'Khalifatullah': Reframing Ahmadiyya Doctrines

The Ahmadiyya community, founded by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) of Qadian in the last century in India, is one of the most dynamic missionary Islamic movements in the world today. Despite persecutions in Pakistan and some other Muslim-majority states, the community has continued to prosper around the world with its peaceful propagation of Islam. While the community has long been accused of holding heretical beliefs by other Muslim groups, the Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya has always defended...
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The Ahmadiyya community, founded by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) of Qadian in the last century in India, is one of the most dynamic missionary Islamic movements in the world today. Despite persecutions in Pakistan and some other Muslim-majority states, the community has continued to prosper around the world with its peaceful propagation of Islam. While the community has long been accused of holding heretical beliefs by other Muslim groups, the Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya has always defended the idea of Divinely-revealed guidance descending on God's chosen servants in every era of Islam. As the community enter into its second century, Hadhrat Imam Muhyi-ud-Din Al Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim of Mauritius, who is a recipient of Divine inspirations and spiritual titles as understood within Ahmadiyya Islam, announced that he has a Divinely-inspired mission in the world, especially to reform the Ahmadi Muslims. On the other hand, the supreme head of the Ahmadiyya community, the Khalifatul Massih, claims infallible authority on all spiritual matters within, and hence the contemporary Ahmadiyya establishment rejects the claims of Divine revelations as a looming threat to the institutional order of the community. Most people today are ignorant of the doctrinal perceptions and interpretative understandings that gave birth to, and continue to sustain the pious facade of Ahmadiyya Khilafat and how the system incrementally and inexorably corroded the very idea of Divinely-revealed guidance. In the present Book, Hazrat Mukarram Fazil Jamal, a disciple of the Holy Imam, compiles and introduces 15 Sermons made by Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Saheb (atba) over the last 15 years. These spiritual discourses critically examine the mythical beliefs within the community on 'Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya' and provides a fascinating glimpse into the rich, inner world of 'Islamic Khilafat' or the pious belief among devout Muslims on the advent of Divinely-imbued souls in every era of Islam to guide the ordinary believers on the practical ordinances of the Shari'ah, the High Path of God.