Titles: Adam-e-Thani

Another title of Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) was “Adam-e-Thani” [the Second Coming of Adam]. This title of Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) was granted to him by the Promised Messiah (as). In one of his letters, the Promised Messiah (as) states:

“For Islam, Abu Bakr (ra) was the second coming of Adam; similarly, if Hazrat Umar Farooqra and Hazrat Uthman (ra), may Allah be pleased with both of them, did not show sincerity in the trust bestowed upon them, then it would be impossible for us to consider even one verse of the Quran to be from Allah the Almighty.”

(Maktubat-e-Ahmad, Vol. 2, p. 151, Maktub number 2, Maktub banam Hazrat Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan Sahib, Rabwah)

In Sirr-ul-Khilafah, the Promised Messiah (as) states – the translation of which is: “By God, Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) was the second coming of Adam for Islam and the foremost manifestation of the spiritual grace of the Holy Prophet (sa), the Best of Creation.”

(Sirr-ul-Khilafah, Urdu translation of Sirr al-Khilafah, pp. 51-52)