Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih IV fourth Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community

We present below part of a question and answer session with Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad(ru), Khalifatul Masih IV, Fourth Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, held in London in November, 1995.

Transcribed by Amatul Hadi Ahmad

Question: Can the souls or spirits of the dead be recalled? Is it possible to speak to them, ask them questions and receive answers from them?

Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad^(ru):

If you study the Holy Qur’an and the Traditions of the Holy Prophet^(saw) and in the light of the writings of the Promised Messiah^(as) and his own experiences and the opinion of my predecessors, the previous Khulafa, then you come to a very clear understanding of this issue. One cannot say that it is impossible for a person to communicate with the souls of the dead people but if it is possible, it is so only through visions and not directly. However, what is impossible, what is false and what is wrong is also stated by the Holy Qur’an, by the Hadith and by the other sources mentioned above. The first thing that I would like to remind you of is the statement of the Holy Qur’an regarding the parting souls. The Holy Qur’an states:

Until, when death comes to one of them, he says entreating, ‘My Lord, send me back, that I may do righteous deeds in the life that I have left behind’. Never, it is but a word that he utters. And behind them is a barrier until the day when they shall be raised again. (Ch.23:Vs.100-101)

This is a very clear declaration of the Holy Qur’an that they, ‘the parted souls’, shall never return back to this world.

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