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May.June 2008 An informational, literary, educational, and training magazine of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA The Ahmadiyya May.June 2008 ~~ KhaTifatul Masih /Vm Edition USA May - June 2008 1 Ahmadiyya Gazette USA An educational and spiritual monthly publication OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE AHMADIYYA MOVEMENT IN ISLAM, USA May - June 2008 tEablt of Content• Patron Dr. Ahsanullah Zafar 2 AI-Qur'an Ameer Jama'at USA 3 AI-Hadith Editor-in-Chief Dr. Naseer Ahmad 4 Sayings of the Promised Messiah15 Editor Dr. Karimullah Zirvi 6 A Brief Summary of the Friday Sermon of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih y•b• Delivered on February 15, 2008 Editorial Advisor Muhammad Zafrullah 8 Prophets and Their Successors (Khulafa) Always Hanjra Succeed: Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih 1•• Cover: LatifAhmed Photos: Kalim Bhatti 9 Khilafat-A Great Blessing 11 The Secret of the Power of Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya: Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IV'h 12 Japia'at Ahmadiyya: The Beginning Masjid Baitur Rehman 14 Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya: The Beginning: 15000 Good Hope Road, Silver Spring, MD 20905 Hadhrat Muhammad Zafrulla Khanra Phone: 301-879-0110 Fax: 301-879-0115 31 Invincible Khilafat: Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh Editor: [email protected] 33 Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IV'h: A Servant of Faith: Tel. and Fax: 201-794-8122 Karimullah Zirvi 46 www .ahmadiyya.us www.alislam.org Importance of Khilafat: Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IV'h 48 First Historical Addresses of the Khulafa Acronyms for salutations used in this publication 58 Khilafat-e-Rashida: Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih II'" saw: sallallahu alaihi wasallam (Peace and Blessing of Allah be upon him) 67 Sir William Muir on Compilation of the Holy Qur'an: as: alaihissalam Zia H Shah, MD (Peace be upon him) 74 Aims and Objectives of Jalsa Salana In the Words of the ra: radhi allahu 'anhu Promised Messiah' (May Allah be pleased with him/her) rh: rahimahullahu ta'ala 79 Some Directives for Guests and Workers of Jalsa Salana: (May Allah shower mercy on him/her) Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih yaba aba: ayyada hullah ta'ala binasrihil aziz (May Allah strengthen him with His mighty help) 83 Etiquette of Mulaqat (Audience with Hazoor•b•): Maulana Daud Hanif swt: subhana wa ta' ala (Holy and Exalted) 85 Surah Al-Fatihah in the Light of the Writings of the Promised Messiah.,: AtifMunawar Mir, Canada 92 The Ahmadiyya Gazette USA is published by the Ahmadiyya Movement Poem: Hadhrat Fazl-e-Umar'": Sayyarah Mukhtar in Islam, Inc., at the local address: 95 Hadhrat Musleh Mau'ood'" on the Role and Duties of The World Processing Lab Khuddam: Abdul Rahim, LA East P.O. Box 226, Chauncey, OH 45719 102 Lajna lmaiullah Tabligh Activity: Silicon Valley Jama'at: Periodicals Postage Paid at Chauncey, Ohio Parisa Jaffari Postmaster: Send address changes to 103 Advice from the Isiahi Committee on the Work of The Ahmadiyya Gazette Reformation: Maulana Daud A. Hanif P.O. Box 226, Chauncey, OH 45719-0226 1 110 60 h Jalsa Salana USA: Hotel Information May - June 2008 2 Ahmadiyya Gazette USA Al-Qur'an • .I•.,,Ill., • , • ,' ,I ..Are:, , ,:,;,tt~. \-'-~'.,-:,-J .. , r ~- , I , di [:\ • • ; • ~ ~ •• .,, • ~'!'t~ , .••, (S.ll\ - •, ,,r , . u-! ........., , .• J ,el'J J , ,. • ,I• ,..,, 0iJ,JA·;O Allah has promised to those among you who believe and do good works that He will, surely, make them Successors in the earth, as He made Successors from among those who were before them; and that He will, surely, establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them; and that He will, surely, give them in exchange security andpeace after their fear; they will worship Me, and they will not associate anything with Me. Then whoso disbelieves after that, they will be the rebellious. (24:56) COMMENTARY Because it serves as a prelude to the introduction of the subject of Khilafa.t emphasis repeatedly laid in verse 52:55 on obedience to Allah and His Messenger. This emphasis implies a hint to the status and position of a Khalifah in Islam. The verse embodies a promise that Muslims will be vouchsafed both spiritual and temporal leadership. The promise is made to the whole Muslim nation but the institution of Khilafa.t will take a palpable form in the person of certain individuals who will be the Holy Prophet's Successors and the representatives of the whole nation. The promise of the establishment of Khilafat is clear and unmistakable. As the Holy Prophet is now humanity's sole guide for all time, his Khilafat will continue to exist in one form or another in the world till the end of time, all other Khilafats having ceased to exist. This is, among many others, the Holy Prophet's distinctive superioriy over all other Prophets and Messengers of God. Our age has witnessed his greatest spiritual Khalifah in the person of the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement. May- June 2008 3 Ahmadiyya Gazette USA Al-Hadith • • , , ~ J, , , , , , J, , , , ~' ~_jl :jib; ~' J~j Ju :Ju llt m, ~J tJ'.,..t" ~ ~ '. , J, , .I , , I • , J, , • , ' •' !~\ ~ llJ ... • • Ii :.t. \J•' , :~ ':/ . ,:;:,:. ~ ll.J\ ~..... ' "l1~ «:)\ , J_jM'• ',,~ J "i • \ .Y ~ ,S- , J""r£ U1 r- V, U - , J, ' , ,, , , ,,, ' J, , , , ,~\ J.JM' • '' J JW U''~\~""C '~, ,~~~~ ,~\ ~l:S'...,... , J 'u .l1..!.'vi,£ ~ --~ , • , - , • , , •• , ,, 1/1 _ ~ ;1C:: ~ W <SJL.a!J\j .> j;!H ~ ~)'\J O\jj:1\ :~j Hadhrat Tha'lbah Buhrani'8 relates that the Holy Prophet" said, "Soon the world will be deprived of knowledge, to the extent that people will be unable to understand the matters of guidance and wisdom. The Companions of the Holy Prophet- said, 'Messenger.... of Allah! How will we be deprived of knowledge while we have the Book of Allah with us?' The Holy Prophet- said, "Don't the Jews and the Christians have their Books, Torah and Gospel, with them? How are these books benefiting them? " (Usudul ghabah, p 236, vol. I) .I • I • • • • J. • ,,, J, -5 .I I • _~ •. ~i, .)~\ ,. 'J. .-:.-~ ~ lll\ ~, v:;-- ,J'>'J , ., ~ ~ tt,-=-·,Y} r,"1.,, ~• - ':/ , :J )Al.•., , ,, , ::; , , _,. , .. ,~1., ~ ':/' !2 U.,'' l!J, ~1 ~ ttt '.r: !. t ,~, ~' ~, • •• ~ 1.1, ~ "I'""'" ~J '-1" , ~ ~ r- , ~ ~ ~ rr , , , 1/1 ,! 1/1 , , • , .,, _,.;w,,J ,_;wa; -lt; ~ ,_;:;u r,,- , Hadhrat 'Abdullah bin 'Umar" relates that he heard the Holy Prophet" say, "Allah will not make knowledge disappear suddenly but will take it away through the death of the learned people. So, when there will be no learned people, people will make ignorant ones as their leaders and when they will ask them for guidance, they will render their opinions without having the knowledge. They themselves will be astray and also will lead others astray." (Bukhari kitabul 'ilm bab kaifa yaqbizul 'ilm) May - June 2008 4 Ahmadiyya Gazette USA SAYIN6SOF TH£ PROMISED MESSIAHAS KHILAFAT The Second Manifestation Of the Power of God It has always been the way of God for doing things, a way He has followed ever since the day He created this world, that He comes to the help of His Apostles and Messengers and makes them dominant - as he has said in the Holy Qur'an: Allah has decreed: 'Most surely will prevail, I and My Messengers'. (58:22) The meaning of dominance in this context can be explained in the following manner. It is the desire and aim of the Prophets that the truth of the Way of God should come to be fully established on earth, to the extent that no one can resist its force. Similarly Allah manifests with powerful signs, the truth of their claim, and sows the seed of righteousness at their hand which they want to spread. But He does not fully complete this mission at their hands, caus­ ing them to die in conditions which bear a color of failure, and apparently gives to their op­ ponents an opportunity to heap ridicule, mockery and sarcasm on them. When they have had their laugh, then He shows another manifestation of His powerful hand, creating a set of cir­ cumstances, which work for full attainment of the aims which were not fully achieved be­ fore. In short, He shows two manifestations of His power: firstly at the hand of His proph­ ets; secondly at a time following the death of the prophet when obstacles show up and the enemies gain power, and think that the mission of the Prophet had been fatally wounded. They believe that the community will now be exterminated. Even some members of the movement entertain doubts with regard to their future and begin to despair, as if their backs were broken. Many unfortunates among them go so far as to apostatize. Then Allah once again shows a strong manifestation of His power and saves the falling community. Thus, whosoever perseveres unto the last, witnesses this miracle, as happened at the time of Hadhrat Abu Bakra when the death of the Holy Propheeaw was considered to be un­ timely and many stupid nomads apostatized, and the Sahaba were also unnerved by deep May - June 2008 5 Ahmadiyya Gazette USA grief. At that critical hour, Allah made Abu Bakra stand up firmly, showing His powerful hand a second time to save Islam from extinction, and fulfilled the promise He had made in the following words: And that He will surely establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them; and that He will surely give them in exchange security and peace after their fear. (24:56) So, my dear friends, when this has always been the way how the will of Allah works, showing two manifestations of His power, so that He should demolish two false joys of the opponents, it is impossible that now He will alter this long established Divine practice. Therefore, be not grieved of what I have told you and your hearts may not be dejected, be­ cause it is important that you see the second manifestation also and its coming is lot better for you because it is everlasting whose chain will not break till Doomsday.
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