| rdfs:comment | - Mīrzā Ghulām Aḥmad (Urdu: مرزا غلام احمد; February 13, 1835? - May 26, 1908 CE, or Shawal 14, 1250 - Rabi' al-thani 24, 1326 AH) was a religious figure from India and founder of the Ahmadiyya movement within Islam. He claimed to be the Mujaddid (divine reformer) of the 14th Islamic century, the Promised Messiah (“Second Coming of Christ”), and the Mahdi awaited by the Muslims in the latter-days. He declared that Jesus (Isa) had in fact survived the crucifixion and later died a natural death, after having migrated towards Kashmir and that he had appeared in the spirit and power of Jesus.
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| abstract | - Mīrzā Ghulām Aḥmad (Urdu: مرزا غلام احمد; February 13, 1835? - May 26, 1908 CE, or Shawal 14, 1250 - Rabi' al-thani 24, 1326 AH) was a religious figure from India and founder of the Ahmadiyya movement within Islam. He claimed to be the Mujaddid (divine reformer) of the 14th Islamic century, the Promised Messiah (“Second Coming of Christ”), and the Mahdi awaited by the Muslims in the latter-days. He declared that Jesus (Isa) had in fact survived the crucifixion and later died a natural death, after having migrated towards Kashmir and that he had appeared in the spirit and power of Jesus. He traveled extensively across the subcontinent of India preaching his new religious ideas and ideals and won a sizable following during his own lifetime. He is known to have engaged in numerous debates and dialogues with the Muslim, Christian and Hindu priesthood and leadership. Ghulam Ahmad founded the Ahmadiyya movement on 23 , March 1889. The mission of the movement, according to him, was the propagation of Islam in its pristine form. Ghulam Ahmad authored around 80 books on various religious, spiritual and theological issues. Many of his works bear a polemic and apologetic tone. He promoted the peaceful propagation of Islam and emphatically argued against the necessity of Jihad in its form of physical fighting in the present age.
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