Are ahmediyya-members reading other religions holy scriptures as holy?
Peace be on you.
1- Those Previous Book are Holy for record only, but they are not found in original form now. Things are mixed in them now. They were for specific times and people.
2- Only Holy Quran is read as Full Divine Book and tried to be practiced. Holy Quran uniquely claimed for all times and for all people.
Does other holy scriptures have a place in ahmadiyya? In that case - how do they relate to them?
Only for academic purpose; reference and support of Quranic truths.
Since every prophet of every religion is seen as a true prophet from Allah in ahmadiyya; are some using meditation (in a buddhistic sense) to get closer to Allah, f.example?
1- In Salaat [Islamic 5 daily Prayers] a believer feels he or she is offering Salaat for the sake of Allah only, one feels Allah is watching one or one is spiritually-watching Allah (viewing His attributes and Majesty), one prays with tongue and heart and body postures.........It is not meditation like Buddhist sense.
2- From Holy Quran, we believe that previous Prophets from Hazrat Adam to Hazrat Esa (Jesus) (peace be on all) appeared locally with teaching for their times only. We do not ask from Prophets.
3- The essences of their teaching has been included in Holy Quran thus by practicing Holy Quran one is actually following the teaching of all Prophets.
The Holy Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (The Promised Messiah Mahdi ) wrote:
""..... One of the principles upon which I have been established is the following: God has informed me that of the religions which have spread and are firmly established in the world through Prophets, holding sway over a part of the world and achieving survival and long life, none was false in its origin. Nor was any of those Prophets false, because it is the eternal practice of God that a false prophet who lies against God—who is not from God, but dares to forge things from himself—never prospers. God destroys such an audacious person who says that He is from God while God knows full well that he is not from Him. All his machinations are shattered, all of his followers are disbanded, and his future is worse than his past because he told a lie against God and brazenly maligned God. God does not give him the honour that is given to the righteous, and neither does He grant him the acceptance and stability, which is reserved for the true prophets.
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The followers of the latter turned to creature-worship by taking some similes or parables literally. The fact is that those prophets did not teach such a religion. It is not the fault of those prophets, as they brought a wholesome and pure teaching; rather, the ignorant followers assigned perverted meaning to their statements. Such ignorant people did not claim that God’s word descended on them or that they were prophets. Rather, they misunderstood and misinterpreted the prophetic word.
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....this principle lays down the foundation of love, peace and harmony, and supports moral values, in that we consider all those prophets true who appeared in the world—whether in India, or Persia or China or any other country. God instilled their respect and grandeur in the hearts of millions and made firm the roots of their religion, which remained established for centuries. This is the principle that the Quran teaches us. In light of this principle, we honour all religious founders who fall under this description whether they are the founders of the religion of the Hindus, or the religion of the Persians, or the religion of the Chinese, or the religion of the Jews or the religion of the Christians....""
Source:
https://www.alislam.org/library/books/Gift-for-Queen.pdf
""I admonish the members of my Community that they should have true faith in the credo that:
لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله
There is no one worthy of worship except Allah
and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
and that they should die in this faith. They should believe in all Prophets and all books, the truth of which is affirmed by the Holy Qur’an. They should observe the fast and perform the Salat and pay the Zakat and perform the pilgrimage and carry out all that God Almighty and His Messenger have prescribed and should abstain from all that they have forbidden and thus conform in every respect to Islamic commandments...""
Source:
https://www.alislam.org/books/Essence-1.pdf
FURTHER READING
Salat Guide
Part I and Part II @
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Al Islam -Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge and Truth
Good wishes.
