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wail and woe and continue so until the Mercy of God
encompasses the evil-doers and their evil. Truly did the
Holy Prophet say, “A time will come when Hell will be
emptied of all sinners.” (Tafsīr-ul-Ma‘ālam-ut-Tanzīl)
12. Similarly we believe that those who believe in God, and
the prophets, the angels and the Books, who accept the
guidance which comes from God, and walk in humility
and abjure excesses of all kinds, will all go to a place
called Heaven. Peace and pleasure will reign here and
God will be present to all. Low desires will disappear.
Men will have attained everlasting life and become an
image of their Creator.
It is important to note here that Farhan Khan presents the
‘Aqīdah at-Tahawī in his book to discredit the Ahmadiyya
Muslim belief in the continuation of prophethood. However,
there is no denying that this ‘Aqīdah also supports the belief in a
latter day prophet, that is, the coming of Hazrat ‘Īsā as based on
the statements of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa :
100. We believe in the signs of the Hour such as the
appearance of the Antichrist (Dajjal) and the descent of
‘Isa ibn Maryam, peace be upon him, from heaven, and
we believe in the rising of the sun from where it sets
and in the emergence of the Beast from the earth. 349
Since this was a prophecy for the writers of the ‘Aqīdah, they just
wrote it as-is and did not comment on how this prophecy was
to be fulfilled. It is in this age that this prophecy has been
fulfilled in the person of Hazrat Mirzā Ghulām Ahmad as , the
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