Intro
Even in 2025, Ahmadi’s believe that Hell is like a hospital, like a mother with an infant (See Mirza Tahir Ahmad in 1986). However, it seems that MGA never said this and this was stolen from the Jews by Mirza Tahir Ahmad.
In 1896, via “Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam”, MGA and his team quoted 4:10 of the Quran (4:11 in the Kadiani Koran) and alleged that in Islam the description of the punishment for those who steal property is a blazing fire. MGA argues that this punishment teaches its adherents to be morally upright and listed this scenario as 1 out of 5 ways to maintain chastity in humans (See page 51). MGA also explains how a person can withhold their property from an orphan or a minor who hasn’t came into his senses and etc. However, a few pages later, in terms of 76:4 of the Quran (See ibn Kathir)(76:5 in the Kadiani Koran), MGA alleged that the “blazing fire” (wa sagheera) only means that for those who reject the truth and have no inclination towards accepting it, not an actual fire (See page 120, “Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam”). Ahmadi’s also allege that via 101:09 (101:10 in the Kadiani Koran), means that Hell is like a mother (fa-ummohoo) with her infant, and have mistranslated the verse accordingly. However, per Ibn Kathir, the verse can be translated as Hell is your mother (His mother will be Hawiyah.) It has been said that this means he will be falling and tumbling headfirst into the fire of Hell, and the expression `his mother’ has been used to refer to his brain (as it is the mother of his head). A statement similar to this has been reported from Ibn `Abbas, `Ikrimah, Abu Salih and Qatadah. Qatadah said, “He will fall into the Hellfire on his head.” Abu Salih made a similar statement when he said, “They will fall into the Fire on their heads.” It has also been said that it means his mother that he will return to and end up with in the Hereafter will be Hawiyah, which is one of the names of the Hellfire. Ibn Jarir said, “Al-Hawiyah is only called his mother because he will have no other abode except for it.” Ibn Zayd said, “Al-Hawiyah is the Fire, and it will be his mother and his abode to which he will return, and where he will be settled.”
In 1907 (March), MGA and his team of writers alleged that Hell is not forever. This belief is completely wrong and is wholly opposed to the Holy Quran and the Hadith. It is proven from
the Holy Quran that after passing through a period of punishment in Hell, man will gradually be saved from the torment of Hell (See Malfuzat-9, online English edition, pages 201-204,
Badr, vol. 6, no. 13, p. 4, dated 28 March 1907).
In 1917, via Maulvi Muhammad Ali’s famous commentary, via 101:09 (101:10 in the Kadiani Koran), Maulvi Muhammad Ali translated “Fa-umahoo” as “abyss”. However, in the commentary, Maulvi Muhammad Ali alleges that it also means “mother”.
In 1986, Mirza Tahir Ahmad said that Hell is like a hospital and they are all like punishment. Smells of medicine, sounds, and this will spiritually reform people.
In 1988, via the 5-volume commentary of the Quran by Malik Ghulam Farid, the verse signifies that the connection of the sinful people with Hell will be like that of a baby with its mother. Just as the embryo goes through various stages of development in the womb till it is born as a full-fledged human being, so will the guilty people pass through different stages of spiritual torture, till their souls are completely cleansed of the taint of sin and they will thus receive a new birth. Thus the punishments of Hell are intended to make the wicked repent of their sins and so reform themselves. According to Islamic concept Hell is a penitentiary.
—the sinful people with Hell will be like that of a baby with its mother.
—the guilty people pass through different stages of spiritual torture.
—till their souls are completely cleansed of the taint of sin and they will thus receive a new birth.
–Thus the punishments of Hell are intended to make the wicked repent of their sins and so reform themselves.
—Hell is a penitentiary.
When I was growing in the 90’s in the Bay Area, my father (Khadim Shah) would always tell people that he believed that Hell was like a hospital (See the Quran 101:09, 101:10 in the Kadiani Koran) and thus all the physical descriptions of punishment in the Quran were only metaphoric, starting with the fire (See Haqaiq-ul-Furqan, Vol. IV, p. 446 and this article, published in 1991, backdated to 1914).
In 2024, Maulvi Mahmood Kausar talks about Hell is like a hospital on a podcast (14:04 time stamp).
In 2025 (Jan), during a Friday sermon, Mirza Masroor Ahmad told Ahmadi’s to stop stealing land from each other and committing other financial crimes (like land grabbing) against each other. Mirza Masroor Ahmad was so mad that he alleged that Muhammad (saw) once thus described a big sin: If a person usurps even a hand span of land from his brother, the entire land underneath even a small pebble of the land usurped will be placed as a millstone around his neck on the Day of Judgement (See Sahih al-Bukhari 2453 and Sahih Muslim 1612a). It is indeed a grave cause for concern when owing to egotistical and personal interest people usurp others in court cases. This is something we need to reflect on.
In Dec-2025, Ahmadiyya employees, Humayon Jahangeerkhan, with Mansoor Clarke and Rabeeb Mirza (works at MTA, translation center) discussed the Ahmadiyya concept of Hell and gave many contradictory arguments.
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