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Mirza Ghulam Ahmad mentioned Shaikh ‘Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani in 1883-1884 in “Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya V-4 (see page 426) as he purposely masked his claim of prophethood as Wahy-e-i‘lam (see page 428). He quoted him again over the years, most of the English quotes are posted in the below. Furthermore, it should be noted that Imam Abdul Qadir Jilaani mentioned Eesa Ibn Maryam عليه السلام was raised up to the sky physically. Further, Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani believed that raising the dead physically is possible as a miracle, that it was one of ’Isa’s ﷺ miracles. Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani also stated that Allah ﷻ discloses to the Awliya’ (not just Prophets and Messengers) the knowledge of the unseen and every great news (see the scans in the below).
In 1893, via “Tohfa-Baghdad” (see page 51 of the online English edition)(originally an Arabic only book)(page 22 of the Arabic only edition, see the scan work), MGA called Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani as his “Master” and quoted in agreement his “Futuh al-Ghaib” [Revelations of the Unseen] and argued that:
“”Verily, Allah speaks to His Auliya’ in the most eloquent and delightful manner, reveals unto them secrets, and informs them of future events. He bestows upon them the knowledge of Prophets, their light, their insight, and their miracles, but as a heritage and not as the owner. Allah gives his Auliya control of the Earth and heavens and the entire kingdom of God”””.
However, the Qadiani-Ahmadi’s purposely mistranslated it to mean “Allah makes awliya as representatives in the earth and the heavens and in the entire kingdom of God” (see page 51 of the online English edition).
In May of 1908, while in Lahore, MGA alleged that almost 200 ulema of his time issued a fatwa [religious verdict] of apostasy against Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani, may Allah have mercy upon him. Ibn Jawzi, who was a scholar of Hadith of his time, wrote a book and titled it Talbis Iblis, and used much bitter and unseemly words against him. (See Al-Hakam, vol. 12, no. 33, p. 1–7, dated 14 May 1908, via Malfuzat-10, page 373).
After MGA died, in the BA-5, MGA reported to have gotten an altered version of the famous Quranic phraseology “Kun Fa Ya Kun” and alleged that Shaikh ‘Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani had also gotten the same revelation.
In June of 2025, Maulvi Razi discussed Shaikh ‘Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani on the True Islam Uk Urdu stream vs. Bro Imtiaz. —At 2:10:33, Maulvi Razi starts to speak and accuses Bro Imtiaz of not answering the question. Maulvi Razi admitted that MGA called himself “Khatam un Nabiyeen” (naozobillah), via Buruz in “Eik Ghalti Ka Izala” (1901)(see page 12). Maulvi Razi then challenges Bro Imtiaz to put a fatwa on anyone who calls himself the “Khatam un Nabiyeen” (naozobillah), via Buruz. Maulvi Razi argues that MGA didn’t mean in reality (haqiqat), thus, only metaphoric. Maulvi Razi argues that many Islamic scholars have claimed the same in the past. Maulvi Razi then accuses of Shah Wali Ullah of claiming to be “Khatam un Nabiyeen” (naozobillah), via Buruz. Maulvi Razi then accuses Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani of the same crime. Maulvi Razi then quotes “Tafheemat Ilaheyyah” by Shah Wali Ullah, (In a recent livestream (2024), Maulvi Razi argued that Shah Wali Ullah had called himself the Khatam-un-Nabiyeen. However, Adnan Rashid disproved it quickly, this was a from a book called “Anfas-ul-Arifeen”, Razi was reading the Urdu translation, not the original Persian) and alleges that MGA did the same. Maulvi Razi then calls Bro Imtiaz a liar and says that he accused MGA of called “Nuzul-e-Maseeh” (as) a secret (raaz). Maulvi Razi alleges that MGA wrote in almost every single book that it is the ijma of the sahaba that Eisa (as) died, and this was also the belief of Muhammad (Saw)(this is a lie). Maulvi Razi then accused Bro Imtiaz of not knowing Arabic. Maulvi Razi alleged that Hadi Ali Chaudhary quoted Muhammad (Saw) and it was called a mistranslation or a misrepresentation or a lie. However, Maulvi Razi is purposely misunderstanding with Bro Imtiaz said, which was that Hadi Ali Chaudhary misrepresented Muhammad (Saw), this was in terms of the sahaba being alive when Eisa (As) returns. Maulvi Razi then says that in terms of 3:81 of the Quran (3:82 in the Qadiani Quran), Ahmadi’s also believe that this is about Muhammad (Saw). Maulvi Razi then accused Bro Imtiaz of saying that if anyone says that 3:81 of the Quran (3:82 in the Qadiani Quran) is not about Muhammad (Saw) then they are the friend of Satan. Bro Imtiaz immediately waved his finger NO. Maulvi Razi quoted Maulvi Abdul Karim Sialkoti from 1902 and made some unintelligible argument.
On June-27-2025, on a True Islam UK livestream (3:56:10 time stamp), Adnan Rashid explained how Ahmadi’s twist Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani in terms of “wujood”, this is not what MGA was arguing, MGA argued that he had become Muhammad (saw)(naozobillah). Furthermore, Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani never claimed to be the second coming of Muhammad (Saw) and MGA did, which takes MGA out of Islam, it is Kufr of the greatest level (akber).

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