BUILDING BRIDGES of PEACE

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Building Bridges Glimpse into the Life of A Short Sketch of The Economic System
of Peace Prophet Muhammadsa Muslim History of Islam?

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Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, the Promised Messiah Hazrat Ahmadas had established himself as a respected
and Mahdi was born to a noble family in Qadian, India. writer and had written over 80 books. His writings
From an early age he had a keen interest in religion and have been translated into more than 60 languages and
developed a love for the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa. He continue to inspire readers to this day. One of his greatest
was also known for his honesty, friendliness and resolve. scholarly works was The Philosophy of the Teachings of
Over time his knowledge and understanding of religion Islam, prepared as a paper and read out at the Conference
and its application to society deepened. Being a Muslim of Great Religions in 1896.
it was his firm belief that all religions were true at their
source but with the passage of time had drifted away He also wrote a fascinating treatise in 1899 entitled Jesus
from their original teachings; he upheld the dignity of in India, a book that uncovered remarkable evidence
religion and demonstrated its relevance to everyone. of Jesus’sas journey to India. In 1902, the Promised
Messiahas initiated The Review of Religions which has
His earnest defence of religion was ultimately blessed covered a vast array of topics on religion, philosophy
when he started to receive direct revelation from Allah and contemporary issues of the day. It is the longest
– a blessing that he continued for the rest of his life. running English magazine in defence of Islam and the
values it teaches.
His mission was to revitalise the truth that all religions
held within them and to revive the teachings of Islam. It From 1889 until the time of his demise in 1908 tens
was through this that he would bring mankind together of thousands of people accepted him. This blessing
and establish everlasting peace. has continued and will continue through his Khulafa
(successors).
In 1889, under Divine Guidance, Hazrat Ahmadas
founded the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community – a Currently under the fifth successor, we are seeing that the
community that has since grown in its stature and tide of acceptance is worldwide and that the message of
strength and has remained active in conveying the Prophet Ahmadas has really reached the ends of the earth.
message of Islam to the ends of the earth.
W ORLD FAITHS
Life & Death
All praise is due to Allah, to The state of man after death is not Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
Whom belongs whatever is in the a new state, only his condition in that heareth my word, and
heavens and whatever is in the this life is made manifest more believeth on him that sent me,
earth. And His is all praise in the clearly in the next life. Whatever hath everlasting life, and shall
Hereafter; and He is the Wise, the is the true condition of a person not come into condemnation; but
All-Aware. He knows whatever with respect to his beliefs and is passed from death unto life.
goes into the earth and whatever actions, righteous or otherwise, in CHRISTIANITY, THE BIBLE,
comes forth from it, and whatever this life, remains hidden inside JOHN 5:24
descends from the heaven and him and its poison or its antidote
whatever ascends into it; and affects his being covertly. In
He is Merciful, Most Forgiving. the life after death it will not
And those who disbelieve say, be so; everything will manifest Many of those who sleep in the
‘The Hour will never come upon itself openly. One experiences a dust of the ground will awake,
us.’ Say, ‘Yea, by my Lord Who specimen of it in a dream…Thus, these to everlasting life, but the
knows the unseen, it will surely whatever the body is heading others to disgrace and everlasting
come upon you! Not an atom’s for becomes visible in a dream. contempt. Those who have
weight in the heavens or in the So one can understand that the insight will shine brightly like
earth or anything less than that same is the way of God with the brightness of the expanse of

or greater escapes Him, butall is regard to the afterlife. As a dream heaven, and those who lead the

recordedin a perspicuous Book’. transmutes our spiritual condition many to righteousness, like the
ISLAM, THE HOLY QURAN, into a physical form, the same stars forever and ever. But as for
34:2-4 will happen in the next life. Our you, Daniel, conceal these words
actions and their consequences and seal up the book until the end
will be manifested physically in of time; many will go back and
the next life, and whatever we forth, and knowledge will increase.
Narrated by Hazrat Abu Hurairara: carry hidden within us from this JUDAISM, TORAH, DAN 12:2-4
Every servant of Allah will remain life will all be displayed openly on
standing before Allah on the our countenances in the next life.
Day of Judgement until he has ISLAM, THE PROMISED
answered five questions about MESSIAHAS, THE PHILOSOPHY The soul is neither born, nor does
five things: His life—how he OF THE TEACHINGS OF ISLAM it ever die; nor having once existed,
spent it; his knowledge—how does it ever cease to be. The soul
much he acted upon it; his is without birth, eternal, immortal,
wealth—how he acquired it and and ageless. It is not destroyed
how he spent it; and his body when the body is destroyed.
(and health)—how he used it. HINDUISM, BHAGAVID GITA
ISLAM, SAHIH MUSLIM 2:20.
CONTENTS
OCTOBER 2016 VOL.111 ISSUE TEN
8 The Essence of Islam 28 From the Archives: A Short
The teachings of Islam Sketch of Muslim History
are encapsulated in two The Review of Religions is pleased
overarching aspects. to reprint this overview of Muslim
HAZRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS, THE PROMISED
political and intellectual history,
MESSIAH AND IMAM MAHDI
penned by the first Muslim to win
a Nobel Prize in the sciences.
12 Building Bridges of Peace
PROFESSOR ABDUS SALAM
With world peace teetering on a
knife edge and increasing conflict and 44 Impostors are not Blessed with
global uncertainty, the Worldwide Divine Support
Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim HAZRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS,
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND IMAM MAHDI
Community sets out a blue print
for establishing world peace.
HAZRAT MIRZA MASROOR AHMADABA, WORLDWIDE 52 The Economic System of Islam
HEAD OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY We reach the final part in this
epic serialisation examining the
26 Life of The Holy
economic model presented by Islam.
Prophet Muhammadsa HAZRAT MIRZA BASHIR-UD-DIN MAHMUD AHMADRA,
THE SECOND CALIPH OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM
COMMUNITY
62 Calendar of Religious Events
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WORLD
CRISIS
and the Pathway to
PEACE
MIRZA MASROOR AHMAD
The world is passing through turbulent times. The global economic crisis
continues to manifest new and grave dangers at every juncture. The
similarities of the current circumstances to the build-up of the Second
World War are stark. Events appear to be moving us rapidly towards a
Third World War. The consequences of a nuclear war are beyond
our imagination.
In this book, the historic addresses of Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmadaba, Fifth
Khalifah of the Promised Messiah and Supreme Head of the worldwide
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, to prominent dignitaries at Capitol Hill, the
House of Commons, the European Parliament and other notable locations
around the world have been collated. The book also includes the momentous
letters sent by His Holiness to the numerous world leaders. Over and over
again, His Holiness has reminded all that the only means of averting a global
catastrophe is for nations to establish justice as an absolute requirement of
their dealings with others. Even if mutual enmity exists, impartiality must
be observed at all times, because history has taught us that this alone is
the way to eliminate all traces of hatred and to build everlasting peace.
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The
Essence of Islam
he essence of Islam lay in losing oneself in love of God
Tand in holding none worthy of worship except Him.
Its purpose is to be lost in God and not in the world.
Towards this end, Islam divides its teachings into two parts—
our obligation to Allah, and our obligation to His creatures.
Our obligation to Allah demands implicit submission and our
obligation to His creatures requires sympathising with them
and helping them. Tormenting others simply because of reli-
gious difference is wrong. Sympathy and kindness are one
thing, and opposition because of religion quite another. The
group of Muslims which has wrong notions about Jihad and
is grossly mistaken about it, has gone to the extent of justifying
the unlawful seizure of property belonging to non-Muslims.
About me and my followers too they have issued an edict to
usurp our goods and even to abduct our women, whereas the
teachings of Islam never sanction such foul deeds. Islam is a
clean and pure religion. Just as a father expects his children to
perform the duties they owe to him and also be mutually help-
ful and not be at loggerheads with each other, similarly Islam
lays emphasis on the Oneness of God and also underscores the
need for concord and unity among mankind.1
endnotes
1. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, Lecture Ludhiana, 46-47.
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