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1891 – The Types of Faith
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani (as)
Promised Messiah (as) and Imam Mahdi
There is another incident that is recorded in my notebook as well. This incident also took place in Jalandhar. A member of our community, our brother, Munshi Muhammad Arura Sahib inquired:
“Your holiness, how many types of faith are there?”
The Promised Messiah(as) gave an immensely beautiful and subtle response:
“There are two kinds of faith—rudimentary and refined. Rudimentary faith is to remain firm in practising the fundamental principles of religion without any deep insight (din-ul-aja’iz) and refined faith is to follow me.”[1]
[1] Taken from a speech by Hazrat Maulana Abdul-Karim Sahib(ra) delivered on 29 December 1897. Refer to report on the Jalsa Salana of 1897, pp. 106-107.
(Malfuzat, Vol. 1, p. 1)