Beliefs about Prophet Isa in Islam: A Critical Refutation of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s Claims in Light of the Qurʾān and Sunnah

Authors

  • Khalil Ahmad Graduate Researcher, Department of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia
  • Mohammed Farid Ali al-Fijawi Asst. Professor. Department of Fundamental and Inter-Disciplinary Studies, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia
  • Abdul Ganiy Muhammad Raji Abiodun Lecturer, Umar Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina State, Nigeria.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31436/alburhn.v1i1.87

Keywords:

Prophet Isa, Qurʾan, Sunnah, Tafsīr, Qadiyani

Abstract

Abstract: This paper looks into some of the claims made by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiyani against the Prophet Isa (AS). Mirza’s claims were not only discourteous to Isa (AS), but were also not in line with the fundamental beliefs propagated by Islam. The Qurʾān and Sunnah has emphasized Isa’s Prophethood, his reverence, his miracles, his ascending and his descending as the promised messiah. The mainstream Sunnī School namely the Ahl Sunnah wa al-Jamaʿah base their position on these deliberations. Early tafsīr works such as Ibn Jarir al-Tabari’s Tafsir al-Tabari, al-Nasafi’s Madārik al-Tanzīl wa Ḥaqāʾiq al-Taʾwīl, and major hadith sources are referred to in exposing the mainstream position of Islam and concomitantly refuting Mirza’s claims.

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Published

2017-12-31

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Ahmad, Khalil, Mohammed Farid Ali al-Fijawi, and Abdul Ganiy Muhammad Raji Abiodun. 2017. “Beliefs about Prophet Isa in Islam: A Critical Refutation of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s Claims in Light of the Qurʾān and Sunnah”. AL-BURHĀN: JOURNAL OF QURʾĀN AND SUNNAH STUDIES 1 (1). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.:1–19. https://doi.org/10.31436/alburhn.v1i1.87.

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