[3] The founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat used the Qur'an and the Ahadith (sayings) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad to explain his view of the Islamic concept of jihad and says that Muhammad resorted to defensive war only after suffering thirteen years of brutal oppression.

Divine permission to retaliate was granted for the specific purpose of self-defense, to punish aggressors, and to uphold freedom of conscience.

He also said that the command to fight and retaliate was for that specific condition in which the early Muslims found themselves.

I have been informed that prevailing Christian beliefs such as Trinity and Atonement are all human errors in contravention of God’s real teachings.

If you confront difficulties, and people ask how they might know that you are from God, tell them that heavenly signs are my witness, my prayers are answered, and I am informed of what is yet to come.