The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 306
306 Essence of Islam-IV Musalman Firqah Ahmadiyyah160. It would also be appropriate to call it Muslims of the Ahmadī faith. . . I have chosen this name because the Holy Prophets had two names, Muhammad and Ahmadsa. The name 'Muhammad' contained an implicit prophecy that the Holy Prophetsa would punish with the sword such enemies who would have attacked Islam with the sword and slaughtered hundreds of Muslims. But the name 'Ahmad' represented his beauty, which indi- cated that he would spread peace and harmony in the world. God so arranged the life of the Holy Prophetsa that his Meccan life was a manifestation of his name Ahmad and the Muslims were taught steadfastness and endurance, while in his life in Medina, his name Muhammad was manifested, and God in His wisdom decided to chastise the enemy. But there was a proph- ecy that the name Ahmad would be manifested again in the latter days and that a person would appear through whom the qualities of beauty, which charac- terized Ahmad, would be manifested, and all fighting would come to an end. For this reason, it has been considered appropriate that the name of this sect should be the Ahmadiyyah Sect, so that everyone hearing this name should realize that this sect has come into being for the spread of peace and harmony and that it would have nothing to do with war and fighting. 160 Ahmadiyyah Muslim Sect [Publisher] [Majmū'ah Ishtihārāt, vol. 3, pp. 364-366]