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A Publication of Lajna Ima’illah & Nasiratul Ahmadiyya Lajna Matters USA 3 Shawwal 1432 - 5 Muharram 1433 Issue 3—2011 September – November 2011 Special Features Holy Qur’an The Glorious Qur’an Message from Sadr Lajna Correspondence Lajna Jalsa 2011 Update Khidmat-e-Khalq Matters Taleem Matters Tarbiyat Matters Tabligh Matters Publication Matters Ijtema/Camps Local Matters Our Lord, I have settled some of my children in an uncultivable valley near Thy Sacred House, our Lord, Youth that they may observe Prayer. So make men’s hearts incline towards them and provide them with fruits, that Lajna Highlights they may be thankful. Our Lord, certainly, Thou knowest what we conceal and what we make known. And Urdu Matters nothing whatsoever is hidden from Allah, whether in the earth or in the heaven. 14: 38-39 We are pleased to announce that Lajna Matters will now include an Urdu section for our readers! We hope that you enjoy this new feature. And when he was old enough to work with him, he said, ‘O my dear son, I have seen in a dream that I am slaughtering thee. So consider, what thou thinkest of it!’ He replied, ‘O my father, do as thou art commanded; thou wilt find me, if Allah please, of those who are patient. And when they both submit- ted to the Will of God, and he had thrown him down on his forehead. We called to him: ‘O. Abra- ham, ‘Thou hast indeed fulfilled the dream.’ Thus indeed do We reward those who do good. That surely was a manifest trial.’ 37:103 – 107 Lajna Matters Publications Team: Farzana Safiullah Publications Secretary [email protected] Bushra Mirza Editor, Lajna Matters [email protected] Aeman Bashir And remember the time when We made the House a resort for mankind and a place of security; and Layout, Lajna Matters take ye the station of Abraham as a place of Prayer. And We commanded Abraham and Ishmael, say- Mabroor Jattala ing, ‘Purify My House for those who perform the circuit and those who remain therein for devotion Urdu Section, Lajna Matters and those who bow down and fall prostrate in Prayer.’ 2:126 [email protected] Lajna Matters 3rd Quarter Issue, 2011 2 of 36 And remember the time when Abraham and Ishmael raised the foundations of the House, praying, ‘Our Lord, accept this from us; for Thou art All-Hearing, All-Knowing. 2:128 Their flesh reaches not Allah, nor does their blood, but it is your righteousness that reaches Him. Thus has He subjected them (the animals) to you, that you may glorify Allah for His guiding you. And give glad tidings to those who do good. 22:38 Ahadith “O, Most Merciful One! A humble servant of Thine, useless and Hadhrat Mu’awiyah Bin Haidah al -Qushairira says while full of errors and without any merit, Ghulam Ahmad, who narrating the story of his acceptance of Islam, I reached the dwells in India supplicates: Holy Prophet saw and I asked him, “What message has our Lord given you for us, and what religion have you brought?” He said, O, Most Merciful One! Be Thou pleased with me and forgive “God has sent me with the religion of Islam.” I asked, “What is my mistakes and sins for Thou art most Forgiving and Merciful. the religion of Islam?” Hudhur replied, “Islam is that you Cause me to do that which should please Thee greatly. Put surrender your entire being to Allah, abandon all other deities, away my ego from me as far as the East is from the West, and establish Salat and give Zakat.” make my life and my death and every faculty that I have, devoted to Thee. Keep me alive in Thy love and cause me to die Narrated by Abu Hurairah ra : Said the Prophet of Allah saw , “ Allah in Thy love and raise me up among Thy perfect lovers. does not see towards your shapes and your wealth, but He sees towards your hearts and your actions.” Most Merciful One! Do Thou by Thy Grace, carry to its conclusion the task for which Thou hast appointed me, and the Writings of the Promised Messiah as service for which Thou has created eagerness in my heart. Note: The Promised Messiah as sent the following prayer in a Establish conclusively the truth of Islam through the hand of this letter to Hadhrat Sufi Ahmad Jan Sahib of Ludhiana and he was humble one in the eyes of the opponents of Islam. Keep this instructed: ‘It is your duty that you should pray in these very humble one and his friends and sincere companions in the shade words, without any change, on my behalf in the House of Allah, and support of Thy Forgiveness and Graciousness. Be thou the before the Most Merciful One. Keep this letter with you to help Provider for them in matters of faith and in matters of the your memory.’ Accordingly, Sufi Sahib, on the day of the great world and transport all of them to the house of Thy pleasure Pilgrimage in the year 1302 A.H. offered this prayer in the and send down peace and blessings to the utmost degree upon House of Allah in a loud voice while his companions continued Thy Messenger and his companions and followers. Amin.” to respond with Amin. MESSAGE FROM SADR LAJNA, USA Sister Saliha Malik Hadhrat Ibrahim’s as powerful prayer: “My Lord, make me observe Prayer, and my children too. Our Lord! Do accept my prayer. Our Lord, grant forgiveness to me and to my parents and the believers on the day when the reckoning will take place.” 14:41 -42 My Dear sisters, at this time of year we especially turn our attention to the beautiful examples of self-sacrifice given to us by Hadhrat Ibrahim as , Hadhrat Ishmael as and Hadhrat Hagar ra . We go back to the very roots of our Islam. A few of us will make the special journey, the pilgrimage, to The House of Allah. However whether we will go this year or remain behind, may it be a time for us all to reflect inwardly and to personally assess whether we are living up to our word, as Hadhrat Ibrahim as did, in all our affairs; in both matters of faith and in our worldly re- sponsibilities. Have we established prayer in ourselves and our homes as Hadhrat Ibrahim as beseeched God of his followers in the above prayer? Allah so loved this prayer he included it in the Holy Qur’an. After him the Holy Prophet saw and the Promised Mes- siah as rose to their lofty stations by the means of prayer and the ways of sacrifice, and also beseeched God that their followers would do the same. Therefore, if we wish to come in Allah’s shade and mercy, we must fasten this prayer to our souls. We must establish prayer in ourselves and also pray for each other and our next generations. 3 of 36 Lajna Matters 3rd Quarter Issue, 2011 National Correspondence The Passing Away of Hadhrat Syeda Sahibzadi Nasira Begum of Hadhrat Aqdas Masih-e-Maoud as . Sahiba We, the members of Lajna Ima’illah, USA offer our deepest condolences Letter of Condolence and Resolution to Syedna Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih V atba , Sahibzadi Syeda Apa Saboohi Sahiba, and the family of Hadhrat Aqdas Masih-e-Maoud as on this sad occa- Our hearts are struck with deep grief and sorrow at the passing away of sion, and pray earnestly to Almighty Allah to elevate the station of late late Hadhrat Syeda Sahibzadi Nasira Begum Sahiba in Rabwah, Pakistan on Hadhrat Syeda Sahibzadi Nasira Begum Sahiba in the Hereafter and grant July 29, 2011. Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Raji’un. The late Hadhrat Sahib- fortitude to all her beloved ones to bear this loss. Amin. zadi Sahiba was the granddaughter of the Promised Messiah as , daughter of Hadhrat Musleh Maoud Khalifatul Masih II ra , sister of Hadhrat Khalifatul We, also hereby resolve to: Masih III rh and Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IV rh , wife of late Hadhrat Sahib- Z zada Mirza Mansoor Ahmad Sahib (former Nazir-e- A’ala, Sadr Anjuman Affirm and reiterate our belief in the Decree of Allah with which we Ahmadiyya, Rabwah, Pakistan) and mother of our beloved Imam Hadhrat are, and shall ever remain, content. Sahibzada Mirza Masroor Ahmad Sahib, Khalifatul Masih V atba . Z Affirm and reiterate our servitude and solidarity with Khilafat- The late Hadhrat Syeda Sahibzadi Nasira Begum Sahiba was an eminent Ahmadiyya and Syedna Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih atba . person in the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at who led an exem- Z Strive to emulate the blessed conduct of late Hadhrat Syeda Sahibzadi plary pious life coupled with glorious services for the sake of Islam and Nasira Begum Sahiba, who served as a role model as well as a beacon Ahmadiyyat. She rendered exceptionally brilliant services for Lajna Ima’il- of light for countless maidservants of Allah. lah, the institution of Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya, and humanity at large. Her demise has been deeply felt by all righteous servants of Islam, especially so Saliha Malik, Sadr, Lajna Ima’illah, USA by our beloved Imam Syedna Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih V atba and the family Letters from Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih V atba June 19, 2011 August 23, 2011 Dear Sister Sadr Lajna Ima’illah USA, Dear Sadr Lajna Ima’illah USA As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Huzoor Ayadullahho ta’ala has received and read your report for the I have received your letter dated 02 August 2011 along with your kind month of March 2011, Jazakamullah sentiments and prayers.