returned from England (November of 1914) he gave a speech which was turned into a book, “The Causes of Internal Dissensions in the Ahmadiyya Movement, By Khwaja Kamaluddin, 1914″. Khwaja Kamaluddin’s quotes “Tuhfatul-Muluk” (A Present to Kings) by the Khalifa, Mirza Basheer ud Din Mahmud Ahmad which seems to have been written in the summer of 1914. This book was published on Dec 24th, 1914, during the Qadiani Jalsa. It was the first ever book about the split in the Ahmadiyya Movement, in it, Khwaja Kamaluddin emphatically denied the prophethood of MGA and takfir against non-Ahmadi’s.
In January of 1915, the Khalifa wrote “Qaul al Fasl” and tried to explain the beliefs of MGA on 4 topics, the Khilafat, the nature of of MGA’s prophethood, Takfir for non-Ahmadi’s and the verse of the quran about Ismuhu Ahmad. However, the Khalifa erred in this book and said that books before 1902 were abrogated in terms of MGA’s beliefs on prophethood, Muhammad Ali pointed this out immediately. The Khalifa then wrote “Haqiqat un Nubuwwat”, “Reality of Prophethood” and had it published in March of 1915. Muhammad Ali responded with “Prophethood in Islam”, a huge book, which was published in December of 1915.
In this book, the Khalifa also claimed that if Allah calls anyone a prophet, they automatically become a prophet, which is ridiculous.
On July-26-2025, Bro Imtiaz explained (2:25:53) how Mirza Basheer ud Din Mahmud Ahmad wrote in 1915 via Haqiqat-un-nubuwwat (on alislam.org in the Anwar-ul-Uloom series, v. 2, book 10, p. 442), under a heading which reads “The real reason behind the conflict on Prophethood”, which was about the Lahori-Ahmadi’s. Mirza Basheer ud Din Mahmud Ahmad alleged that after MGA wrote the book ‘Tiryaq ul Qulub”, there was a change in his prophethood. This book was written in 1899 and published in 1902, only a few pages were written in 1902, 90%+ was written in 1899. The 2nd Qadiani-Ahmadi Khalifa also alleged that there was an article in the Urdu-ROR of June-1902 that abrogated MGA’s book, “Tiryaq ul Qulub”.
On Jul-26-2025, Bro Imtiaz explained (2:29:07) how the 2nd Qadiani-Ahmadi Khalifa argued that surely (factually) there was a change in belief (tabdili aqidah) in 1901 (See Haqiqat-un-nubuwwat, on alislam.org in the Anwar-ul-Uloom series, v. 2, book 10, p. 444).
At 2:31:16, Bro Imtiaz explained how Mirza Basheer ud din Mahmud Ahmad (the 2nd Qadiani-Ahmadi Khalifa) wrote that after “Tiryaq ul Qulub”, there was a tabdili aqidah (change in beliefs) and that all the references/denials to his prophethood by MGA before 1901 are abrogated (mansukh). The 2nd Qadiani-Ahmadi Khalifa alleges that MGA found a new definition of prophethood. After 1901, he invented a new definition of prophethood. Per the previous definition of prophethood (pre-1901), MGA could never be a prophet. The 2nd Qadiani-Ahmadi alleges that even though all the qualities of a prophet existed inside MGA, he refused to claim it.
At 2:39:50, Bro Imtiaz explains how Mirza Basheer ud din Mahmud Ahmad argued that MGA defined prophethood before 1900-1901 as containing 3 things:
1–bring a new law
2–or abrogate the previous law
3–or to receive prophethood directly
Mirza Basheer ud din Mahmud Ahmad then argued that MGA knew that these 3 things were not found in him, thus, he continued to rightfully absolutely deny prophethood.
At 2:40:47, Bro Imtiaz explains how the 2nd Qadiani-Ahmadi Khalifa, Mirza Basheer ud din Mahmud Ahmad wrote in “Haqiqatun Nubuwwat” (1915) that MGA abandoned (turked) his previous aqida (belief) in 1901. MGA’s previous belief was that he was not a prophet.
