FOOTNOTES
1
Hazrat: an Arabic word, employed among speakers of Urdu and
Persian as an honorific title for a Muslim dignitary or holy
man.
2
Sahib: an Arabic word meaning literally 'friend' or
'companion' used in Urdu as a polite form of address like
'Sir,' 'Mr.,' or 'Esquire.'
3
This is a reference to the spiritual experiences such as his
true visions and revelations from Allah which the Founder
had cited in favour of the excellence of Islam as the only
religion now which can take man to Allah.
4 The
Rabwah Jamaat's most recent position was explained by their
late Khalifa, Mirza Nasir Ahmad, during his visit to Europe
in 1981, to be that they consider as Muslims even those
Muslims who call them kafir!
5 Of the
books by Maulana Muhammad Ali, see the English Translation
with Commentary of the Holy Our'an, footnote 2000, under
33:50; Muhammad the Prophet, chapter 'The Prophet's
Marriages;' and Living Thoughts of the Prophet Muhammad, pp.
25-30.
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