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An informational, literary, educational, and training magazine of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA
The Ahmadiyya
February 2009
Gazette
USA
Majlis Ansarullah USA, National Ijtema 2008
‘I confer upon thee a sign of My
mercy according to thy entreaties
and have honored thy prayers with
acceptance through My mercy and
have blessed this thy journey...
Behold, a light cometh, a light
anointed by God with perfume of
His pleasure...
His fame will spread to the ends of
the earh and people will be blessed
through him...’
Green Announcement-2/20/1886
February 2009 1 Ahmadiyya Gazette
An educational and spiritual monthly publication
Ahmadiyya Gazette USA
OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE AHMADIYYA
MOVEMENT IN ISLAM, USA
February 2009
Patron Dr. Ahsanullah Zafar
Ameer Jama’at USA
Editor-in-Chief Dr. Naseer Ahmad Table of Contents
Editor Dr. Karimullah Zirvi 2 Al-Qur’an
3 Al-Hadith
Editorial Advisor Muhammad Zafrullah
Hanjra 4 Sayings of the Promised Messiahas:The Great Prophecy
of Musleh Mau’ood
Cover: Latif Ahmed Photos: Kalim Bhatti
6 Hadhrat Musleh Mau’oodra: The Second Successor to
the Promised Messiahas
Ahmadiyya Gazette USA 14 Mentoring is Not a One Conversation Event:
Dr. Faizan Abdullah
Masjid Baitur Rehman
15 Synopsis of the Friday Sermon of Hadhrat Khalifatul
15000 Good Hope Road, Silver Spring, MD 20905 Masih Vaba Delivered on November 7, 2008

Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone]
18 Musleh Mau’oodra,The Promised Son: A Bright Sign to
Editor: [email protected] Prove the Truth of the Masih Mau’oodas:
Tel. and Fax: [phone] Dr. Muhammad Sharif Khan

21 The Prophecy of the Musleh Mau’oodra in the Light of
www.ahmadiyya.us www.alislam.org
Its Determinants: Lutfur Rahman Mahmood

Acronyms for salutations used in this publication 29 Islam and Chastity: Nasir Mahmood Malik

saw: sallallahu alaihi wasallam 35 Poem: Fazl-e-Umar: Sayyarah Hikmat
(Peace and Blessing of Allah be upon him)
as: alaihissalam 36 Khilafat Centenary Ijtema 2008:
(Peace be upon him) Majlis Ansarullah, USA
ra: radhi allahu ‘anhu
44 The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead: Opinion:
(May Allah be pleased with him/her)
Syed Sajid Ahmad
rh: rahimahullahu ta’ala
(May Allah shower mercy on him/her)
46 Regional Coordination Secretaries for Rishta Nata:
aba: ayyada hullah ta’ala binasrihil aziz
National Secretary Rishta Nata
(May Allah strengthen him with His mighty help)
swt: subhana wa ta’ala
47 2009 USA Jama’at Local, Regional and National
(Holy and Exalted)
Activities Calendar

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Al-Qur'an
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Agä Bê ¯ä ô jê ¿æ Üæ A Ó¯ê æ‘ Çå iæ Ëê Bqä Ëä ‘æ Èå ä» jæ °ê ¬æ Näm æ AËä ‘æ È å Äæ §ä ±å §æ B¯ä ¹ä ê» Ìæ Yä æÅ ¿ê
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And it is by the great Mercy of Allah that you are kind towards them, and if you had been
rough and hard-hearted, they would surely have dispersed from around you. So pardon
them and ask forgiveness for them, and consult them in matters of administration; and
when thou are resolved, then put thy trust in Allah. Surely, Allah loves those who put their
trust in Him. (3:160)
COMMENTARY:
Besides other things Islam is unique in this respect that it has included the
institution of Mushawarah (consultation) in its basic principles. It has made it binding
upon the Head of the Muslim State that he should consult Muslims in all important affairs
of the State. The Holy Prophet used to consult his followers in all important matters, as he
did before the battles of Badr, Uhud, and Ahzab, and also when a false accusation was
brought against his noble wife, A'ishah. Abu Hurairah says: “The Holy Prophet was most
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solicitous in consulting others in all matters of importance” (Manthur ii. 90) Umar, the
Second Successor of the Holy Prophet, is reported to have said: “There is no K hilafat
without consultation” (Izalat al-Khifa' 'an Khilafat al-Khulafa' ). Thus the holding of
consultation in important matters is a basic injunction of Islam and is binding on both
spiritual and temporal Muslim Chiefs. The Khalifah or the Head of the Muslim State must
seek the advice of representative Muslims though the final decision may rest with him.
The Islamic Shura or Mushawarah is not a parliament in the sense in which the word is
understood in the West. The Head of the Muslim State enjoys a certain discretion in
rejecting the advice tendered to him. But he should not lightly use this discretion and
should respect the advice of the majority.
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Al-Hadith
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Pê Ahä êI jæ °å £æ A (B Èä ÄêÍ æ fê ê» Ëä BÈä ê» BÀä Vä ê» Ëä BÈä êJ nä Zä ê» Ëä BÈä ê» BÀä ê» ë© äI iæ Üêä Ñå äAj æ Àä æ» A \å ¸ä Äæå M
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ÅÍf»A ϯ ÕB°·âA LBI `B¸Ä»A LBN· ÐiBbI
ra saW
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: "A woman is sought
in marriage on account of four things: her wealth, her family, her beauty and her Faith.
Seek to marry one for the sake of her religion, otherwise your hands will be covered with
dust (you will be a loser)."
(Bukhari kitabunnikah± bab al-ikfa' fiddin)
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äÅ ¿ê å½ zä ¯æä A ÕÑ Ïæ qä BÎäæà fí »A êª BäN¿ ä æÅ ¿ê äo Îæä » Ëä ªÑ BNä¿ ä BÎäæà fí »A BÀä éäÃê A :¾ä B³ä Áä ¼ìm ä Ëä
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ÕBnÄ»A ½z¯C LBI `B¸Ä»A LAÌIC ÉUB¿ ÅIA
ra saw
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Amr relates that the Holy Prophet said: "The world is
but a provision; the best provision of the world is a virtuous woman."
(Ibni Majah abwabunnikah± bab afzalunnisa’)
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The Great Prophecy of
Musleh Mau’ood

Following is the prophecy given by God Almighty to the Promised Messiahas
commonly known as the Prophecy of Musleh Mau’ood, regarding an illustrious
son with many wonderful qualities which were fulfilled in the person of Hadhrat
Mirza Bashirud Din Mahmood Ahmadra, who later became the second Khalifah
of the Jama’at Ahmadiyya. (English translation by Chaudhary Muhammad Zafrulla Khanra)

In the announcement of February 20, 1886,
as
the Promised Messiah says:

―God the Merciful, the Noble, the High, the Exalted, Who has
power to do all that He wills (Glory be to Him and exalted be His
name), has vouchsafed to me the following revelation:

I confer upon thee a Sign of My Mercy according to thy suppli-
cations. I have heard thy entreaties and have honored thy prayers with
My Acceptance through My Mercy and have blessed this thy journey
(of Hoshiarpur and Ludhiana). A sign of power, mercy, and nearness
to Me is bestowed on thee. A Sign of grace and beneficence is
awarded to thee and thou art granted the key of success and victory.
Peace on thee, O Victorious one. Thus does God speak so that those
who desire life may be rescued from the grip of death and those who
are buried in the graves may emerge there from and so that the superi-
ority of Islam and the dignity of God‘s word may become manifest
unto the people and so that they may arrive with all its blessings and
falsehood may depart with all its ills, and so that people may under-
stand that I am the Lord of Power, I do whatever I will, and so that
they may believe that I am with thee, and so that those who do not be-
lieve in God and deny and reject His religion and His Book and His
Holy Messenger Muhammad, the chosen onesaw may be confronted
with a clear sign and the way of the guilty ones may become manifest.
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Rejoice, therefore, that a handsome and pure boy will be bestowed on
thee. Thou will receive a bright youth who will be of thy seed and will
be of thy progeny. A handsome and pure boy will come as your guest.
His name is Emanuel and Bashir. He has been invested with a Holy
Spirit and he will be free from all impurity. He is the light of Allah.
Blessed is he who comes from heaven. He will be accompanied by
grace which shall arrive with him. He will be characterized with gran-
deur, greatness and wealth. He will come into the world and will heal
many of their disorders through his Messianic qualities and through
the blessings of the Holy Spirit. He is the Word of Allah for Allah‘s
Mercy and Honor have equipped him with the Word of Majesty.

He will be extremely intelligent and understanding and will be
meek of heart and will be filled with secular and spiritual knowledge.
He will convert three into four (of this the meaning is not clear). It is
Monday, a blessed Monday. Son, delight of heart,

high ranking, noble; a manifestation of the First and the Last, a mani-
festation of the True and the High; as if Allah has descended from
heaven. His advent will be greatly blessed and will be a source of
manifestation of Divine Majesty. Behold, a light cometh, a light
anointed by God with the perfume of His Pleasure. We shall pour Our
spirit into him and he will be sheltered under the Shadow of God. He
will grow rapidly in stature and will be the means of procuring the re-
lease of those held in bondage. His fame will spread to the ends of the
earth and peoples will be blessed through him. He will then be raised
to his spiritual station in heaven. This is a matter decreed.‖

(19:22)
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ra
HADHRAT MUSLEH MAU’OOD
THE SECOND SUCCESSOR
as
TO THE PROMISED MESSIAH
Hadhrat Mirza Bashirud earth and through whom This is proved by his achie-
Din Mahmood Ahmadra, the slave nations will receive vements, by his books and
second successor of the their freedom. This proph- his public addresses, above
Promised Messiahas, was ecy ‗had been published by all by the quality of his lead-
born on ‗Saturday, January the Promised Messiahas on ership and by the quality of
12 1889 at Qadian. He was February 20 1886. character he imparted to the
the eldest of the Promised- Jama’at. It is proved also by
Messiah‘sas surviving sons Hadhrat Mirza Bashir- his own career and the career
ud Din Mahmood Ahmadra,
from his second wife, of the Community he led,
the second successor of the
Hadhrat Ummul Momineen, through crisis after crisis. All
Syeda Nusrat Jahan Begumra. Promised Messiahas was the this is history and history
son promised in the proph-
In him was fulfilled the well-known to those who
ecy. For 52 years he led the
prophecy made by the Holy came close to him.
Prophetsaw that the Messiah community ‗from strength
to strength until it achieved He was endowed with a
on his second coming would
its present status in the strong passion for serving
marry and be blessed with
world of religion. Islam. During the lifetime of
children. It signified that his
the Promised Messiahas,.
children would follow in his
He was born in 1889
when he was yet in his teens
footsteps and serve the cause
and in the same year the
he prepared himself actively
of Islam. The prophecy was Promised Messiahas took
for pushing forward the Is-
repeated by the Promised
the first Bai’at. So the birth
Messiahas himself and was lamic cause. He organized a
of the Ahmadiyya Move-
literary association of his
fulfilled in the person of
ment in Islam synchronizes
friends with the name of
Hadhrat Mirza Bashirud Din
with the birth of the Mes-
Mahmood Ahmadra. In this ―Tashhizul Azhan‖ for prac-
siah‘s promised son.
ticing the art of public speak-
prophecy God had promised

ing. He also started a maga-
a son to the Promised Mes- When he grew up he
zine of the same name for
siah, who would manifest the was admitted to the local
practicing the art of writing.
glory of the Holy Qur‘an, school. But owing to bad
The speeches he made and
with ‗whose coming will health he could not concen-
the articles he wrote were all
come truth with all its bless- trate on his. studies and
directed to a clear, original
ings, and ‗falsehood will van- ended up by failing in his
and living exposition of Is-
ish with all its evils, who will Matriculation examination.
lam.
be accompanied by grace and
He did not enter any
lead the cause of Islam to
Similarly, at a very
other school. Attending a.
victory and ‗success ; whose
early period of his life he
University was out of ques-
advent will be the manifesta-
took deep interest in the
tion. But as the Promised
tion of divine power, who
Messiahas. had foretold, he study of the Holy Qur‘an. He
will advance with leaps and
would become absorbed in it
yet became educated and
bounds and whose name will
and dig into its hidden mean-
informed both in secular
spread to the ends of the
ing bringing something fresh
and in spiritual sciences.
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and meaningful for the mod- of Al-Fazl, which in course ud Din Mahmood Ahmadra
ern mind. Hadhrat Khalifatul of time became a daily. told them to face the situation
Masih Ira, great lover of the During this period, he also. boldly. He exhorted them to
Holy Qur‘an was his guide in toured the country making keep steadfast in pursuing the
this study. He taught him the speeches in places. Promised Messiah‘sas Mis-
Holy Qur‘an and some books sion and to be wary about the
At this very time when
on the traditions of the Holy machinations of its—witting
Prophetsaw. In fact his asso- he was only a youth he was or unwitting — ill-wishers.
able to perceive that some
ciation with Hadhrat Khali-
fatul Masih Ira forms a most vocal members of the com- The next day he con-
munity were out to disrupt tacted the leaders of the dis-
interesting chapter in the his-
it and to deflect it from the senting group and assured
tory of the Ahmadiyya Mo-
right course. They were dis- them that if the majority
vement and personal history
senting from the institution would elect one of their
of the two first Khalifahs.
of Khilafat and wanted to group as Khalifah he would

On May 26, 1908 when undo it. He warned the Ja- be first to pledge his fealty to
the Promised Messiahas ma’at accordingly and him. He was only trying to
passed away, he was 19 years faced the dissenters with keep them attached to the
old. On that solemn occasion courage and determination. Khilafat. But they refused.
he stood by the Messiah‘sas The dissenters failed to cor- They were bent upon de-
body and solemnly pledged rupt the Jama’at. Leaders stroying the institution.
to Almighty Allah that even of this faction were power-
if all his followers forsook ful members of the Sadar Maulvi Muhammad Ali,
the Messiah‘sas Mission, he Anjuman Ahmadiyya. They chief spokesman of the dis-
would stand by him for ever called him a ―child‖. But senters, had published a pam-
and work for it single- this ―chi1d‖ saved the Ja- phlet while Hadhrat Khali-
handed, if necessary. He ma’at. fatul Masih Ira was yet alive.
lived for 52 years after this It was circulated to the Ja-
undertaking and every mo- Election as Khalifah ma’at centers expeditiously.
ment throughout this period In the pamphlet he had
of time is witness to the fact The first Successor of pressed for the dissolution of
that he stood by his pledge in the Promised Messiahas the Khilafat and exhorted the
letter and in spirit. died on March 13 1914 in Jama’at to support the dis-
the afternoon. It was a very senters.
In 1911, with the per- critical moment for the Ja-
mission of Hadhrat Khali- ma’at. On the one hand it After the afternoon Pra-
fatul Masih Ira he set up an was overwhelmed by grief yer service some 2,000 peo-
association with the name of at its great loss and on the ple coming from various cen-
Majlis Ansarullah, (Associ- other the fear of disruption ters of the community gath-
ation of the Helpers of Allah) looked large in the horizon. ered in the court of the Nur
which did very useful work The Jama’at was praying Mosque. The purpose was to
in spreading education in the tearfully to Almighty Allah elect the new Khalifah. First
community and in the up- for saving it from discord of all Hadhrat Nawwab Mu-
bringing of its youth. In 1912 while the factionist minor- hammad Ali Khanra read out
he performed Hajj and vis- ity were out to spread dis- the will of Hadhrat Khalifatul
ited the holy cities of Mecca sensions. Addressing the Masih Ira in which he had
and Medina. In. 1913 he Jama’at at this critical junc- expressly wanted the Jama’at
started a weekly by the name ture, Hadhrat Mirza Bashir- to elect a new successor.
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When the assembly heard the The formula of Bai’at was of Islam and Ahmadiyyat are
will they exclaimed ‗Hadh- then repeated by them immeasurable. It is not possi-
rat Mian Sahib‖, meaning while they were all hoarse ble even to touch upon them
that they voted for Hadhrat with emotion. The Bai’at in a booklet like ours. Giving
Mirza Bashirud Din Mah- taking over, the assembly details is out of question.
mood Ahmadra. prayed for a long time for Only salient features are
God‘s blessing upon the listed below.
An old companion of
Jama’at under its new lead-
the Promised Messiahas, Missionary
ership.
Hadhrat Maulavi Syed Mu- System
hammed Ahsan of Amrohara Mirza Bashirud Din

then came at the rostrum Mahmood Ahmadra, now Very early in his Caliph-
and stressing the impor- Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih ate (or better Khilafat)
tance of the institution of II, then stood up and said Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IIra
Khilafat formally proposed that though he was a very attended to the primary ob-
the name of Hadhrat Mirza weak mortal, yet he was ject of the Jama’at, i.e., tak-
Bashirud Din Mahmood fully confident that God ing Islam to all climes and
Ahmadra. ―We second it‖, will give him the power to countries. He started prepar-
―We second it‖ came the fulfill his responsibilities. ing missionaries for estab-
resounding cry from the He called upon the Jama’at lishing overseas missions and
assembly. They insisted that to rally round the Khilafat producing suitable literature
Bai’at should be taken for the uplift of Islam and for distribution. To keep this
forthwith. Ahmadiyyat. twofold work going he as-
sembled the necessary
Maulvi Muhammad Ali Maulvi Muhammad Ali
means. In 1934 he created a
Sahib, chief of the dissenting and his associates felt
completely new organization
group, rose to say something, dismayed and left the as-
under the name of Tahrik-e-
but the assembly stopped sembly. After a few days
Jadid, to which he entrusted
him. He was against the very they left Qadian itself and
everything connected with
institution — why should established a separate Anju-
missions outside the Indo -
they listen to him ? man at Lahore. In the be-
Pakistan sub-continent.
ginning they claimed that

Then practically all pre-
the majority of the Jama’at The first Ahmadiyya Mis-
sent rose and gathered round
was still with them, but sion overseas was founded in
Hadhrat Mirza Bashirud Din
with the passage of time Europe. Pioneer missionary
Mahmood Ahmadra entreat-
they realized that it was not Choudhry Fateh Muhammad
ing him to take their Bai’at
so. Sayal, reached London in
there and then. He was reluc-
1913. In April 1914 under in-
tant but when the assembly
Principal Events structions from Hadhrat
persisted, he agreed, and took Khalifatul Masih IIra. Ch.
the Bai’at (formal declaration The blessed period of Fateh Muhammad Sayal set
of loyalty to the Khalifah). Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih up a mission in London. He
The people sitting near him IIra is stretched over a pe- purchased a plot of land at
got hold of his hand, those riod of 51 years seven Putney, Southfields, on
behind them put their hands months and twenty six days which are now situated the
on the backs of those who from March 14 1914 to No- Mission House and the Fazl
were grasping his hand. All vember 8 1965. His Mosque (commonly known
the back rows did the same. achievements in the cause