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Barahin-E-Ahmadiyya Teil I & II BARĀHĪN-E AḤMADIYYA Teil I & II Argumente zur Unterstützung des Heiligen Ursprungs des Heiligen Qur‘an und des Propheten- tums des Heiligen Propheten MuhammadSAW Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam AhmadAS Der Verheißene Messias und Imam Mahdi des Islam sowie Begründer der Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Herausgegeben unter der direkten Aufsicht von Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad Khalifatul Masih VABA (Fünfter Nachfolger des Verheißenen MessiasAS des Islam) BARĀHĪN-E AḤMADIYYA – TEIL I & II Argumente zur Unterstützung des Heiligen Ursprungs des Heiligen Qur‘an und des Prophetentums des Heiligen Propheten MuhammadSAW von Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam AhmadAS Das Original erschien unter dem Titel: ن ( ب� ہ ی ِرا� یاح� ح ّاول / دوم) (Barāhīn-e aḥmadiyya) © Islam International Publications Ltd. Erste Aufage der deutschen Übersetzung 2019 Aus dem Urdu von Rehana Akhtar (Teil I) sowie Intisar Ahmad Tanveer und Mubarak Ahmad Tanveer (Teil II) Unter der direkten Aufsicht von Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih VABA (Fünfter Nachfolger des Verheißenen MessiasAS des Islam) Dieses Werk einschließlich aller seiner Teile ist urheberrechtlich geschützt. Jede Verwertung außerhalb der engen Grenzen des Urheberrechts ist ohne Zustimmung des Verlags unzulässig und strafbar. Dies gilt insbesondere für Vervielfältigungen, Übersetzungen, Mikroverfilmungen und die Einspeicherung und Verarbeitung in elektronischen Systemen, des Nachdrucks in Zeitschriften oder Zeitungen, des öffentlichen Vortrags, der Verfilmung oder Dramatisierung, der Übertragung durch Rundfunk, Fernsehen oder Video, auch einzelner Text- oder Bildteile. © Genfer Straße 11 D - 60437 Frankfurt am Main Mehr Informationen unter www.verlagderislam.de ISBN 978-3-939797-85-2 PRINTED IN GERMANY Inhalt Vorwort 10 Einführung 14 BARĀHĪN-E AḤMADIYYA – TEIL I 25 Titelseite der Erstausgabe 26 Übersetzung des Faksimiles 27 Ankündigung 29 Ein dringender Appell seitens des Verfassers 33 BARĀHĪN-E AḤMADIYYA – TEIL II 89 Titelseite der Erstausgabe 90 Übersetzung des Faksimiles 91 Eine voreilige Erwiderung der Kritiker von Barāhīn-e aḥmadiyya 93 Eine wichtige Ankündigung 97 Eine wichtige und unvermeidliche Bitte 98 Vorwort 115 Stichwortverzeichnis 198 Anmerkungen des Herausgebers 206 Zum Autor 212 9 VORWORT VORWORT ْ ّٰ َّ ْ ٰ َّ ْ 1 بِس ِم الل ِه الرحم ِن الر ِحی ِم Die welthistorische Bedeutsamkeit dieses Buches, dessen erster und zweiter Teil hier in deutscher Übersetzung zum ersten Mal vorliegen, ist nicht hoch genug einzuschätzen. Es handelt sich nämlich um nichts Geringeres als die erste gro- ße Monografie des Propheten unserer Ära, des Verheißenen Messias des Islam, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam AhmadAS, der als Prophet der Endzeit von Gott gesandt wurde, um den Weg zu Ihm, den Pfad wahrer Erlösung im Diesseits und Jenseits, der Menschheit erneut klar und deutlich kundzutun. Muslime glauben, dass der Islam die letzte von Gott über- mittelte Religion an die Menschheit ist. Sie glauben an ihn als die letzte, vollkommene Lehre, die in ihrer Reinform den Menschen zum Frieden führt – zum Frieden mit Gott und zum Frieden innerhalb der Gesellschaft. Der Islam gründet auf absolute Rationalität. Als göttliche Lehre steht sie im per- fekten Einklang mit Gottes Naturgesetzen, den Gesetzen, die im Zuge der Modernisierung und Säkularisierung der Welt herangezogen werden, um eine scheinbare Widersprüchlich- keit zwischen den Wahrheitsansprüchen der Naturgesetze und den Doktrinen der Religionen zu begründen. Dieser im Zuge der Verweltlichung der Welt eingesetzten Abkehr von Religion und Spiritualität über die Berufung auf eine schein- bare Widerlegung der Religion durch die modernen Natur- wissenschaften wird mit diesem hier vorliegenden Meister- werk des von Gott berufenen Propheten Einhalt geboten. Denn nichts anderes strebt der Verfasser an, als mit rationaler 1 Im Namen Allahs, des Gnädigen, des Barmherzigen. 11 VORWORT Argumentation zu beweisen, dass der Islam wahrhaftig ist; zu beweisen, dass der Heilige Prophet MuhammadSAW und der Heilige Qur‘an himmlischen Ursprungs sind. Dies kann jedoch nur bewiesen werden, wenn deutlich gemacht wird, dass Offenbarungen von Gott faktische Tatsachen darstellen, dass Offenbarungen von Gott Wahrheitsansprüche darstel- len, die höheren Ranges sind als alle Erkenntnisse, die wir über die „Vernunft“ erzielen können. Gezeigt wird dies, in- dem über eine Kritik der reinen Vernunft deutlich gemacht, wie sehr ebenjene abhängig ist von Sekundanten, von der Er- fahrung in etwa oder aber von der Offenbarung Gottes, wenn es denn darum geht, absolute Aussagen zu treffen über meta- physische Sachverhalte. Kurzum, in diesem Buch wird das Verhältnis zwischen Vernunft und Offenbarung neu ausgerichtet, wird aufgezeigt, dass die Abkehr von der Offenbarung Gottes uns Modernen in die Dunkelheit geführt hat – der wir nur entrinnen kön- nen, wenn wir uns über die Wahrhaftigkeit des Islam, also des Heiligen Propheten MuhammadSAW und des Heiligen Qur‘an, bewusst werden. Sodann legt der Verfasser, neben einer vorangestellten systematischen Begründung des Wahr- heitsgehalts von Offenbarungen, in diesem fünfteiligen Werk hunderte von Argumenten vor, die der vernunftgläubigen Moderne klarmachen sollen, dass wahre Aussagen über me- taphysische Sachverhalte nicht nur möglich sind, sondern fundamental sind für die Erlangung von Gotteserkenntnis – einer Erkenntnis, die allein den Menschen Erlösung schenkt im Diesseits und Jenseits. 12 VORWORT Für die Veröffentlichung dieses epochalen Werkes der Reli- gion ist einigen Personen Dank auszusprechen. Zuvorderst Frau Rehana Akhtar für die Übersetzung des ersten Teils des Buches. Für die Übersetzung des zweiten Teils zeichnen sich Intisar Ahmad Tanveer und meine Wenigkeit verantwortlich. Darüber hinaus gebührt Dank Nabeel Ahmad Shad, Hasa- nat Ahmad und Safeer-ur-Rahman Nasir für Überprüfung, Transliteration und das Einfügen fremdsprachiger Textinhal- te. Ebenso ist zu danken Tariq Hübsch für Lektorat, Satz und Layout, Bruder Isa Musa und Abdus Salam für das Schluss- korrektorat sowie Qamar Mahmood für die Gestaltung des Buchumschlags. Möge Allah sie alle segnen. Mubarak Ahmad Tanveer Publikationsabteilung Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Frankfurt am Main 2019 13 EINFÜHRUNG1 1 Diese Einführung wurde für die 2012 herausgegebene englische Über- setzung von Barāhīn-e Aḥmadiyya verfasst. Mit der Erlaubnis von Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IVABA wurde sie auch in die deutsche Übersetzung auf- genommen. [Anm. d. Ü.] EINFÜHRUNG Von Hadhrat Mirza Masroor AhmadABA Khalifatul Masih V, Barāhīn-e Aḥmadiyya Teil I und II wurden von Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam AhmadAS von Qadian verfasst und 1880 veröffent- licht. Damals war der indische Subkontinent für die großen Religionen der Welt zu einem wahren Schlachtfeld gewor- den. Insbesondere der Islam musste sich gegen die Angriffe von Christen und Hindus verteidigen, die keine List auslie- ßen, um den Glauben und seinen Gründer zu diffamieren. Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam AhmadAS, der von diesen unfairen Angriffen betroffen war, führte mit den Christen und Hindus eine Reihe von Debatten und Diskursen. Er selbst beschreibt den von ihm erlittenen Schmerz wie folgt: ن ت ت ہ ہ ہ سم ہ ما مد و مب ت �دم خ اس ی� کرم ی� �بارم ی� ر م ی� راہ Mein Zweck, meine Sehnsucht und mein innigster Wunsch ist es, der Menschheit zu dienen; Das ist meine Arbeit, das ist mein Glaube, das ist meine Praxis und das ist meine Lebensweise. ن ش ت � � ن ن چ �ام پ غر و ی�رہ حل عل ب�ی م �دا ب�روے �رود آرد دع ہئ س گہ Die Welt in Dunkelheit vorfindend, bete ich zu meinem Herrn: Möge Er meine Gebete in den frühen Morgenstunden der Nacht erhören. (Siehe Teil II, Vorwort, S. 118) 15 EINFÜHRUNG Die Etablierung des Glaubens an tauḥīd (Einheit Gottes) – die er nur im Islam fand – war sein Hauptanliegen. Er schreibt: „Was ich durch das Schreiben all dessen aufzuzeigen ver- suche, ist, dass tauḥīd in seiner reinsten Form unter keinem Volk auf der Erdoberfläche zu finden ist, außer unter den Anhängern des Heiligen Propheten, möge Friede und Segen Allahs auf ihm sein. Und außer dem Heiligen Qur‘an gibt es kein Buch auf der Erde, das Millionen von Menschen fest zu dieser heiligen Lehre verpflichtet hat und das die Mensch- heit auf solch ehrfürchtige Weise zu dem Einen Wahren Gott führt. Anhänger einer jeden Religion haben sich künstli- che Götter geschaffen, während der Gott der Muslime der eine, ewige und unveränderliche Gott ist, Dessen Attribute heute noch dieselben sind wie früher.“ (Siehe Teil II, Vorwort, S. 175) Um den Gegnern des Islam letztgültige Beweise vorzule- gen, fasste er schließlich den Entschluss, das Werk Barāhīn-e aḥmadiyya zu verfassen – eine Zusammenstellung von Argu- menten für die Wahrheit des Heiligen Qur‘an und des Islam. Er kündigte an, eine Belohnung in Höhe von 10.000 Rupien – die Summe seines damaligen beträchtlichen Vermögens – für einen jeden auszuhändigen, der auch nur einen Bruchteil die- ser Argumente widerlegen oder ähnliche Argumente aus sei- nen eigenen Schriften hervorbringen würde – eine Herausfor- derung, die bis zum heutigen Tag nicht angefochten wurde. Auch legte er faire Regeln für religiöse Dialoge und Debat- ten fest. Er sagte: „Jeder, der auf dieses Buch antworten möchte, muss gemäß den Bedingungen der Herausforderung [in Teil I] auf zwei- 16 EINFÜHRUNG erlei Weisen antworten. Er muss Argumente aus seinen ei- genen Schriften vorlegen, um sie mit den Argumenten des Heiligen Qur‘an vergleichen zu können; und auch muss er die von mir dargelegten Argumente widerlegen. Wenn er es versäumt, vergleichbare Beweise aus seinen eigenen Schrif- ten vorzulegen und er sich ganz auf die Widerlegung
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