Beliefs
Ahmed Raza Khan's beliefs regarding Muhammad include:
- Muhammad, although human, possessed a Noor (Light) that predates creation. This contrasts with the Deobandi view that Muhammad was insan-e-kamil ("the complete man"), a respected but physically typical human.
- He is haazir naazir (can be present in many places at the same time, as opposed to God, who is everywhere by definition).
- God has granted him ilm-e-ghaib (the knowledge of the unseen). This belief and theory directly negates the Islaamic concept of "shirk" which attributes some qualities only to Almighty Allah, including the 'i'lm-e-ghaib' or knowledge of the unknown and unseen. Raza Khan writes:
- God has made him mukhtaar kul (having the authority to do whatever he desires).
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